Reviews

The Apple in the Dark by Clarice Lispector

ggraham0317's review

4.75

copy and pasted from my conscious.  i cried victoria is who i worry i’ll become. cried because i’m losing the optimism and excitement i had about life and i’m avoiding living life because of that lack of love and joy and that feeling of my life being inherently meaningless without others to love and love me 

wjswoff's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

claracalymayor's review

reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

eighthopal's review

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

ghosttears's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

akinkley's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

mollymisek's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I feel like this book taught me how to actually read

morgmaben's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

I don’t understand this book, and also now because of it I understand everything and nothing at all.

taylorholzman's review against another edition

challenging reflective

4.0

thestoryofaz's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

5.0

Clarice Lispector's fourth novel is a heady, sprawling, and ambitious work of art. She contests and breaks all notions and rules of not just literature, but also of personhood and psyche. Nothing escapes her singular vision; even the air becomes an object to revere, describe and uphold. The novel may be described as one man's journey to self-discovery but what does that entail? What really happens, if anything happens at all? This is not a story to be rushed through and be done with, or perhaps even understood. Take your sweet time and savor each word, each breath, each sentiment as though each were the promise of a luscious apple dangling low and heavy in the dark of your probable incomprehension and inevitable amazement.