Resenhas - Black Cake

Bia 28/09/2023

Gostei, vale a pena a leitura.
Pode ser um pouco confuso pela quantidade de personagens e os nomes parecidos

Rachiri 25/07/2023

Teve potencial
Achei uma história interessante, com muitos comentários pertinentes sobre racismo, xenofobia, pertencimento, ancestralidade? o único problema é que parece que nunca vai acabar! O livro repete, repete e repete as mesmas coisas e não tem fim kkkkkrying!
Toda a discussão sobre ancestralidade e imigração me fez entrar em reflexões bem profundas e me fez pensar na minha origem, família e tudo mais e estou vivendo uma mudança na vida que agregou bem a tudo isso que a autora quis trazer.

akasaori 02/12/2022

A mãe desses dois irmãos faleceu e deixou uma gravação e um bolo preto para eles. Uma sinopse tão simples e que se desdobra numa história sensacional, adorei os personagens e a relação deles, sem contar que esse role da gravação foi bem legal de acompanhar não só pela história que é contada ali, mas também porque a autora escreveu essa parte toda de um modo que poderia de fato acontecer na vida real, não aquele clássico que acontece em diversos livros em que a personagem está pra descobrir algo importante e para pra, sei lá, fazer um ovo frito.
Adorei conhecer essa família e com esse livro descobri que adoro histórias de irmãos.

Omar 04/09/2022

Promising plot, but not properly delivered.
In Black Cake we are introduced to a story that unfolds in two different periods of time. First we have Byron and Benny who sit to listen to a recording left by their mother who had recently passed. Second we are introduced to Covey, a girl born and raised in a Caribbean island where most of the book takes place. I almost gave the book two stars, but decided to give it three instead because I really enjoyed learning about Covey's story and the "sneak peek" at the social-economic dynamics of the island. All in all the plot was very promising in the beginning, since I really enjoy inter-generational stories, so the book's synopsis really caught my attention. But to say that Byron and Benny would "piece together" their mother's true history, or to put the fulfillment of her final request as a challenge they would have to face, is an oversell to say the least. Eleonor's history was laid bare by herself specifically to her children. There wasn't really much piecing together fot them to do aside from sitting and listening. There was no secret left uncovered, no investigation for them to carry on. In fact, it seems that every character had his/her own PI just never acted on the information they acquired. So, when Byron and Benny learn the truth about their parents, all the work had already been done. And I was kind of expecting a more active role from them.

But what bugged me the most was that I did not feel that facts and feelings where really connected. Most of the time the character's reactions seemed detached from real life and the reader had to be constantly reminded of how much this character and that had lost or had to go through. The feelings are not warranted by the facts, and actions seemed too artificial, or exaggerated even. It's true that there is no statute of limitations for murder in English law, but I mean, 50 years is a long time to keep on looking over your shoulders for being a SUSPECT on a murder case without ever being indicted. Also, across the Atlantic who would even look for a presumed-to-be-dead-runaway-girl for a crime committed so far away? And once internet was a thing, Covey never found out that the case had already been shelved for many years and that she wasn't even the main suspect anymore? It is hinted that Little Man's family could still be a threat, but again, how powerful were they that Covey and Gibbs wouldn't be safe with different identities living in first in England than in the United States? Nevertheless the fear of being caught had to always be mentioned to remind us that everything was done to avoid being found.