sirisolh's review against another edition
1.0
I was intrigued by the idea of a completely new perspective; of a story written from a childs viewpoint, but - I quickly realized I'm not a big fan of reading/hearing children telling stories. And that's the main reason for this one star review: I became SO tired of the childish rambling and never-ending fantasies, it was too much and to many pages. And I still feel like I don't really know what happened, unfortunately. Maybe something was lost in translation? Maybe something was lost in lack of concentration?
But - I do find it impressively written. That someone has managed to capture the mind of a child in, what I assume is, a very realistic presentation of how the world and all it's chaos feels and is understood. Or made understandable through available interpretations learned from family, friends and media outlets. The story flows by regardless of my understanding, and I have the feeling that the main character and me has been equally confused throughout the pages.
But - I do find it impressively written. That someone has managed to capture the mind of a child in, what I assume is, a very realistic presentation of how the world and all it's chaos feels and is understood. Or made understandable through available interpretations learned from family, friends and media outlets. The story flows by regardless of my understanding, and I have the feeling that the main character and me has been equally confused throughout the pages.
friendlypoet's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
vicky523's review against another edition
dark
funny
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
carmuchisp's review against another edition
4.0
Papi es el amor desmedido e infinito de una niña por su padre. Es una novela que puede leerse rápido pero que entiendo no es nada fácil, creo que en una primera lectura no se puede apreciar todo lo que la autora quizo plasmar aquí.
Conocer a papi a través de la inocencia de una niña de 8 años, y como ella narra lo que logra entender del mundo de los adultos, esta llevado para mi de una manera genial en todo el transcurso de esta obra.
Y algo que me fascinó fue como Rita Indiana plasmó la oralidad dominicana del barrio, de los pueblos, y el ritmo que lleva toda la novela, muchas veces melódica e hilarante, y a la vez tan nuestra.
Conocer a papi a través de la inocencia de una niña de 8 años, y como ella narra lo que logra entender del mundo de los adultos, esta llevado para mi de una manera genial en todo el transcurso de esta obra.
Y algo que me fascinó fue como Rita Indiana plasmó la oralidad dominicana del barrio, de los pueblos, y el ritmo que lleva toda la novela, muchas veces melódica e hilarante, y a la vez tan nuestra.
ktea_and_books's review against another edition
dark
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
2.0
apolasky's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.25
mickeyyjr's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Es un libro interesante. Es muy expresivo, lo que me sacó un par de carcajadas, pero a veces era un poco de más. La inocencia, lo absurdo y la admiración hacia un padre crean una mezcolanza de imaginaciones de una niña.
elenasquareeyes's review against another edition
4.0
Drawing on her own memories of a childhood split between Santo Domingo and visits with her father amid the luxuries of the United States, Papi is the story of an eight-year-old girl and the relationship with her father.
Papi is a short yet fast-paced read. The way it’s written, with many long, run-on sentences, followed by lots of short sentences with repetition makes you read it faster and faster. It’s interesting that this manic style of story-telling is mostly present when the girls father is around, or she is anticipating his arrival. It makes her father feel like a whirlwind, a force to be reckoned with that picks her up and takes her along for the ride.
Papi is from a child’s perspective so there’s lots of fantastical imagery used where a child might fill in the gaps of what she actually knows. Her father is rich and popular with many business associates, while reading this you presume that means he’s a drug dealer but you never really get that idea from the narrator. She see’s her father as the best thing ever and the way events or people are described do feel like you’re in the imagination of a child. That being said, some of the words used feel far older than what an eight-year-old girl would be using. This adds another level of weirdness to the narrative as you’re never really sure as to what’s real and what’s not.
There’s not really much plot to Papi, or if there is, I often lost it. it’s scattered and hard to follow but there’s something about it that’s captivating. It’s more about the evocative imagery it presents about a girl’s relationship with her father than a story with a true beginning, middle and end.
Papi is a short yet fast-paced read. The way it’s written, with many long, run-on sentences, followed by lots of short sentences with repetition makes you read it faster and faster. It’s interesting that this manic style of story-telling is mostly present when the girls father is around, or she is anticipating his arrival. It makes her father feel like a whirlwind, a force to be reckoned with that picks her up and takes her along for the ride.
Papi is from a child’s perspective so there’s lots of fantastical imagery used where a child might fill in the gaps of what she actually knows. Her father is rich and popular with many business associates, while reading this you presume that means he’s a drug dealer but you never really get that idea from the narrator. She see’s her father as the best thing ever and the way events or people are described do feel like you’re in the imagination of a child. That being said, some of the words used feel far older than what an eight-year-old girl would be using. This adds another level of weirdness to the narrative as you’re never really sure as to what’s real and what’s not.
There’s not really much plot to Papi, or if there is, I often lost it. it’s scattered and hard to follow but there’s something about it that’s captivating. It’s more about the evocative imagery it presents about a girl’s relationship with her father than a story with a true beginning, middle and end.
clau_nyappy's review against another edition
4.0
Por gusto personal le daría 3, pero tomando en cuenta la calidad del texto si se lleva las 4 estrellas. Pasa que el estilo de escritura que maneja no es para mí.