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Água Viva by Clarice Lispector

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homefornina's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Deeply and forever changed for having read this.

piennokkio's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring mysterious reflective

Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

sevdeb's review against another edition

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4.25

Ah living is so uncomfortable. Everything pinches: the body demands, the spirit doesn’t stop, living is like being tired and not being able to sleep—living is bothersome. You can’t walk naked either in body or in spirit.

alixf889's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Hands down my favorite Lispector. A beautiful meditation on the nature of existing.

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3.0

I think I need to reread this at a slower pace, but still the writing is so poetic and she was able to capture a lot of feelings about life/death/love that I have had.