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maribooked's review against another edition
4.25
Επιτέλους ολοκλήρωσα αυτο το βιβλίο και πόσο χαίρομαι! Σίγουρα ηταν μια αναγνωστική εμπειρία που δεν θα ξεχάσω. Υπήρχαν σημεία που λάτρεψα, σημεία που δεν κατάλαβα καθόλου σε σημείο να καίω εγκεφαλικά κύτταρα και φυσικά χαρακτήρες που μίσησα..
Ολιβέιρα εισαι ένα άτομο που δεν κατάλαβα αλλά ούτε θέλω να καταλάβω..
Ολιβέιρα εισαι ένα άτομο που δεν κατάλαβα αλλά ούτε θέλω να καταλάβω..
misterminki's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-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
emna507's review against another edition
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
agusnahas's review against another edition
5.0
Rayuela is a hard book to start with if you want to get to know Cortázar. Loved it, but so tricky it's hard for you to get when he's talking about himself and when he's talking about others. Surrounded by a bohemian atmosphere, Cortazar tells a nostalgic and bittersweet story with incredibles metaphors and writing-games only he could've thought of. Glancing frequently at the past, Cortazar makes you fall in love with Paris and with Buenos Aires, even though he can't stop complaining about every single thing of them. There's some breathable melancholy in the book that makes you suffer between the pages, but if you know Buenos Aires, you won't be able to stop reading.
nora_d_tinta_y_papel's review against another edition
3.0
Es un libro muy complejo sin lugar a dudas, la primera parte me encantó, me hizo reflexionar, investigar. La disfruté mucho. La segunda a pesar de que parece más lineal, me desencanto. Tiene capítulos que a mi gusto son una joya, el 7 es mi perdición, con el 23 me reí mucho, el 28 es una oda al absurdo, el 29 me hizo llorar. El 41 me desesperó y el 56 yo quería aventar a Oliveira por la ventana. Creo que con este libro me sentí como la Maga, necesitaba una constante explicación de las cosas. Seguro lo volveré a leer en algunos años y buscaré después mis notas para compararlas.
towercity's review against another edition
4.0
One of the first "high lit" books I ever read, during my senior year of high school between Harry Potter and Abarat. It was well above my head then, couched in references I had no chance of understanding at the time, but I marvelled at every page, flipping through some difficult passages, reading others more than twice. Perhaps because of the difficult I had with reading it, it became a sort of magical object. I could not read it like a normal book, physically or intellectually, but I could not stop reading it. There are lines in Chapter 23 which, reading through a second time more recently, I could still recall word for word. (This is 5 years later.) If anything, there is magic in that.
Some of the magic must be attributed to how the book is read: the reader can choose to read the book in order or to skip around chapters in an path lightly prescribed by the author (which, given that half the book remains unread if this path is foregone, most choose the hopscotching path). This adds an additional difficulty to the book. The reader must search through the novel to find each new chapter. And the novel itself is about searching, constant and numerous searches. Thus the reader consciously, physically enacts the novel by reading it. It creates a bond between the reader and the read which feels entirely magical.
"Everything depends on … (a sentence scratched out)." -- Julio Cortazar, Hopscotch
Some of the magic must be attributed to how the book is read: the reader can choose to read the book in order or to skip around chapters in an path lightly prescribed by the author (which, given that half the book remains unread if this path is foregone, most choose the hopscotching path). This adds an additional difficulty to the book. The reader must search through the novel to find each new chapter. And the novel itself is about searching, constant and numerous searches. Thus the reader consciously, physically enacts the novel by reading it. It creates a bond between the reader and the read which feels entirely magical.
"Everything depends on … (a sentence scratched out)." -- Julio Cortazar, Hopscotch
fyodorll's review against another edition
2.0
dnf at 12% (chap 5) borren esa madre
marcado como leído como recompensa por el sufrimiento
marcado como leído como recompensa por el sufrimiento
micacobain's review against another edition
4.0
Todo dependió que al final hubo las cartas de Cortázar con explicación debida del propósito del libro
messofamees's review against another edition
challenging
slow-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
2.5
I appreciate what the book tried to do back in its day. The philosophy behind it relates to not underestimating the reader. Unfortunately the result is a book filled with references that went right over my head, making the book incredibly hard to read.
In my opinion this book becomes elitist by its endless references to people and places that go unexplained.
Another point I need to make is that it did not age well. In books from this period I often taste the underlying racism and sexism that was so out in the open back then and this book is no exception.
However, it certainly was an interesting read. (Not the plot, that was really not what this book was about.) I can't quite put my finger on it, but something about it did captivate me, hence the 2.5 stars as opposed to the 1 star I was inclined to give it for the reasons mentioned above.
In my opinion this book becomes elitist by its endless references to people and places that go unexplained.
Another point I need to make is that it did not age well. In books from this period I often taste the underlying racism and sexism that was so out in the open back then and this book is no exception.
However, it certainly was an interesting read. (Not the plot, that was really not what this book was about.) I can't quite put my finger on it, but something about it did captivate me, hence the 2.5 stars as opposed to the 1 star I was inclined to give it for the reasons mentioned above.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Sexual violence
Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt