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emsb0oks's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
nartana's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
scvrdinko's review against another edition
2.0
i believe my disappointment and in part frustration with this novella comes from personal wrong expectations. i don't think i'd even finish it if not for its flowing, beautiful prose. the problem is that when i heard 'incest in a gothic novella' i expected somewhat more of interrogation on the subject, especially with how the book starts. the actual events of the story prove the opening to be inflated for me.
matilda's fascination with death is one the other hand is quite well depicted as her entire life has been determined by the passing of her mother. so every decision and passion of both matilda &her father are shaped by demise. and the strongest lines and moments to the end of the book come specifically from the death's allure, but that's about it.
but that's about it. very forgettable i'm afraid.
matilda's fascination with death is one the other hand is quite well depicted as her entire life has been determined by the passing of her mother. so every decision and passion of both matilda &her father are shaped by demise. and the strongest lines and moments to the end of the book come specifically from the death's allure, but that's about it.
but that's about it. very forgettable i'm afraid.
neylane's review against another edition
5.0
"I gained his secret, and we were both lost forever"
Matilda traz um amor trágico entre pai e filha e o sofrimento extremo que os sentimentos perturbadores trazem para a vida da protagonista. O livro só foi publicado um século depois por causa do pai da própria Mary.
É um livro extremamente bem escrito, sentimental e mergulhado na tristeza poética do romantismo “He loved her with passion and her tenderness had a charm for him that would not permit him to think of aught but her”, na adoração pela natureza “He found a relief to his impatient grief in the breezes of heaven and in the sound of waters and woods”, na solidão profunda “I might be for ever shut out from the world. I should there find solitude where I might weep, and the voices of life might never reach me”, na exaltação do sofrimento “Let me lay my head near your heart; let me die in your arms!” e no desejo da morte “I am not fit for life. Why am I obliged to live? To drag hour after hour, to see the trees wave their branches restlessly, to feel the air, & to suffer in all I feel keenest agony. My frame is strong, but my soul sinks beneath this endurance of living anguish. Death is the goal that I would attain”.
O livro tem muito da vida da própria Mary, principalmente no tocante a morte de sua mãe pouco tempo depois do parto e sua relação com Percy Shelley, que era casado com outra quando eles se conheceram e se apaixonaram. A vida da autora foi cercada de muito sofrimento e muitas perdas, e isso se reflete na intensa melancolia da história e no vazio profundo que Matilda sente, temas que também são abordados em Frankenstein. “I am, I thought, a tragedy”
É um livro que exige um certo cuidado do leitor por tocar de forma profunda na tese da morte como solução para os problemas da vida “[…] that I had words to express the luxury of death that I might win you. I tell you we are no longer miserable mortals; we are about to become Gods; spirits free and happy as gods. What fool on a bleak shore, seeing a flowery isle on the other side with his lost love beckoning to him from it would pause because the wave is dark and turbid?” Matilda divaga muito sobre o suicídio e isso pode ativar gatilhos emocionais.
Mas também traz o contraponto nas falas de Woodville, amigo da protagonista. No momento de maior desespero ele afirma que “The inhabitants of this world suffer so much pain. In crowded cities, among cultivated plains, or on the desert mountains, pain is thickly sown, and if we can tear up but one of these noxious weeds, or more, if in its stead we can sow one seed of corn, or plant one fair flower, let that be motive sufficient against suicide. Let us not desert our task while there is the slightest hope that we may in a future day do this.”
Uma leitura impactante e de uma riqueza inestimável.
Matilda traz um amor trágico entre pai e filha e o sofrimento extremo que os sentimentos perturbadores trazem para a vida da protagonista. O livro só foi publicado um século depois por causa do pai da própria Mary.
É um livro extremamente bem escrito, sentimental e mergulhado na tristeza poética do romantismo “He loved her with passion and her tenderness had a charm for him that would not permit him to think of aught but her”, na adoração pela natureza “He found a relief to his impatient grief in the breezes of heaven and in the sound of waters and woods”, na solidão profunda “I might be for ever shut out from the world. I should there find solitude where I might weep, and the voices of life might never reach me”, na exaltação do sofrimento “Let me lay my head near your heart; let me die in your arms!” e no desejo da morte “I am not fit for life. Why am I obliged to live? To drag hour after hour, to see the trees wave their branches restlessly, to feel the air, & to suffer in all I feel keenest agony. My frame is strong, but my soul sinks beneath this endurance of living anguish. Death is the goal that I would attain”.
O livro tem muito da vida da própria Mary, principalmente no tocante a morte de sua mãe pouco tempo depois do parto e sua relação com Percy Shelley, que era casado com outra quando eles se conheceram e se apaixonaram. A vida da autora foi cercada de muito sofrimento e muitas perdas, e isso se reflete na intensa melancolia da história e no vazio profundo que Matilda sente, temas que também são abordados em Frankenstein. “I am, I thought, a tragedy”
É um livro que exige um certo cuidado do leitor por tocar de forma profunda na tese da morte como solução para os problemas da vida “[…] that I had words to express the luxury of death that I might win you. I tell you we are no longer miserable mortals; we are about to become Gods; spirits free and happy as gods. What fool on a bleak shore, seeing a flowery isle on the other side with his lost love beckoning to him from it would pause because the wave is dark and turbid?” Matilda divaga muito sobre o suicídio e isso pode ativar gatilhos emocionais.
Mas também traz o contraponto nas falas de Woodville, amigo da protagonista. No momento de maior desespero ele afirma que “The inhabitants of this world suffer so much pain. In crowded cities, among cultivated plains, or on the desert mountains, pain is thickly sown, and if we can tear up but one of these noxious weeds, or more, if in its stead we can sow one seed of corn, or plant one fair flower, let that be motive sufficient against suicide. Let us not desert our task while there is the slightest hope that we may in a future day do this.”
Uma leitura impactante e de uma riqueza inestimável.
peggy_racham's review
4.25
Surprising read.
Content Warnings
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent
balqisreading's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.5
xcota's review
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
i have to say, the infamous father-daughter incest really overshadows the genuinely quite fascinating exploration of depression and suicidality here. definitely a beautiful text, however if you are in a bad headspace i would caution against reading this because woah is it depressing as hell.
"in truth i am in love with death; no maiden ever took more pleasure in the contemplation of her bridal attire than i in fancying my limbs already enwrapt in their shroud: is it not my marriage dress?"
"in truth i am in love with death; no maiden ever took more pleasure in the contemplation of her bridal attire than i in fancying my limbs already enwrapt in their shroud: is it not my marriage dress?"
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death of parent
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Incest
Minor: Suicide attempt and Classism
kimminy's review
dark
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
So many words, so little plot.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Suicide
merenguita's review against another edition
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
The writting is beutiful
But as a story I don't know if I quite liked it, maybe there's something I'm not seeing but if felt waaay too slow, even though it shines when the characters are able to open up and talk about their deepest feelings
But as a story I don't know if I quite liked it, maybe there's something I'm not seeing but if felt waaay too slow, even though it shines when the characters are able to open up and talk about their deepest feelings