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A review by shane_the_reading_rat
Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez
4.5
even as someone who doesn’t know much about soccer, this was really cool (its also about more than just soccer!!!)
i feel extremely unqualified to talk about a lot of the aspects of this book, as its main topic is sexism in South America, specifically Argentina (it’s also very feminist :D). as im,,, not a woman (im transmasculine, so feminism and sexism affect me too just in different ways than they affect women obviously) and not south american, i really have no place to speak on some topics in this. HOWEVER, i can say it’s a super compelling story !! Camila “La Furia” Hassan was a great main character, she feels extremely real. i do wish this had focused just slightly more on her relationships with some of the other girls in this book (mainly Roxana and Karen), i would’ve loved to see more depth there. even so this was a really good and important book
i feel extremely unqualified to talk about a lot of the aspects of this book, as its main topic is sexism in South America, specifically Argentina (it’s also very feminist :D). as im,,, not a woman (im transmasculine, so feminism and sexism affect me too just in different ways than they affect women obviously) and not south american, i really have no place to speak on some topics in this. HOWEVER, i can say it’s a super compelling story !! Camila “La Furia” Hassan was a great main character, she feels extremely real. i do wish this had focused just slightly more on her relationships with some of the other girls in this book (mainly Roxana and Karen), i would’ve loved to see more depth there. even so this was a really good and important book
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexism