La foresta trabocca

Pensieri in corso ora che sono a metà lettura (potrei modificare successivamente, se non faccio aggiornamenti vuol dire che il mio pensiero non cambia): Parla di incomunicabilità di coppia, ponendosi a metà tra "La vegetariana" di Han Kang e il film "Mermaid in the Manhole" di Hideshi Hino (ma senza Leggi tutto

I don’t like comparing books, but The Forest Brims Over by Maru Ayase feels like the Japanese remake of The Vegetarian by Han Kang . The Forest Brims Over is a magical realism book in which Rui, the wife of an author, swallows some seeds and becomes a forest. What starts as a drastic measure to protes Leggi tutto

La Foresta Trabocca parla di uomini e di donne, soprattutto di donne. Parla dell'intimità dei problemi di coppia, delle dinamiche delle relazioni, coniugali ed extra-, dell'incomunicabilità tra partner, della manipolazione dell'individuo forte dei due sull'altro. Parla di come non si dovrebbe mai fin Leggi tutto

Obviously I love a book where a woman turns both figuratively and literally into a tree, and I think there’s a lot of really beautiful imagery in here, but the soapbox speeches about sexism became a LITTLE over the top at a certain point. The Bechdel test is mentioned by name less than two pages fro Leggi tutto

L’idea del romanzo è accattivante e si sviluppa su due piani, quello della realtà e quello della stranezza. Per tre quarti di libro sembrano funzionare e incrociarsi mantenendo la lettura avvincente. Ad un certo punto l’autrice decide di volerci spiegare qualcosa ed entra il tema della letteratura p Leggi tutto

“Of course I was happy. How could I not be, with the person I love trying so desperately to find me? But no matter how much you love someone, there are some things you just can’t forgive.” 🌳🌿🌷 A magically infused look into the subtle ways that misogyny becomes normalized, and the ways in which women a Leggi tutto

Thank you to the publisher Counterpoint Press for the e-arc in exchange for an honest review. Tw: misogynistic remark, mental health issues This book was beautifully written and I'm looking forward to more of Maru Ayase's book bcus this sold me to read more of the author's work. I have to give it up to Leggi tutto

Just around 5 weeks later after I finished this book, I can't say I remember it all that well. It has a very interesting concept (like I said, I wrote a short body horror story about a woman turning into a tree, so naturally I'd want to read one about a woman turning into a forest). This does have s Leggi tutto

I haven’t felt so excited about a book’s back cover description in AGES and was so looking forward to this read, but unfortunately it fell short for me. The concept was fascinating and I do think it achieved some interesting commentary on the male gaze and the idea of a female muse, but I was disapp Leggi tutto

If a man is mean to you, become a forest and destroy his life and reputation!!!! But actually 4.5 rounded up. The writing in this was really lovely. I could really picture the growing chaos/forest and was compelled by each new character I was introduced to. Each character offers a new perspective int Leggi tutto