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missloflipo's review against another edition
4.0
Lo que más me gusta de leer a Rita Indiana es la sensación continua de tener algo del todo original entre manos. Me ha pasado con los cuatro títulos suyos que he leído hasta el momento. Eso sí, os diré que, de todos ellos, mi eterno favorito es La mucama de Omicunlé.
En Hecho en Saturno recupera a modo de spin-off a uno de los personajes de La mucama, Argenis Luna. Artista frustrado, adicto a la heroína e hijo de una antigua leyenda de la revolución urbana que emprende una odisea circular entre Cuba y la República Dominicana, siempre con una certeza rondando por su cabeza: nunca estará a la altura de las hazañas de su padre, ni siquiera a través de sus pinturas.
El ritmo que Indiana filtra entre los párrafos del texto explican la historia reciente de estos dos países a través del cuadro ‘Saturno devorando a su hijo’ de Goya. La obra está presente en la novela como si se tratara de una melodía de fondo: Saturno es Balaguer, el dictador que se comió a una generación entera; y Saturno es también el propio padre de Argenis, que representa a una revolución que termina zampándose sus propios ideales. Una metáfora de cómo las ideologías engullen a los países para que luego sea el propio tiempo el que acaba con ellas y con la memoria.
Indiana es compleja y astuta; sus libros son vibrantes. Derrochan referencias a la cultura pop, al arte clásico y contemporáneo o a la música mientras que ella, con un neologismo tras otro, te lleva en un instante a los bajos fondos y es capaz de reflejar la luz caribeña en cada página, con todo lo que ello implica de valentía por su parte.
En Hecho en Saturno recupera a modo de spin-off a uno de los personajes de La mucama, Argenis Luna. Artista frustrado, adicto a la heroína e hijo de una antigua leyenda de la revolución urbana que emprende una odisea circular entre Cuba y la República Dominicana, siempre con una certeza rondando por su cabeza: nunca estará a la altura de las hazañas de su padre, ni siquiera a través de sus pinturas.
El ritmo que Indiana filtra entre los párrafos del texto explican la historia reciente de estos dos países a través del cuadro ‘Saturno devorando a su hijo’ de Goya. La obra está presente en la novela como si se tratara de una melodía de fondo: Saturno es Balaguer, el dictador que se comió a una generación entera; y Saturno es también el propio padre de Argenis, que representa a una revolución que termina zampándose sus propios ideales. Una metáfora de cómo las ideologías engullen a los países para que luego sea el propio tiempo el que acaba con ellas y con la memoria.
Indiana es compleja y astuta; sus libros son vibrantes. Derrochan referencias a la cultura pop, al arte clásico y contemporáneo o a la música mientras que ella, con un neologismo tras otro, te lleva en un instante a los bajos fondos y es capaz de reflejar la luz caribeña en cada página, con todo lo que ello implica de valentía por su parte.
readingthebacklist's review against another edition
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Hecho en Saturno reminded me of Radicales Libres by Rosa Beltran in that radical leaders/ideology is demystified. As with Rita Indiana’s Tentacle, art is an important aspect of the story. Goya’s Saturn Devouring his Son is referenced often as is the adage made famous by the French Revolution, like Saturn, the revolution devours its children. The former revolutionaries, have shed the ideology now that they stand to benefit from their place in the political hierarchy.
I liked the concept of a recovering heroin addict serving as conduit between the story and the reader, his disillusionment and pliant manner lend a fragmented and dreamy quality to the narrative. Argenis, though often unlikeable and shiftless, also aroused sympathy in me. For me this novel felt more accessible than the author’s previous novel, Tentacle.
anaurrutia's review against another edition
emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
No es el tipo de historia que me gusta, pero está muy bien escrita y tiene un humor muy especial con el que conecté... Además me habló de asuntos varios que relaciono con mis padres y los de algunos conocidos... Interesante librito, pienso. Y bueno, no entendí por qué tiene una etiqueta LGBT porque aunque sí hay un personaje del colectivo y un par de referencias a otros dos, no es ese el tema que trata y el personaje no está en eso, en fin... criterios diferentes.
merry_bryson's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
human_the_fourth's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
apolasky's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
bekahbeth's review against another edition
5.0
A book of fits and starts, aimless and steady, invoking apparitions and drugged sensations. Reading it felt like being completely immersed in an interminable afternoon like slow-moving lava, caught in the afterglow of any number of explosions.
greeniezona's review against another edition
3.5
I wonder if I would have enjoyed this book more if I had loved Tentacle less, or if this had been the first book by Indiana that I read. Tentacle was one of my favorite reads of 2019 -- so breathtakingly bonkers with time travel, climate collapse, magical anemones, art theory/criticism/history, class & gender criticism... That book could barely be contained. Made in Saturn keeps just enough of some of the themes, particularly the history and language of art, and the legacy of colonialism and revolution in the Caribbean to feel like the work of the same author, but with all of the speculative elements stripped away and a rather dislikable narrator. (Many of the characters in Tentacle weren't terribly likable either, but with so much going on, it mattered less.) In the end it had interesting things to say, but I can't help hoping Indiana's future books contain more of the wild exuberance of Tentacle.
crazytourists_books's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
I am not going to lie, I didn't like it.
It was fragmented, between the chapters things happened that were never mentioned and superficial, none of the characters, nor even the protagonist, had enough depth. I just kept reading to see how it would end, but the end was just as disjointed as the rest of the book.
It was fragmented, between the chapters things happened that were never mentioned and superficial, none of the characters, nor even the protagonist, had enough depth. I just kept reading to see how it would end, but the end was just as disjointed as the rest of the book.
cwgrieves's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5