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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
fast-paced
Nada es un libro que nos lleva al desconcierto; en un principio para mí era una historia de un niño curioso que un día descubre la Nada, y de cómo sus grandes compañeros buscan ayudarlo a salir de su "supuesto" error, sin embargo no podría haber estado más equivocado. Éste ferviente deseo de ayudar comienza con la idea de buscar el verdadero significado, sacrificando cosas importantes de ellos mismos, llevándolos a situaciones crueles y desastrosas.
Nada es un libro cruel que nos formula diferentes incógnitas que se nos pueden llegar a presentar en la vida, y a pesar de que me mantuvo reciclando pensamientos una y otra vez, no me llevó a una solución tan deseada.(No miento, a pesar de todo esperaba un final feliz).
Sin duda un libro con un significado más profundo de lo que parece.
Es a podrido a lo que huele. Y cuando algo se descompone, se está convirtiendo en algo nuevo, Y lo nuevo que se crea huele bien. Por eso no hay diferencia entre algo que huele bien y algo que huele mal, los dos forman parte del eterno carrusel.
Nada es un libro cruel que nos formula diferentes incógnitas que se nos pueden llegar a presentar en la vida, y a pesar de que me mantuvo reciclando pensamientos una y otra vez, no me llevó a una solución tan deseada.(No miento, a pesar de todo esperaba un final feliz).
Sin duda un libro con un significado más profundo de lo que parece.
Después de empezarlo tres veces, logre terminarlo. Nunca tuve una relación de amor-odio tan grande con un libro. La trama es increíblemente buena pero todos los sucesos a lo largo del libro me hacían dejarlo de leer. Hay partes tan asquerosas que se me revolvió el estomago y otras tan tristes que llore demasiado. Es un libro muy fuerte y no para cualquiera.
La gente me habló maravillas de este libro y, a pesar de todo, no me gustó tanto como esperaba. Tal vez en otro momento, tal vez con otra edad, me hubiera gustado más.
La gente me habló maravillas de este libro y, a pesar de todo, no me gustó tanto como esperaba. Tal vez en otro momento, tal vez con otra edad, me hubiera gustado más.
I've got to be honest, I have no idea how to feel about this book. I don't even know what to give it as a rating. It's intense, disturbing, and thought provoking. It's hard to believe the children could be so vicious and vindictive, without their extreme behavior and activity causing enough alarm in the adults in their life and going unnoticed. I see the strains of The Lottery and The Lord of the Flies, and I think Teller does a masterful job of examining the group psyche, and how people do things in a group they may never do on their own.
challenging
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
A bunch of psycho-children whose life gets turned around after they were confronted with the philosophy of nihilism.
"That escalated quickly" probably describes this novel perfectly.
All in all, it could have been an excellent and original novel, if the pros and cons of nihilism and P.-A.'s logic were more elaborated.
"That escalated quickly" probably describes this novel perfectly.
All in all, it could have been an excellent and original novel, if the pros and cons of nihilism and P.-A.'s logic were more elaborated.
This year I will be reading Lord of the Flies with my seniors, so when I saw Janne Teller’s Nothing called a “Lord of the Flies for a new century”, I added it to my TBR pile. Last night I pulled it out after doing some planning and I read it straight through in one sitting. It is that good.
On the first day of 7th grade (Dutch 7th grade, so closer to our 8th/9th grade), Pierre Anthon announces to his classmates that nothing matters and nothing has meaning. We all begin to die as soon as we are born, so there is no point to anything or everything, he says. He proceeds to climb a plum tree in his yard and verbally harass the rest of his class as they walk to and from school each day. While they try to ignore him, his words start to crack their insulated teenage world. As a group, they decide Pierre must be stopped. The solution, the conclude, is to prove that life does have meaning.
In order to prove meaning in life, the students begin collecting items that mean something to them. Each student demands a meaningful item from the next student in line. What starts out innocently enough quickly becomes more intense and eventually morbid. The students are falling down a slippery slope and falling out of control.
This is a haunting book. Philosophical, thought-provoking, and horrifying all at once, I read Nothing in one sitting. Not a word is wasted by Teller and I found myself gasping at points. She does not delve into explicit details, but in some ways her terse wording is even more horrifying. It is a perfect companion to Lord of the Flies and will be fantastic for class discussions. I’m considering it as a read aloud with my seniors.
While the characters are not particularly memorable individually, they are disturbing as a group. As the reader, we don’t need to know them as individuals. It is the mob mentality that drives the book and drives the action. The group is not even redeemable in my eyes, but I still could not put the book down. It is completely haunting. And while the students are 13/14 in the story, the book is more appropriate for older students and even adults.
I am shocked that I have not heard more about Nothing this year. It is without a doubt one of the best books I have read this year. It has classic written all over it.
On the first day of 7th grade (Dutch 7th grade, so closer to our 8th/9th grade), Pierre Anthon announces to his classmates that nothing matters and nothing has meaning. We all begin to die as soon as we are born, so there is no point to anything or everything, he says. He proceeds to climb a plum tree in his yard and verbally harass the rest of his class as they walk to and from school each day. While they try to ignore him, his words start to crack their insulated teenage world. As a group, they decide Pierre must be stopped. The solution, the conclude, is to prove that life does have meaning.
In order to prove meaning in life, the students begin collecting items that mean something to them. Each student demands a meaningful item from the next student in line. What starts out innocently enough quickly becomes more intense and eventually morbid. The students are falling down a slippery slope and falling out of control.
This is a haunting book. Philosophical, thought-provoking, and horrifying all at once, I read Nothing in one sitting. Not a word is wasted by Teller and I found myself gasping at points. She does not delve into explicit details, but in some ways her terse wording is even more horrifying. It is a perfect companion to Lord of the Flies and will be fantastic for class discussions. I’m considering it as a read aloud with my seniors.
While the characters are not particularly memorable individually, they are disturbing as a group. As the reader, we don’t need to know them as individuals. It is the mob mentality that drives the book and drives the action. The group is not even redeemable in my eyes, but I still could not put the book down. It is completely haunting. And while the students are 13/14 in the story, the book is more appropriate for older students and even adults.
I am shocked that I have not heard more about Nothing this year. It is without a doubt one of the best books I have read this year. It has classic written all over it.
dark
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced