Reviews

Arte e menzogne by Chiara Spallino Rocca, Jeanette Winterson

elliecatmorgan's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

d0m3c's review against another edition

4.0

ja vlastne ani nevim, o cem to bylo, ale the way she writes….i’ll eat it up every single time

katiejames's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

brisingr's review against another edition

5.0

Winterson is my favourite when her stories and writing cut the deepest, when the story is at its rawest, when the worries of the narrative are those of the world's (both real and imagined). In awe at how the same themes can come crashing in so many of her works, and yet still feel new. So many things are connected, over and over again, over so many books, and yet it still feels important and urgent and needed.

Art & Lies is a question and a quest: How shall I live? - from Winterson's website. From her more biographic pieces, we can find out this book was written at a darker period in her life. You can tell, it seeps through: a need for art, but art as survival, lies as the truth behind what's considered real. As someone who's more lost than found, this rang so close to my own worries. Loved this. I am deeply biased at this point, but hey.

steph_weigle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Incest, Medical content, Suicide, Cancer, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Vomit, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

ferncooke's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

jasonlesher's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

aannaascott's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

another expectedly skillful reflection on life and love's complexities from Winterson that includes some sections that I was more indifferent to, but others with writing so beautiful they brought me to tears. if you're the kind of person where you need to know what's happening in a story to enjoy it, this book is probably not the one for you; hold a gun to my head, and I likely could not describe what happened in this book. it's not a "happening" kind of book, and I think that it's all the better for it.    

lost_fairy222's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, and Rape

Minor: Car accident, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

megs_k's review against another edition

2.0

The fatal combination of indulgence without feeling disgusts me. Strange to be both greedy and dead. ~ Jeanette Winterson