writingcaia's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.75
This is the book I didn’t know I needed.
A powerful story that deals with so much from domestic violence, violence against women, repeating cycles, breaking cycles, poverty, to friendship, love, women empowerment, and fútbol.
Furia, is Camila, a girl who dreams of being a futbolera (soccer player) something forbidden by law in Argentina just decades before. But, she’s lying to everyone about it, except her brother, a famous player, but not as good as she can can be even if money and fame wise no women will ever reach it. And, there are still more lies keeping her away from her truths.
Her lies are protection, from a family home that is corrosive. Her mother and father have a strained relationship and the threat of violence is impeding in Camila’s home, even her brother speaks up as if violence against women was normal, and there’s also violence outside and all around her, girls go missing everyday, and every other day a women is killed by a men.
Her parents will never support her, even her mom, a women who should fight for her, to break the cycle seems stuck and erased.
Then there’s Diego her childhood friend and love, who’s also a football player now playing in Italy, famous and rich, but he has come back to woe her and confuse her and make her love him again, still she’s trying to keep her goal of being a professional player in her mind and not get lost in him.
But, lies and truths, desires and fears will all be tested and exposed.
Camila has to decide if she is Furia or not, and if she has the resolve to be honest and break the cycle.
Absolutely adored it!
The writing is accessible and engaging, the pages fly by, the passion for the game and for family and love are all there and brilliantly portrayed, I felt everything as if I was Camila and I’d love to have kept reading about her and the children of Argentina who want to break the cycles, especially the girls.
¡Ni una menos! ¡Vivas nos queremos!
A powerful story that deals with so much from domestic violence, violence against women, repeating cycles, breaking cycles, poverty, to friendship, love, women empowerment, and fútbol.
Furia, is Camila, a girl who dreams of being a futbolera (soccer player) something forbidden by law in Argentina just decades before. But, she’s lying to everyone about it, except her brother, a famous player, but not as good as she can can be even if money and fame wise no women will ever reach it. And, there are still more lies keeping her away from her truths.
Her lies are protection, from a family home that is corrosive. Her mother and father have a strained relationship and the threat of violence is impeding in Camila’s home, even her brother speaks up as if violence against women was normal, and there’s also violence outside and all around her, girls go missing everyday, and every other day a women is killed by a men.
Her parents will never support her, even her mom, a women who should fight for her, to break the cycle seems stuck and erased.
Then there’s Diego her childhood friend and love, who’s also a football player now playing in Italy, famous and rich, but he has come back to woe her and confuse her and make her love him again, still she’s trying to keep her goal of being a professional player in her mind and not get lost in him.
But, lies and truths, desires and fears will all be tested and exposed.
Camila has to decide if she is Furia or not, and if she has the resolve to be honest and break the cycle.
Absolutely adored it!
The writing is accessible and engaging, the pages fly by, the passion for the game and for family and love are all there and brilliantly portrayed, I felt everything as if I was Camila and I’d love to have kept reading about her and the children of Argentina who want to break the cycles, especially the girls.
¡Ni una menos! ¡Vivas nos queremos!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny
Moderate: Gaslighting, Violence, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Child death, Murder, Colonisation, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail
cindyprz's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse
emsartorius's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-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? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Animal cruelty
leahkarge's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-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? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Death, Blood, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Sexism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, and Medical content
Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy
whimsicalish's review
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Child death
30before30's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I loved this book and maybe it’s because I played soccer for 18 years…but it brought me joy to hear about another woman’s journey to achieving her goals. The plot is very engaging, the characters (for the most part) are lovable, and it addresses very serious issues of violence against women. There were only a few issues I noted with some inconsistencies with the plot but it was overshadowed with the other facets of the novel!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, and Sexism
thefemale_nickmiller's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
I hate sports but god this book kept me on the edge of my seat!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse
lhartjed's review
dark
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Furia is a coming of age story centered on Camila, a nearly 18 year old soccer player in Argentina. The novel covers the scope of her soccer season, and in the epilogue jumps to encapsulate the months after finishing school and leaving her home. Furia is at once a novel about becoming, becoming Furia, pursuing dreams, letting go of love and reckoning with years of verbal and hinted at physical abuse. It’s about fear and hope. It’s about growth and discovering how flawed and brutal our parents and culture can be.
While Furia is well written, emotive and vibrant, I can’t say I really fell in love with it. I went in with high hopes, as I do every book I read, but found that I wasn’t engaging with the story the way I had wanted to. I fully recognize that not all books are going to pull you in, or tug at your heart strings or make you feel seen or heard. My life experience is so vastly different than Camila’s, I can hardly imagine the fear and self loathing her community and culture put upon her. Though I didn’t emotionally connect to Furia, I also found some of the plot points to be lacking. The set up to the eventual confrontation with Camila’s father didn’t feel well established, nor was the build to her brother impregnating his girlfriend. The b-plot, or c-plot, of the missing children came in and out of focus so frequently that it made me wonder what the point was. Was it to be fleeting like the girls lives, or was it a commentary on how no one blinks an eye about them? I didn’t find an answer, and the questions that arose weren’t particularly compelling.
Overall, I understand why people have fallen in love with Furia, and I recognize that it’s okay to not be one of those people.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying and Domestic abuse
therainbowshelf's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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? No
5.0
I picked this up to finish one of my 2022 reading challenges. Sports stories aren't necessarily my jam otherwise. Yamile does an excellent job representing Camila's sports aspirations and how those clash with mysogeny in the culture around her, as well as her developing romance. Content warnings for mysogeny, abusive father, and murdered or missing girls.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Child abuse
Moderate: Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual assault
Missing or murdered girlswordssearched's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
A sweet, if somewhat superficial, story about an Argentine girl who loves soccer in a culture that cherishes the sport but not the girls and women who play. There is a lot to mine here: a complicated family, domestic abuse, a national crisis of violence against women, girls fighting for equal opportunity, and the dream of getting out and making it big. Surprisingly, what gets the most play is the romance, which plays out fairly predictably. A nice, fast read but left me wanting a little more.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse