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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
[…]Pela primeira vez na sua vida a morte soube o que era ter um cão no regaço.”[…]
É com gosto que vejo que Saramago se divertiu muito com esta sátira.
É um crescendo e tirando a parte política, o texto torna-se mais solto até ao seu pleno com as aventuras da vida da morte.
É o livro mais divertido que li até agora do autor.
[…]Não morriam, não estavam vivos, o médico rural que os visitava uma vez por semana dizia que já nada podia fazer por eles nem contra eles, nem sequer injectar-lhes, a um e a outro, uma boa droga letal, daquelas que não há muito tempo teriam sido a solução radical para qualquer problema. Quando muito, talvez pudesse empurrá-los um passo na direcção aonde se supunha que a morte se encontraria, mas seria em vão, inútil, porque nesse preciso instante, inalcançável como antes, ela daria um passo atrás e guardaria a distância.”[…]
“The church has never been asked to explain anything, our specialty, along with ballistics, has always been the neutralization of the overly curious mind through faith”
“Because philosophy needs death as much as religions do, if we philosophize it’s in order to know that we will die, as monsieur de montaigne said, to philosophize is to learn how to die.”
“Alas, when one advances blindly across the boggy ground of realpolitik, when pragmatism takes up the baton and conducts the orchestra, ignoring what is written in the score, you can be pretty sure that, as the imperative logic of dishonor will show, there are still, after all, a few more steps to descend.”
“there will always be a tomorrow in which to resolve the problems that today seem insoluble.”
“Everything that can happen will happen, it’s only a matter of time, and if we don’t get to see it while we’re around, it will be because we didn’t live long enough.”
“Death went back to bed, put her arms around the man and, without understanding what was happening to her, she who never slept felt sleep gently closing her eyelids. The following day, no one died.”
“Because philosophy needs death as much as religions do, if we philosophize it’s in order to know that we will die, as monsieur de montaigne said, to philosophize is to learn how to die.”
“Alas, when one advances blindly across the boggy ground of realpolitik, when pragmatism takes up the baton and conducts the orchestra, ignoring what is written in the score, you can be pretty sure that, as the imperative logic of dishonor will show, there are still, after all, a few more steps to descend.”
“there will always be a tomorrow in which to resolve the problems that today seem insoluble.”
“Everything that can happen will happen, it’s only a matter of time, and if we don’t get to see it while we’re around, it will be because we didn’t live long enough.”
“Death went back to bed, put her arms around the man and, without understanding what was happening to her, she who never slept felt sleep gently closing her eyelids. The following day, no one died.”
tbh i had a really hard time following it. could just be the copy i downloaded, but the dialogue was formatted strange. I like the concept, but don’t love the execution
dark
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
slow-paced
Finally read my first Saramago.
And it was really good. No quotation marks which always sucks, but once you get into the rhythm it’s just a good clever book.
And it was really good. No quotation marks which always sucks, but once you get into the rhythm it’s just a good clever book.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No