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The Lusiads by Luís Vaz de Camões

aroda's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

amerynth's review

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2.0

This was a bit of chore for me -- I'm not all that interested in Portuguese history or epic poetry (unless the author is Coleridge.) It was all a bit dull for me.

bahh_19's review against another edition

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adventurous funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

gonza_basta's review

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3.0

It is surely a classic, but I don't like epics so much and I read it till the end only because it was on my World Literature Classic course. I'm sure that were I Portuguese I would have appreciated it much more.

Sicuramente un classicone, ma i poemi epici non mi piacciono poi tanto e l'ho letti fino alla fine fondamentalmente perché era una lettura prevista dal mio corso sui capolavori della letteratura mondiale; sono sicura comunque che se fossi portoghese avrei apprezzato il tutto molto di piú.

iamopepperanna's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

a_p101's review against another edition

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adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

joanappgrace's review against another edition

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5.0

Esta é a terceira vez que estudo esta obra. Porém é a primeira que a leio na íntegra.
Ainda não sou capaz de escrever uma "crítica", uma "opinião". Apenas consigo dizer que Camões era um génio e que as entrelinhas e personagens que ele criou mostram uma grande consciência social, política, bem como um brilhantismo literário!
Para quem nunca leu a obra na íntegra o meu conselho é: Leiam. Não se deixem ficar pelas análises redutoras do ensino secundário. Leiam, raleiem e aproveitem o grande brilhantismo e mestria de Luís Vaz de Camões.

cannonsharp's review against another edition

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Portuguese tradition rarely manifests itself in the pure desire for glory and in the grandiloquent glorification of heroic virtues; on the contrary, it seems to express itself in the discreet use of those virtues. Camões found the right tone to formulate that tradition precisely in the final stanzas of his epic, in which he counsels King Sebastian to favor and promote the most experienced, who know “how, when, and where things fit,” and exalts military discipline, which learns by assiduous practice—“seeing, dealing, struggling”—not by fantasy—“dreaming, imagining or studying.”



Excerpt from: "Roots of Brazil" by Sérgio Buarque de Holanda.

_marianne_'s review against another edition

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2.0

se eu não tirar boa nota no teste eu juro que queimo esta desgraça