Resenhas - Maame

Ells94w 10/12/2023

Tem uns pontos altos e alguns pontos baixos. As partes onde a Maddie se relaciona com a mãe e a família são boas porque você percebe o desenvolvimento da personagem, assim como as partes no trabalho.

O que mais me incomodou foi a jeito como os relacionamentos amorosos dela foram escritos. Muito corridos, a personagem desenvolve um trauma ligado a relações sexuais e eu achei que foi abordado de forma pobre, além de que algumas cenas foram dispensáveis ou poderiam ter sido escritas de outra forma.

No geral, é um bom livro que lida de uma forma bem legal sobre trauma familiar e sobre a expectativa da "criança de ouro" de performar o papel de responsável da casa ou da família.

Adorei o título, mirou bem em seu público alvo por causa do significado da palavra.

Diego 13/01/2023

4,5/5

Great debut novel! Thank you NetGalley and Publisher for the advanced copy!

"My name and all its variations included, a term of endearment, or Maame. 'Maame' has many meanings in Twi, but in my case, it means 'woman'. I've been called Maame ever since I can remember and I loved being referred to as a woman when I was still a girl. I loved being viewed as grown-up before I'd even gotten my period."


Maddie or, as her mother calls her, Maame is a young Black girl struggling through her adult life with an ill father, an absent mother and a self-absorbed brother. She was left in charge for taking care of her father, who suffers from Parkinson's disease while her mother is in Ghana running a hostel that her grandfather left after he passed away. When Maddie's mother finally return to London she leaves her parent's house and finally feels she can start living her own life.

We rejoice, suffer, grief, exasperate, love and disappointed with Maddie, I honestly think that the author express all those feelings in such a way that feels that I went through with her as well. The book encapsulate a specific time frame from adulthood that moment that we actually are no longer teens but we don't see ourselves as adults as well, almost like a rite of passage, and above all, we are presented with the daily racism she suffers, all the microagressions from her flatmates, coworkers and the guys she dates.

I think I'm not expressing properly how I liked this book, ugh! All those scenes about her family, all the pain they inflict on her, that was so emotional, even raw. Anyway, I really recomend this book and a debut! I'll keep an eye for George's next realeses.

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