A review by maiyetree
Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi

challenging hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Things are wrong in the world. The world is wrong. And yet you're living your life as if that doesn't affect you. Voluntarily stuck in a perpetual cycle of looking but not seeing, hearing but not listening, feeling but not understanding, wishing but not doing. This book served as a reminder to me that even though I may be purposefully oblivious, doing something about the things you believe in is only the stroke of a pen away. Having a conscience is not bad thing. That is actually what gives meaning to living.