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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
a story about a boy that is resentful about not doing anything only thinking of consequence goes out to destroy to feelings of everyone else in order to "better" himself. reads well. but I could not stand the idea being pushed acrossed. idea was exposed as selffish when faced with death. if you like the ideas here you will see them in a picture of dorian gray as well, but this is a much easier read with minimal fluff.
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
There were some good points in the book, but, I am not impressed by it.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Yeah this is one of those that’ll stick. Like my guy is playing music with language and he’s hitting some bum notes but it doesn’t even matter cause he’s hitting the notes that matter when the orchestra gets to swelling and this one of those books where the narrative genius at hand not only overcomes the text’s imperfections but lends those imperfections a glittering, incandescent quality that only strengthens the text overall, those blemishes that bespeak beauty.
Tl;dr it’s resonant as fuck, fully baked, brilliantly structured and full of truth. Claps to the chef!
Tl;dr it’s resonant as fuck, fully baked, brilliantly structured and full of truth. Claps to the chef!
slow-paced
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A journey of a man looking for enlightenment and the meaning of life, which seems to be all of the cliches, even if they are contradictory:
Life is cyclical. It will continue to repeat, birth/awakening, suffering/healing, death/destruction, back to birth/reawakening.
You must give everything away in order to gain anything (more money, more problems).
You can’t know happiness without sadness, good without evil.
Everyone is the same, we all experience the same things.
You must let others find their own way, especially with kids. Your previous mistakes will not protect or prevent others from making their own.
Who you were, are, and will be, are all happening at once and are always intertwined. Like how a river is always there and moving and changing, yet the same.
Everything, and anything, can be your teacher.
I am you, you are me, and we are all together, including god.
Sometimes all you need is someone to listen and sometimes all you need is to listen.
Above all, love is most important.
I read this in high school and while I don’t remember the impression it made on me then, I’m glad to have read it again a decade later and feeling that it is timeless for the message is true then and now.
Life is cyclical. It will continue to repeat, birth/awakening, suffering/healing, death/destruction, back to birth/reawakening.
You must give everything away in order to gain anything (more money, more problems).
You can’t know happiness without sadness, good without evil.
Everyone is the same, we all experience the same things.
You must let others find their own way, especially with kids. Your previous mistakes will not protect or prevent others from making their own.
Who you were, are, and will be, are all happening at once and are always intertwined. Like how a river is always there and moving and changing, yet the same.
Everything, and anything, can be your teacher.
I am you, you are me, and we are all together, including god.
Sometimes all you need is someone to listen and sometimes all you need is to listen.
Above all, love is most important.
I read this in high school and while I don’t remember the impression it made on me then, I’m glad to have read it again a decade later and feeling that it is timeless for the message is true then and now.
beautiful and inspiring. didn't realize it was written by a white dude until i was halfway through.