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RE-READ: all of my atoms quiver a HALLELUJAH. i wish we could talk.

FIRST REVIEW: this is something ELSE. probably the best thing i've read? the obsession to re-read and re-read in spirals. what novelties will there by the 20th time?

the awareness which clarice maintains in the form of her writing's stream is the only way i've come across that does not subconsciously defy the awareness she writes about with imposing a plot and specific narrative. the only form and voice that authentically assumes metaphysics in prose form (and does so in a way that exceeds the depths of many who try to directly deal with it).

beyond mind-blowing. her voice in its immediacy creates a sense of her essence (that might become THE essence) which gave me the chills; it was as if her spirit left the book to sit on the pages and grip my soul.

a minor admiring comment is the unique use of colons (we adore).

gently disintegrate me.

katgand's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

More than the moment, I want its flow

meandmymonkey's review against another edition

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challenging inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

versmonesprit's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I have no words. Clarice Lispector used them all, and used them so exquisitely, there are no more words to use, because there is nothing else left to say that she didn’t say. She concludes Água Viva with “What I’m writing to you goes on and I am bewitched.” It goes on; it’s me who is bewitched. Because Água Viva is not a book. It’s a spell. It’s a transcendental experience. It is the utterly relatable invocation of a woman’s uncaged, unrestrained, untamed inner life, like a lush and feral jungle. Everything Clarice Lispector set out to do in Água Viva, she did. If she wrote this in the Middle Ages, she would be canonised, for this book is philosophically divine, poetically holy. It is the most striking meditation on existence, on time, on word. A must read.

lifesaverscandyofficial's review against another edition

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slay

rockpikmin's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

marie33's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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