Reviews

Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada by Carolina Maria de Jesus

iacin's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

amafsgaphos's review against another edition

“O Brasil precisa ser dirigido por uma pessoa que já passou fome. A fome tambem é professora.
Quem passa fome aprende a pensar no proximo, e nas crianças.”

desejofurtacor's review against another edition

5.0

Inacreditável que esse livro não seja leitura obrigatória no ensino básico brasileiro

dudulima's review against another edition

5.0

vida injusta da porra. fiquei muito tocado por esse trecho, mesmo sem saber o que pensar dele:
"Encontrei um cego:
- Há quantos anos perdeste a vista?
- 10 anos.
- Achou ruim?
- Não. Porque tudo que Deus faz é bom.
- Qual foi a causa da perda visual?
- Fraqueza.
- E não teve possibilidade de cura?
- Não. Só se fizer transplantação. Mas é preciso encontrar quem me dê os olhos.
- Então o senhor já viu o sol, as flores e o céu cheio de estrelas?
- Já vi. Graças a Deus."

estersousa's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

cah_ello's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

bergsteiger's review against another edition

3.0

This book's strength was not so much in its prose, but like "The Diary of Anne Frank", in providing exposure to an experience that would seem almost contrived without a first hand account. Carolina's journal entries from 1958 and 1959 in a Brazilian shanty town are certainly poignant and give a good sense of poverty in that country. And while I would have preferred a shorter sampling, the repetitiveness of her daily struggle for food for her and her family really drives home the experience. There are certain cultural references that are quite interesting too. If you know little about Brazilian culture and history, this is a good book to pick up to understand how the lower classes lived (and still live) there.

leeknowneverdies's review against another edition

informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

rafamar's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

rays_bookclub's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0