lauribooks's review against another edition
4.0
Siento que tengo que informarme más sobre este libro y sobre todo lo que significa porque, por desgracia, la edición en la que lo he leído no tenía ningún tipo de anotaciones. Así que hasta que no haya entendido mejor algunas cosas mi opinión va a ser limitada y parcial.
Aún así, me parece que está muy bien escrito. Es lo primero que leo de Cortázar y me he quedado muy sorprendida.
La historia me ha resultado interesante (lo he leído de la forma tradicional) y, aunque me ha gustado más la etapa de Horacio en París que en Argentina, he sido capaz de disfrutarlas ambas. Quien más interés me ha despertado ha sido la maga, no sabría decir por qué, pero cada vez que aparecía en la narración me intrigaba.
Sé que cuando lo relea (que lo haré en un tiempo) lo haré de la otra forma, siguiendo la guía que Cortázar dejó, saltando de capítulo en capítulo. Tengo ganas de ver qué historia descubro entonces y si es muy diferente de la que he leído este mes.
Aún así, me parece que está muy bien escrito. Es lo primero que leo de Cortázar y me he quedado muy sorprendida.
La historia me ha resultado interesante (lo he leído de la forma tradicional) y, aunque me ha gustado más la etapa de Horacio en París que en Argentina, he sido capaz de disfrutarlas ambas. Quien más interés me ha despertado ha sido la maga, no sabría decir por qué, pero cada vez que aparecía en la narración me intrigaba.
Sé que cuando lo relea (que lo haré en un tiempo) lo haré de la otra forma, siguiendo la guía que Cortázar dejó, saltando de capítulo en capítulo. Tengo ganas de ver qué historia descubro entonces y si es muy diferente de la que he leído este mes.
mariatagudeloc03's review against another edition
3.0
Sería completamente deshonesto admitir que comprendí este libro al cien por ciento, sin embargo todo lo que realmente comprendí quedará guardado en mi memoria por mucho...
monster_maven's review against another edition
5.0
I would give this 4.5 stars. There is just something I'm nostalgic about when thinking about vagabonds in France sitting in bars/cafes talking politics and religion and books before technology had us all staring at our phones.
cinaedussinister's review against another edition
4.0
I... didn't really get all of this. Very Ulysses. I think I liked it though (of what I understood). Surprisingly enough my favourite chapters were the expendable ones (very ephemeral). I'll admit, not the most fun to read, but I'd love to analyse this. It's that kind of book.
jmiae's review against another edition
3.0
Okay, so three stars is something of a cop out on my part, I'm not going to lie. There were segments that I really loved, either because of the hilarity (i.e. the excerpt from The Sunday Times about the dowager countess of some place or another that broke her leg) or because of the hazy imagery that haunts the scenes in Paris, and then there were chapters that only sheer bull-headedness on my part got me through. Cortazar never explained what was going on in clear terms, and sometimes that was maddening. The POV of the narrative would jump from character to character, making it difficult to find one's footing in the narrative flow. The hopscotch nature of the recommended method of reading this book made cohesive sense at some points but it's really up to the reader to interpret the events and put everything together in whatever way they can. This is not a book to be read with the passivity of the spectator. Get involved, use your noggin, or get out.
gabsalt's review against another edition
2.0
I didn't find this book too interesting within the first quarter of it, so I didn't finish it. There's just too much rambling about nonsense, and when it is interesting it's for about 2 pages every 20 pages. Edit: I will come back to this book soon.
chervbim's review against another edition
5.0
I had a sneaking suspicion that this would become a new favorite — I love a book with a gimmick. But this book was filled with so much more than gimmicks. From psychoanalysis to cool jazz to lots and lots of dialogue, “Hopscotch” hit all the right notes for me. So glad I finally had the time to get through it; I adore this book and was enthralled the whole time.
poppamunz's review against another edition
The style felt much more old and classic-y than I had the mental bandwidth for at the time. I hope to pick it up again at a calmer point in my life.
casparb's review against another edition
5.0
O what a tale that hovers formalistically among Nabokov's gorgeous Pale Fire and (dare I mention it?) D.F.W's Infinite Jest. Endlessly, resolutely postmodern, but I think it is altogether more useful to dispense of that label, frequently applied in much the same way as fire blankets are.
I find many (many) authors a little too eager to flex their literary knowledge, the result being a text hypersaturated with author after author, with little effect aside from instilling tedium. Cortázar, I think, avoids this, much to my delight. When he does reference an author, it is not only thematically useful, but also opens up other questions about Hopscotch itself, if one has familiarity with the works referenced. The text also appears to anticipate many philosophical developments of the late 20th century, in particular, Deleuze + Guattari's work (of which I do not presume to speak with any authority).
What am I saying? I suppose I am saying read this book. I think perhaps I have laid my emphases a little poorly, and I must highlight - this novel is quite wholly beautiful.
Okay happy new year everyone check out Year's End by Borges if I don't drop it in some sort of gc
I find many (many) authors a little too eager to flex their literary knowledge, the result being a text hypersaturated with author after author, with little effect aside from instilling tedium. Cortázar, I think, avoids this, much to my delight. When he does reference an author, it is not only thematically useful, but also opens up other questions about Hopscotch itself, if one has familiarity with the works referenced. The text also appears to anticipate many philosophical developments of the late 20th century, in particular, Deleuze + Guattari's work (of which I do not presume to speak with any authority).
What am I saying? I suppose I am saying read this book. I think perhaps I have laid my emphases a little poorly, and I must highlight - this novel is quite wholly beautiful.
Okay happy new year everyone check out Year's End by Borges if I don't drop it in some sort of gc