Reviews

O Sangue dos Outros by Miguel Serras Pereira, Simone de Beauvoir

cait_readsxox's review against another edition

4.0

This was almost a 5 star read for me! This is a modern classic that is phenomenal! I love the discussions of life in WW2 while living in France. Although this book is fiction, it open the discussion of generational wealth, the bourgeois class, and the occupation in France leading up to WW2 and during WW2. I learned new things that I never learned in school about this time period. The writing is great..but truly what made this an even better book was the complex characters and the tense scenes and discussions taking place in the novel. Highly recommend everyone gives this book a try

mrtmrt's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.5

adddde's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

h_nn_hp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Reflections on guilt, the price of action and inaction, meaning, solidarity and moral obligation, set among the French Resistance. One for everyone pondering inaction over genocides in 2024 for sure.

"she existed with him, with Marcel, with Madeleine, Laurent, Yvonne, with all the unknown human beings who slept in wooden huts and who had never heard her name, with all those who longed for a different tomorrow, even with those who did not know how to long for anything. The shell had burst open; she existed for something, for someone. The whole earth was one fraternal unity"

jimins's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

read for class

fschueler's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

ruei's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

tgyll's review against another edition

5.0

Does anything actually matter?
Am I even real?

Safe to say this book broke me in more ways than one. Simone you twisted and talented woman (bonus point for naming an amazingly brave female character after your younger sister).

laurassc's review

5.0

An incredible love story. Much more than a love story. A song to freedom.

annereads33's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25