347 reviews for:

The Joke

Milan Kundera

3.89 AVERAGE


I’m sure MK would be quite furious that I counted the audiobook as reading.
challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

AAAAAHHH THAT WAS GOOOOOOD

Beautiful and eloquent gems of philosophy (e.g. below) hidden beneath PILES OF MISOGYNY.

"How would I explain I used my hatred to balance out the weight of the evil I bore as a youth? How would I explain I considered him the embodiment of all the evil I had known? How would I explain I needed to hate him?"

Este libro tiene muchas frases que quieres recordar siempre. Me ayudo mucho a comprender el comunismo y como esa ideología estaba tan arraigada en Europa.
challenging emotional reflective slow-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
challenging emotional funny medium-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
reflective tense
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

To find out that this was the first book published by Milan Kundera blew my mind. The man has the same quality, prose, storytelling technique since his first book.

I wish I would have written this book and/or such a book.