thaisokubaro's review
4.0
Última fanfic do Machado :( vou sentir saudades! Em Outubro, entramos na fase realista. Mas já deu pra ver que todas as protagonistas são quase um ensaio pra rainha Capitu.
lorirapa's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
enjojolras's review
2.0
Se eu dou 2 estrelas, é pelo começo fofo e porque não tenho coragem de dar menos pro Machado, mas que terminar essa leitura foi sofrido, foi. O enredo só tomou rumo na última parte, os personagens eram todos chatíssimos, literalmente nada me inspirou. Tem um pouco de ironia, principalmente considerando como acabam os casais e amores, em relação a como começaram. Pensar na questão de crítica de classe é interessante, mas também nada grandioso, nem perto de outras obras-primas do autor
biasobreira's review
2.0
Poderia facilmente ser o livro mais chato que eu já tive que ler se não fosse escrito por Machado de Assis.
O enredo é chato em itálico e poderia ser resumido em dois parágrafos, mas algo na escrita do Machado o torna suportável. Felizmente, os últimos quatro capítulos do livro são excelentes. Tudo que não acontecia até então acontece de uma vez.
A trama é construída sem pressa, às vezes até mesmo com pouca clareza, mas tudo levando a uma boa exemplificação de como é a vida em família e as perspetivas sociais do século XIX.
Tive que morder a língua de tudo que critiquei na obra até então quando cheguei a esses últimos capítulos - achei-os extremamente interessantes, apesar de seus temas bobos. A execução foi muitíssimo bem feita e elevou o tema banal em algo que prende o leitor.
Foi uma leitura que me surpreendeu muito positivamente.
O enredo é chato em itálico e poderia ser resumido em dois parágrafos, mas algo na escrita do Machado o torna suportável. Felizmente, os últimos quatro capítulos do livro são excelentes. Tudo que não acontecia até então acontece de uma vez.
A trama é construída sem pressa, às vezes até mesmo com pouca clareza, mas tudo levando a uma boa exemplificação de como é a vida em família e as perspetivas sociais do século XIX.
Tive que morder a língua de tudo que critiquei na obra até então quando cheguei a esses últimos capítulos - achei-os extremamente interessantes, apesar de seus temas bobos. A execução foi muitíssimo bem feita e elevou o tema banal em algo que prende o leitor.
Foi uma leitura que me surpreendeu muito positivamente.
akajujorge's review
4.0
- Of the four books on Machado's romantic phase that I've read so far, I liked this one more because of the narrative construction that Machado employed here. It's possible to see that he is raising the level of writing, maturing as a writer, I think that is why he broke with this romantic phase after this book.
- At first, I was very confused about the paths that the story would take, but what enchanted me in the book was all the well elaborated construction of the text that Machado does here, he didn't deliver the whole plot from the beginning, he built it the scenario before, introducing the characters, putting the historical context of the War of the Triple Alliance (or Paraguay War), etc. In this novel, he leaves the effervescent cultural scene of Rio de Janeiro a little too, going to a more familiar nucleus and less social, here also his characteristic sarcastic narrator appears again here too.
- Among the characters, once again Machado gives us weak male characters and rich, strong female characters, with several layers of depth. Iaiá is the character that gives the book its title and is the most multifaceted of all, but Estela also has its power and depth (I particularly liked this last one).
- Iaiá is an immature, passionate, manipulative teenager, she is the one who leads the whole story to its end. Estela is all rational, doesn't let herself be driven by passions, worries about her personal honor, is very independent, could easily have given herself to Jorge's passion in her adolescence and faced her "mother-in-law" easily, with the support of her father who longed for this union, but chose not to follow this path.
- We never see a confrontation between Estela and Jorge, everything is very subjective, the relationship between the two is between the lines. The most tense moment between the two is the kiss stolen by Jorge in their past.
- Procópio Dias is the destabilizing agent in that family circle already very well established, he serves only for this purpose, since he has no serious pretensions and a total commitment of his feelings towards Iaiá.
- The psychological analysis that the author exposes here is very rich and deeper than in his other novels. Anyway, between A Mão and Luva and Iaiá Garcia, Helena seems to be a stumbling block in the quality of Machado's romantic phase that was on the rise.
- At first, I was very confused about the paths that the story would take, but what enchanted me in the book was all the well elaborated construction of the text that Machado does here, he didn't deliver the whole plot from the beginning, he built it the scenario before, introducing the characters, putting the historical context of the War of the Triple Alliance (or Paraguay War), etc. In this novel, he leaves the effervescent cultural scene of Rio de Janeiro a little too, going to a more familiar nucleus and less social, here also his characteristic sarcastic narrator appears again here too.
- Among the characters, once again Machado gives us weak male characters and rich, strong female characters, with several layers of depth. Iaiá is the character that gives the book its title and is the most multifaceted of all, but Estela also has its power and depth (I particularly liked this last one).
- Iaiá is an immature, passionate, manipulative teenager, she is the one who leads the whole story to its end. Estela is all rational, doesn't let herself be driven by passions, worries about her personal honor, is very independent, could easily have given herself to Jorge's passion in her adolescence and faced her "mother-in-law" easily, with the support of her father who longed for this union, but chose not to follow this path.
- We never see a confrontation between Estela and Jorge, everything is very subjective, the relationship between the two is between the lines. The most tense moment between the two is the kiss stolen by Jorge in their past.
- Procópio Dias is the destabilizing agent in that family circle already very well established, he serves only for this purpose, since he has no serious pretensions and a total commitment of his feelings towards Iaiá.
- The psychological analysis that the author exposes here is very rich and deeper than in his other novels. Anyway, between A Mão and Luva and Iaiá Garcia, Helena seems to be a stumbling block in the quality of Machado's romantic phase that was on the rise.
blebor6's review
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
lnatal's review
3.0
Romance de Machado de Assis a respeito do século XIX e toda a sua moral diante das mulheres e de temas polêmicos.
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