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fluanita's review against another edition
3.0
“No dia em que fiquei de pé em frente aos canos de fuzil, junto a centenas de milhares de pessoas, posicionado na linha de frente às carroças carregadas com cadáveres das pessoas que os soldados haviam matado a tiros, me surpreendi com algo limpo que encontrei inesperadamente dentro de mim. Lembro do sentimento de não estar mais com medo, do sentimento de que poderia morrer naquele instante, do sentimento vívido de que parecia que o sangue de centenas de milhares de pessoas uniu-se, formando uma veia enorme. Senti a pulsação do coração mais sublime e grandioso do mundo, que palpitava, fluindo naquela veia. Ousei sentir que eu me tornara parte daquilo.”
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“Depois que você morreu, por eu não ter podido fazer um funeral, os meus olhos, que tinham visto você, tornaram-se um templo. Os meus ouvidos, que tinham ouvido você, tornaram-se templo. Os meus pulmões, que tinham inspirado o seu fôlego, tornaram-se templo. As flores da primavera, os salgueiros, as gotas de chuva e os flocos de neve tornaram-se um templo. As manhãs que vêm todo dia, as noites que vêm todo dia tornaram-se um templo.”
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“Depois que você morreu, por eu não ter podido fazer um funeral, os meus olhos, que tinham visto você, tornaram-se um templo. Os meus ouvidos, que tinham ouvido você, tornaram-se templo. Os meus pulmões, que tinham inspirado o seu fôlego, tornaram-se templo. As flores da primavera, os salgueiros, as gotas de chuva e os flocos de neve tornaram-se um templo. As manhãs que vêm todo dia, as noites que vêm todo dia tornaram-se um templo.”
mariah123456's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
em_poleca's review against another edition
4.0
Nie miałam zbyt wielu oczekiwań, kiedy zaczynałam lekturę Nadchodzi chłopiec - po prostu chciałam w końcu przeczytać coś napisanego przez współczesnego południowokoreańskiego autora. To czym zaskoczyła mnie ta historia (a raczej historie, ale o tym za chwile) to jej przerażająca uniwersalność. Bo może i dzieje się ona w Kwangju (nazywane również Gwangju), Korei Południowej w 1980 roku, ale wystarczyłoby zmienić nazwy miejsc i imiona osób, a równie dobrze mogłoby mieć to miejsce gdziekolwiek na świecie.
Przerażające w tym wszystkim jest dla mnie to, że nie ważne jak daleko od siebie mieszkamy, jakimi językami mówimy czy jak wygląda nasza kultura - kiedy chodzi o nasze pierwotne instynkty czy zachowania - wszyscy jesteśmy tacy sami. Szczególnie jeśli chodzi o tę mroczną stronę i to jak trudno jest zachować nam to, co wydaje się, że powinno świadczyć o naszym człowieczeństwie.
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Przerażające w tym wszystkim jest dla mnie to, że nie ważne jak daleko od siebie mieszkamy, jakimi językami mówimy czy jak wygląda nasza kultura - kiedy chodzi o nasze pierwotne instynkty czy zachowania - wszyscy jesteśmy tacy sami. Szczególnie jeśli chodzi o tę mroczną stronę i to jak trudno jest zachować nam to, co wydaje się, że powinno świadczyć o naszym człowieczeństwie.
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adelinaamouteru's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
yars_reading_corner's review against another edition
5.0
Until the very end I was comforting myself by hoping none of it was true but even more gruesome than the stories is perhaps the fact they're all true and happened not only in South Korea but also in other countries, anyways let's hope no pig dictator ever rules any country.
Honestly I will be brutal to Japanese lit, it's improper and childish and pale compared to Korean lit, this is no favoritism, but every Korean book I've stumbled upon had a deeper message and was heavy but evidence to the events that have happened, when I think about the Japanese ones...they're not only immature but also lack creativity and generational trauma and heartbreak that makes historical books actually meaningful and not redundant!
Content warning: there's so many from hate speech to body horror to torture and rape, if you get triggered by these don't come near Human Acts.
Honestly I will be brutal to Japanese lit, it's improper and childish and pale compared to Korean lit, this is no favoritism, but every Korean book I've stumbled upon had a deeper message and was heavy but evidence to the events that have happened, when I think about the Japanese ones...they're not only immature but also lack creativity and generational trauma and heartbreak that makes historical books actually meaningful and not redundant!
Content warning: there's so many from hate speech to body horror to torture and rape, if you get triggered by these don't come near Human Acts.
rainee_deverell's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
An important read, and a time in history which so many people around the world may not be familiar with, but I’m sure the effects of which are felt everyday in ways we don’t understand. Very grateful for the author and the translator for exposing a wider audience to this. Although the book’s structure does not necessarily make for the simplest of read (every chapter is from a different perspective related to the main character, but it is not often clear how or who the perspective is), this structure allows for tragedy of the book to be unveiled from different contexts and perspectives. There is something hauntingly tragic (and human) about taking such a widely experienced tragedy and centring it around the experience of a few, centred in turn around a single person and the lives they touched. And this book does it very well.
kasmill's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5