Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior - Spoiler Free Review

Spoiler free review of Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior (translated by Johnny Lorenz) - a 2024 International Booker Prize longlisted novel.
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[@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711]

My reservation for this just came through from the library so this is perfectly timed. I read a book by Jorge Amado from the 1950s recently and a Brazilian booktuber said this author is one of the contemporary Brazilian writers that matches up to him in quality.

[@GemofBooks]

Ooo - I’ve not read Amado, I’ll have to check him out! I hope you love Crooked Plow as much as I did 🧡

[@toweringtbr]

This sounds so good. I'll have to wait until it gets an audiobook but I'm excited to read it. Especially with Steinbeck vibes. Also I loved that you color-matched the cover!

[@GemofBooks]

It’s so awesome, I hope you love it when you get to it! The colour matching was accident rather than design 😂😂

[@josmith5992]

This sounds like you need to be able to move beyond the tongue bit and you’ll be rewarded. I remember you saying you weren’t impressed at first so very glad to turned out so well, great review Gemma!

[@GemofBooks]

100%! Once I saw the bigger picture my whole perspective on the book changed, definitely worth pushing through imho. 🤩

[@Showmeyourshelfie]

This sounds so strange! Accidently cuts her tongue out?!? A mash between Steinbeck and Marlon James?!? I'm in! Adding to my TBR! Great review.

[@GemofBooks]

Yeah, you have to move past the weird opening, but then it’s so worth it!

[@bjminton2698]

Good that you liked it! I've always wanted to take a cruise down the Amazon. Does that count for an interest in Brazil? 😄 I just watched the plod. Interesting that you loved 8 Lives. The first 4 chapters were brutal! The Maiden was my other choice from the longlist. Now I'm even more determined to read it after learning that it reads like a historical mystery! 😂 Soldier Sailor does not appeal to me at all... Thank you for the review!!

[@GemofBooks]

Who wouldn’t want to take a cruise down the Amazon?! 😂 8 Lives is definitely brutal. I’m just loving the exploration of life as a North Korean citizen. The Maiden is crowd pleaser in my opinion, one that will appeal to a lot of people and is super easy to read.

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Your review actually really made me want to read this. And made me want to read Marlon James as well. So much FOMO. 😈 Wasn’t planning on looking at any of the International Booker books but I might give it a try at some point.

[@GemofBooks]

Excellent 😈😈 It’s actually really good, and I think you would like it, and the Marlon James… #sorrynotsorry 😂😂

[@katrinamuritala3207]

I dnfed after a few pages the cutting mouths were to much

[@GemofBooks]

It gets so much better after that!!

[@TheLeniverse]

How do you accidentally cut your tongue out?!? 😯

[@GemofBooks]

😂😂 it’s an interesting opening for sure 👅

[@glendaw5221]

I DNF’d your video after reading another person’s comment about cutting. Sorry Gemma. Too icky for me.

[@GemofBooks]

😂😂 no probs. I can see that it wouldn’t be a book for everyone. The cutting is quite a minor part of the story though.

[@glendaw5221]

@@GemofBooks​​⁠ok so I watched your whole video. The references to Steinbeck troubled me because although I’ve only read Grapes of Wrath in high school I remember it as a dreary book. However, I’m putting this on my “maybe” list now because of your description. Lordy. Cutting the tongue out.

[@GemofBooks]

@glendaw5221 oh Grapes of Wrath was awful!! You picked the worst one!! You need to try Of mice and Men and East of Eden!! And thanks for coming back 😘