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pandothiel's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
kyranwood's review against another edition
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
ritaralha's review
3.0
Um livro muito bem escrito onde a técnica se sobrepõe à emoção. É uma leitura difícil e incómoda, densa, cheia de significado e profunda. É e não é um livro sobre adopção. É e não é um livro sobre relações familiares. É e não é um livro sobre a ditadura. É e não é um livro sobre as Avós da Praça de Maio.
A primeira parte do livro - vá! estou a ser simpática são mais 75% - é lenta e em alguns momentos enfadonha muito por conta do tom confessional, mas depois a narrativa ganha um ritmo que me agradou bastante.
É um livro pequeno mas pareceu um calhamaço.
Vencedor do Prémio Literário José Saramago 2017
Artigo no jornal online Observador
A primeira parte do livro - vá! estou a ser simpática são mais 75% - é lenta e em alguns momentos enfadonha muito por conta do tom confessional, mas depois a narrativa ganha um ritmo que me agradou bastante.
É um livro pequeno mas pareceu um calhamaço.
Vencedor do Prémio Literário José Saramago 2017
Artigo no jornal online Observador
lottie1803's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
rbegati's review against another edition
3.0
Comprei e ficou alguns anos parado na estante. Hoje resolvi pegar para ler, e só parei quando terminei a leitura. Gostei muito do tema do livro, das questões levantadas acerca da adoção e da ditadura na Argentina. Me deu vontade de ler mais livros, dessa vez não ficcionais, sobre ditaduras.
emjbarnes's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
The writing style of this book didn't gel with me. I wanted to like it, and there are elements of the story that were powerful, but the narrator doubts themselves so frequently that it became difficult to get invested. The sentences are long and slow, and the more abstract and profound sentences don't hit hard because the next ten sentences will be the same.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and War
thebobsphere's review against another edition
4.0
In the great vein of Bukowski and Fante, Julián tells his stories using an alter ego, Sebastian. Like the two authors mentioned Fuks also talks about his childhood and the political environment, however, whereas Bukowski and Fante focused on the more sordid aspects of their lives, almost verging into comedic territory, Julián Fuks takes a more philosophical bent.
The majority of Resistance questions sibling relationships. Before Sebastian and his sister were born, his parents adopted a boy and his validity as a brother puzzles Sebastian. Should someone adopted be called a brother? are the parents of an adopted child really parents? At what point should an adopted child be accepted and should the adopted child accept?
The backdrop of the book is the Argentina Junta and how it affected his family, thus a theme of separation and adaptation runes throughout the book, which ties in with the adopted theme; when one is in a new country aren’t they ‘adopted’ as well? – to accentuate Fuks goes into the roots of his surname, which are European, which means his forebears were migrants as well.
In this brief novel, Fuks brings up more concepts and themes: memory, displacement, even the act of telling a story are part of the book’s focus. As this is part of a planned trilogy , the second part, Occupation will be reviewed tomorrow, I am curious to see how Julián Fuks will continue this interesting slice of autofiction.
The majority of Resistance questions sibling relationships. Before Sebastian and his sister were born, his parents adopted a boy and his validity as a brother puzzles Sebastian. Should someone adopted be called a brother? are the parents of an adopted child really parents? At what point should an adopted child be accepted and should the adopted child accept?
The backdrop of the book is the Argentina Junta and how it affected his family, thus a theme of separation and adaptation runes throughout the book, which ties in with the adopted theme; when one is in a new country aren’t they ‘adopted’ as well? – to accentuate Fuks goes into the roots of his surname, which are European, which means his forebears were migrants as well.
In this brief novel, Fuks brings up more concepts and themes: memory, displacement, even the act of telling a story are part of the book’s focus. As this is part of a planned trilogy , the second part, Occupation will be reviewed tomorrow, I am curious to see how Julián Fuks will continue this interesting slice of autofiction.
tenhogui's review against another edition
5.0
Encontrei nesse livro uma delicadeza que não esperava. Lemos livros sem saber do que se trata, com apenas uma ideia própria da impressão que nos passam. E por fim, as irregularidades da narrativa se fazem explicitamente presentes, são insinuadas pelo autor fictício e quem sabe o que de fato poderiam ser?