Reviews

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

bea_tricereads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

jackstewart_1's review against another edition

5.0

i can’t fathom the excellence of Clarice Lispector. i find a lot of her sense within her abstract. contextually reading this book knowing she wrote it when she was dying of cancer really adds a certain depth because you definitely see inspirations from im assuming her own feelings and experience.

danielkallin04's review against another edition

4.0

sloooooooowwww mooottttiiioooooonnn

ger_espin's review against another edition

inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

clarice_curtinhas's review against another edition

reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

4.5

fortiora'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Strange and stunning. Immediately going in the pile of books I want to reread 

queer_futomaki's review against another edition

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

maribittencourt's review against another edition

5.0

‘… é minha obrigação contar a história dessa moça entre milhares dela’. clarice, pra sempre minha favorita.

heidikuy's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.5

i don't think i will ever stop thinking about this book. the narrator who is too self aware of his failure and the blissfully ignorant girl who has nothing, but could never want more. and the concept that the narrator created the girl (and is in love with her), but still gave her the same fate as everyone else, death. the themes of god and worship and creation. just brilliant. 

thistigercanread's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

a stunning book that i want to make everyone read