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jovanafinlebrun's review against another edition
4.0
Taalgebruik is mooi en laat je wel inleven in de karakters van dit rollenspel. Wat wel prikkelend is in dit boek is dat je steeds via een andere invalshoek steeds verder komt in de complexe situatie die zich afspeelt in huize Menezes. Daarin wordt je ook wel bespeelt in je emoties en dat vind ik erg goed gedaan. Schuld en boete blijft als groot thema wel achter en zoals de realiteit ons doet beseffen is er niet altijd het vingertje te wijzen naar één persoon die alle blaam treft. Toch miste ik wel een beetje groei in de personages en was dit boek meer geschreven om het plot naar mijn idee.
kiriamarin's review against another edition
4.0
Poderia ser chamado também de Crônica da Casa "defunta", com personagens habitando em um lugar isolado e selado no tempo,sombrio até que chega o sol :Nina. A luz que que queima,incendeia,ilumina, o coração e a mente dos silenciosos Meneses.
Se em "Pedro Paramo" de Juan Rulfo, os mortos parecem estar vivos,aqui os vivos parecem estar mortos, vivendo das ruínas de riqueza,tradição e preconceitos da época.
A história é contada em várias versões e narradores,através de cartas, diários e lembranças, ao final nem tudo pode ser o que realmente aconteceu.
Assim como em "Dias Perdidos" ,Lucio Cardoso explora essas relações familiares
simbióticas e adoecidas, em qual as personagens femininas complexas se destacam e são a peça fundamental.
Nina ,Ana, Bety e até a distante ancestral dos Menezes, Maria Sinhá ,dominam esta narrativa arrebatadora . Embora um pouco tradicional e previsível, longe de ser perfeito,está obra vale a pena ser lida e relida
Se em "Pedro Paramo" de Juan Rulfo, os mortos parecem estar vivos,aqui os vivos parecem estar mortos, vivendo das ruínas de riqueza,tradição e preconceitos da época.
A história é contada em várias versões e narradores,através de cartas, diários e lembranças, ao final nem tudo pode ser o que realmente aconteceu.
Assim como em "Dias Perdidos" ,Lucio Cardoso explora essas relações familiares
simbióticas e adoecidas, em qual as personagens femininas complexas se destacam e são a peça fundamental.
Nina ,Ana, Bety e até a distante ancestral dos Menezes, Maria Sinhá ,dominam esta narrativa arrebatadora . Embora um pouco tradicional e previsível, longe de ser perfeito,está obra vale a pena ser lida e relida
lahdutra's review against another edition
5.0
Estou sem fôlego com o final dessa leitura.
Acabei. E estou aqui de pé aplaudindo essa obra-prima!!
Acabei. E estou aqui de pé aplaudindo essa obra-prima!!
mendelbot's review against another edition
4.0
A strange, grotesque novel populated by strange, grotesque characters. At times I felt that the novel was running in place or going in circles, albeit those circles were artfully crafted. Mostly, however, this is a book set in a Wuthering Heights-like haunted house: haunted not by the dead but by the living. The novel is inherently about rot and slow, agonizing death, not of a person but of a family, a house, a tribe.
anii0's review against another edition
3.0
A strange book where very few events happen, but each one is recounted by at least five people. It's boring and drawn-out, but sometimes it's interesting. Mostly skimmed the ending.
celeste_alexander's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.25
millssb's review against another edition
4.0
super incesty! no shame in a taboo incest theme to expose the dark underbelly of a corrupted family and decaying lineage but damn this was a lot. Fantastically written and some characters I really liked - especially Ana who is a super interesting secondary female character. It's one of those books you can get super into the lush prose and just get with the otherwise interesting and well-written plot of a family completely destroying itself, but some scenes made me have to put it down for a while. But totally worth the read despite this!!
isloc's review against another edition
Quite dense with not enough diversity of voice between the characters to really make it engaging. All characters spoke with the same tone and language, that of the author, and made it a monotonous slog. Definitely an interesting book, but not for me.