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[REVIEW] The Silent Patient

The Silent PatientThe Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a holy guacamole book!
I have to confess I did not predict the end, which was something that does not happen often due to the huge amount of thriller I have read in the past -- but hey, I didn't see this coming and I loved it!

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[REVIEW] Ghost Wall

Ghost WallGhost Wall by Sarah Moss
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Easy read: the book is short and the writing is beautiful! Tough themes like domestic violence are featured and the 17 y.o. main character is super smart, I loved her comments and her shy personality.
Definitely an author I will revisit!

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[REVIEW] Educated

EducatedEducated by Tara Westover
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Now I get why this book is on everyone's TBR or everyone's favourites.... It's a memoir that reads like a thriller, which makes it even more creepy!!!
"holy guacamole, this is not fiction, this lady really lived through this"

I am not summarising the book, many people did that already and in a much better way.
What I will say, however, is that I've been thinking for a long time that education is the solution for most of humanity's problems, but I never quite understood why most people don't like to learn, are not curious, don't use the amazing source of knowledge we have today in the tip of our hands! (yep, I am from the pre-cell phone era, guys)
But this book showed me a glimpse of the isolation people feel when they start changing, shifting, learning and questioning... at some point, in your learning process, you have to decide if you step out of your comfort zone into the unknown (alone, probably you will suffer some of aggression), or if you stay where you are...
Today, I think differently, but the idea is not completely settled in my head... I would say something like this "most world's problem would be solved by the willing of brave people to be educated..."

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[REVIEW] The Great Alone

The Great AloneThe Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Holy Guacamole...
What this book does so well is to describe the decay of Leni's father mental health with the reduction of sun light... It also shows how difficult it is to live in extreme weather, but humans are amazing creatures and adapt...
Respect for Alaska, honestly. By reading this book I felt like a city girl (which I am), screaming at the smallest spider (which I also do) and completely unable to adapt and survive in temperatures below -10C (also true).
I am curious now, is it possible for anyone in Alaska to be vegetarian?


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[REVIEW] Bitch Planet

Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine (Bitch Planet Collected Editions, #1)Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Book 1 was just enough to get a glimpse of a word where women must be compliant, otherwise they are sent out to a facility where they are supposed to be re-educated... but actually never leave.
First time I heard about the Bitch Planet was from a feminist reader I admire who had a non-compliant tattoo. I fell in love with the book without even looking at its cover ahahah and here I am now, enjoying this brutal story. Looking forward for what follows <3
Non-Compliant forever!

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[REVIEW] Born a crime

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African ChildhoodBorn a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I am giving 5* to this audiobook, narrated by Trevor Noah himself.
I got a bit lost a few times with the timelines and his age in the different chapters, but i got used to it quite fast.
His memories and the way he talks about them are very compelling, very funny at times, but also shocking, sad, outrageous...
Finally, what a good way to write a love letter to your mom <3 maybe I get my inspiration from this memoir...
Now I will try to convince my husband to listen to it! Wish me luck!

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[REVIEW] On the come up

On the Come UpOn the Come Up by Angie Thomas
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I liked this YA book: we meet a teenager who wants to be a raper and bad-ass just like her father, without really understanding the consequences just because she´s naïve... or should I say, just a teenager...
The family struggles a lot, mainly because of prejudice, which is nice to see through the eyes of the teen and how she feels responsible for "saving" her family at 16 y.o..
I am in a phase where YA books need to be read with care and in very slow doses, otherwise I spend the whole time rolling my eyes... I tend to forget how teenagers are really dumb, just like I was!

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[REVIEW] The Five

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the RipperThe Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I listened to this audiobook while assembling my new bookshelves, so it was a very introspective process.
It was important for me to learn about these women´s lives to understand how life was difficult for women back in Victorian times. The book sounds very well researched and the author is cautious to use words like "likely" and "probably" when making assumptions about their decisions.
The author is absolutely right when she suggests us - as a society - to stop idolizing the murderer and remember the victims... I think this kind of maturity has still a long way to go in today´s mentalities.

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[REVIEW] One of Us

One of Us: The Story of a Massacre in Norway - and Its AftermathOne of Us: The Story of a Massacre in Norway - and Its Aftermath by Åsne Seierstad
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I found this (audio)book very well researched, the recreations are based on reports, interviews, testimonies, so despite being a work of non-fiction it reads (unfortunately) like a thriller.
It’s devastating... you know the ending, so you see it build up, Breivik becoming more and more self-centered, fanatic... and the shooting part, it’s like you’re there, trying to escape... knowing it really happened to those kids makes it 100x harder to listen to...
I highly recommend it!

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[REVIEW] The Last Girl

The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic StateThe Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State by Nadia Murad
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book reveals such a painful reality... I have no idea what it’s like to live in war, I know nothing about captivity. I am free and privileged, I chose to study abroad and to work in another country, I lost some of my family and friends to accidents or just old age...
This book is such a punch in the gut, all these horrible horrible things happened in the 21st century!!! How?
It’s also a wake up call for passivity... if you see someone being beaten in the street would you ignore it?

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The Cost of Sugar



Uma das muitas vantagens de participar num bookclub numa terra que não é a nossa, é a oportunidade de ler clássicos que nem sequer sabíamos que existiam...
:-)
The cost of sugar é um clássico do colonialismo holandês e conta a história da escravidão nas plantações de cana de açúcar no Suriname. O livro começa por se focar na história de uma família proprietária de uma plantação que vê as suas filhas casarem com donos de outras plantações (numa altura em que o casamento era tudo a que uma mulher podia aspirar), formar família, ver o negócio florescer...
Mas nas entrelinhas há uma outra história que se conta: a história dos escravos, das suas próprias famílias, dos castigos e do desejo de liberdade, dos ataques às plantações pelos rebeldes e a vingança sobre os brancos...
O facto de o livro citar algumas referências bibliográficas torna o livro mais credível e significativo.
A escravidão é uma parte inegável da história portuguesa e estes livros revelam-se muito mais perturbadores sabendo eu que nós fizemos coisas semelhantes...

Perguntem a Sarah Gross



Confesso que não tinha muitas expectativas para o livro, não sabia muito bem do que se tratava, mas isso não era importante, eu já estava com saudades de ler um livro em português cujas criticas fossem boas!...

Como conclusão tenho de dizer que já há muito tempo que um livro não me trazia as lágrimas aos olhos e aconteceu com este... os horrores que os judeus viveram estão muito bem descritos aqui e senti-me muitas vezes chocada e enjoada, porque para além de ser horrivel, ainda há o poderoso detalhe de que não é ficcão...

So não lhe atribuo 5 estrelas porque há outros enredos paralelos que não passam de uma boa promessa e depois não levam a lado nenhum. O potencial é tanto que este pequeno desconsolo me deixou-me desapontada. Mas só um bocadinho, como se me faltasse o quadradinho de chocolate preto logo a seguir ao café :-)

Gostei muito e recomendo!

No país das últimas coisas



Apesar de ser um livro pequeno, precisei de tempo para o ler porque é uma história sombria, uma desgraça, uma distopia, um mundo desumano onde só se tenta sobreviver… 
Tendo em conta que eu própria atravessei um período difícil e sombrio, este livro foi encostado durante fins-de-semana inteiros e lido em pequenas doses. A história interessava-me, mas incomodava-me: Anna aterra num cenário quase pós-apocalíptico para ir em busca do seu irmão desaparecido. Falou-se muito de morte, fome, violência, degradação da espécie humana – tudo em forma de carta, na primeira pessoa.
O tempo foi passando, e eu consegui chegar ao fim do livro. Gostei muito! A escrita de Paul Auster começa a ser uma das minhas favoritas, até agora gostei de tudo o que li dele e dou-me bem com a forma como ele apresenta as histórias, cria os enredos e constrói as personagens.

Austrália - Venda de bolos acaba em ameaças de violação e morte

Num campus universitário australiano, foi organizado uma venda de bolos (ou melhor, queques) cujo principal objectivo era alertar para as diferenças entre os salários dos homens e das mulheres. Assim, todos os homens pagavam $1 pelo seu bolo enquanto que as mulheres pagavam apenas o correspondente proporcionalmente ao salário dos homens, dependendo da classe social em que se inseriam. Traduzindo por miúdos, enquanto que os homens pagavam $1 pelo queque, uma mulher negra, por exemplo, pagaria apenas 55 cêntimos.


Ora segundo a notícia divulgada AQUI, o resultado desta venda de bolos feminista foi um monte de comentários violentos na página pública do evento, nas contas facebook e de e-mail pessoal das organizadoras, em que se incluíam frases como:
"Matem todas as mulheres!"
"As fêmeas são escumalha, deviam ser abatidas enquanto bebés."
entre outras, bastante mais ofensivas (vejam a notícia no The Guardian para saberem os restantes comentários ofensivos e ameaças de violação e morte).

E isto porque se sentiram ofendidos com o facto de terem de pagar $1 pelos queques.

Tenho duas perguntas:
- Depois de ler esta notícia, alguém fica com dúvidas que ainda há muito para fazer pelo feminismo?
- Os tipos ofendidos por pagar $1 por queque não ficariam mais ofendidos se ganhassem apenas 55% do salário?