bilbo_popins's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Punts a favor:
- Parla d'amor d'una forma més natural i no tant flipada com altres llibres (ejem ejem F. Sagan).
- La història acaba prenent un gir que no t'esperes i això està guay. No m'ho esperava.
- La Nemirovsky escriu bastant bé en general, i excepte algunes parts, no es fa avorrit.
- Sorprenent que un llibre tant curt pugui contenir tantes personalitats, girs i trama.
Punts en contra:
- Putos nazis que van matar a la Nemirovsky i ens van deixar sense més llibres.
- Els personatges són molt provincians i poc variats, no sé, en aquest sentit una mica avorrits.
- Em va agradar més el de El ball, per la trama tan de mala persona.
- Parla d'amor d'una forma més natural i no tant flipada com altres llibres (ejem ejem F. Sagan).
- La història acaba prenent un gir que no t'esperes i això està guay. No m'ho esperava.
- La Nemirovsky escriu bastant bé en general, i excepte algunes parts, no es fa avorrit.
- Sorprenent que un llibre tant curt pugui contenir tantes personalitats, girs i trama.
Punts en contra:
- Putos nazis que van matar a la Nemirovsky i ens van deixar sense més llibres.
- Els personatges són molt provincians i poc variats, no sé, en aquest sentit una mica avorrits.
- Em va agradar més el de El ball, per la trama tan de mala persona.
pppaigeee's review against another edition
5.0
I cannot BELIEVE I had never heard of Irène Némirovsky before a very kind stranger gave me a copy of this book! Thank you, kind stranger! Sandra Smith's translation is amazingly written, the characters are surprisingly complex for such a short book, and the story is nuanced and gripping, albeit in a very pastoral, quotidian kind of way. I have fallen in love. I'm dying to read this book in French, and then to devour everything else that Némirovsky wrote in her short lifetime.
bethberry18's review against another edition
4.0
Young complicated love in a French farm town. I liked this a bit more than Suite Francaise.
meki's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
mireiaaaaaa3's review against another edition
No esperava que aquesta novel·la curta m'agradés tant, però el retrat que fa de les persones que viuen a les zones rurals i el contrast entre els personatges joves i vells de la novel·la m'ha fascinat.
shanviolinlove's review against another edition
3.0
hmmm...not bad. i actually think the history behind the novel is far more intriguing than the actual story, which is a whimsical narrative of a little community in france that holds its own secrets and gossip. the authoress was actually deported and killed in auschwitz. before, she had been a successful writer. her husband had typed her novels for her on his typewriter. a huge chunk of this book, all the way up to pg. 37 with the words "i feel so old" were typed. the rest was missing and considered lost.
yet, in her suitcase, two more pages of this novel were discovered. and later, tied together with string and hidden for safekeeping, the rest of the novel was found. the book is dedicated to those who helped reconstruct this lost novel and return it to the eyes of the public.
now, isn't THAT fascinating?
yet, in her suitcase, two more pages of this novel were discovered. and later, tied together with string and hidden for safekeeping, the rest of the novel was found. the book is dedicated to those who helped reconstruct this lost novel and return it to the eyes of the public.
now, isn't THAT fascinating?
kiriamarin's review against another edition
Os livros da Nemirovsky me parecem uma repetição de mesmos temas e de outros livros,sobre a burguesia em geral,positivo e negativo, mas a escrita é boa e como uma testemunha dessa época da França pré guerra é uma ficção crivel.
mary412's review against another edition
3.0
The novel teems with the intertwined lives of an insular French village. At the center of the tale is Silvio: In his younger days he fled the boredom of the village and made a life of travel and adventure. Now he has returned, living in a farmer's hovel in the middle of the woods and, much to his families chagrin, perfectly content in his solitude.
But when he attends the wedding of his favorite young cousin - "she has the thing that, when I was young, I used to value most in women; she has fire."
This novel has a complex plot; almost like a mystery. Very well written and very satisfying.
But when he attends the wedding of his favorite young cousin - "she has the thing that, when I was young, I used to value most in women; she has fire."
This novel has a complex plot; almost like a mystery. Very well written and very satisfying.
zhollows's review against another edition
4.0
Though I didn't enjoy this one as much as "Suite Francaise", it's still worth the read. This was heavier on the love story and the mysteries of a small town in rural France. Being a history nerd made "Suite Francaise" more interesting to me. "Fire in the Blood" didn't rely so heavily on historical events. It's a short one.
amina43080's review against another edition
3.0
It was no Suite Francaise. It was a sweet little book, but you need to be in the right frame of mind to appreciate it.