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wjswoff's review against another edition
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 against another edition
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 against another edition
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 against another edition
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.
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.
444ndromeda's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
hay algo muy divertido en leer a lispector cuando piensas que ya te estabas acostumbrando a su estilo, porque después lees apple in the dark y te mueve las ideas.
la deconstrucción que nos presenta de martim es algo tardío y, al principio de la obra, cansado de leer. llega a crear un ambiente pesado que poco a poco renace en una claridad nunca antes percibida, tirándonos ideas existenciales y la eterna pregunta sobre qué es ser un individuo, que en el caso de martim le aflige por el crimen casi ignorado que aún así le respira en la nuca. había puntos, de todas maneras, en donde la curiosa devoción masculina de lispector resulta cansada y estanca nuevamente a la obra, pero después volvemos a la temática del amor, la duda y la inerte incertidumbre de la esperanza y que divertido se vuelve leerla.
will always love her eternal-internal characters.