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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
Hurting and traumatized people hurt and traumatize each other for their entire lives.
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Full review @https://ecstaticyetchaotic.wordpress.com/2018/09/20/the-unbearable-lightness-of-being-by-milan-kundera-book-review/
The Unbearable Lightness of Being is one of those books that make you think of thoughts you otherwise rendered unimportant. The book covers a multitude of themes but most important is the reason for one’s existence, one’s purpose in life.
The story revolves around four characters mainly, each with a different past, a difficult present, especially in midst of a Russian invasion, and an unsure future.
Tomas loves women. Well, he loves Teresa but he would suffocate to death if he had to sleep with only one woman for the rest of his life. His idea of love and sex are different from the usual and he is unapologetically himself. He is also a highly opinionated person, mainly politically.
Teresa is running from her past. She doesn’t want to be like her mother- cruel, shameless and full of mistakes, but sometimes she finds herself in the exact same position. She is not a fan of Tomas’s infidelity, but she puts up with it, every day of her life.
Sabina is attracted to the idea of betrayal. She hates stability and loves spontaneous situations.
Franz is more like your average professor who has his principles of infidelity and need to do justice to one’s memory.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being questions multiple things. First, it talks about one’s purpose in life, what it means to exist. It then goes on to the different things people love and how certain like to stick to a routine while others go with the flow. It talks about the complexities of a relationship and how the meaning of attachment is strictly personal.
The author also takes his time to tell us his opinion about the Russian Invasion as the story is mostly set in the late 1960s. The opinion has been conveyed through his characters and sometimes very directly. The author is the narrator and he has fun creating his characters, giving them meaning and sharing a part of his life through them.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a book that will give out a different meaning each time you read it, and even if you are the type who doesn’t let books dampen your thoughts and ideologies, you will end up enjoying this book because it is a fine piece of literature- intriguing, powerful and complete.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being is one of those books that make you think of thoughts you otherwise rendered unimportant. The book covers a multitude of themes but most important is the reason for one’s existence, one’s purpose in life.
The story revolves around four characters mainly, each with a different past, a difficult present, especially in midst of a Russian invasion, and an unsure future.
Tomas loves women. Well, he loves Teresa but he would suffocate to death if he had to sleep with only one woman for the rest of his life. His idea of love and sex are different from the usual and he is unapologetically himself. He is also a highly opinionated person, mainly politically.
Teresa is running from her past. She doesn’t want to be like her mother- cruel, shameless and full of mistakes, but sometimes she finds herself in the exact same position. She is not a fan of Tomas’s infidelity, but she puts up with it, every day of her life.
Sabina is attracted to the idea of betrayal. She hates stability and loves spontaneous situations.
Franz is more like your average professor who has his principles of infidelity and need to do justice to one’s memory.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being questions multiple things. First, it talks about one’s purpose in life, what it means to exist. It then goes on to the different things people love and how certain like to stick to a routine while others go with the flow. It talks about the complexities of a relationship and how the meaning of attachment is strictly personal.
The author also takes his time to tell us his opinion about the Russian Invasion as the story is mostly set in the late 1960s. The opinion has been conveyed through his characters and sometimes very directly. The author is the narrator and he has fun creating his characters, giving them meaning and sharing a part of his life through them.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a book that will give out a different meaning each time you read it, and even if you are the type who doesn’t let books dampen your thoughts and ideologies, you will end up enjoying this book because it is a fine piece of literature- intriguing, powerful and complete.
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
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I think I’m too unintelligent to comprehend what it was I read. Need to come back when I’m all grown up.
Gorgeously hypnotic yet at moments cold and stark. The reality of the entrapments of the human desire to follow one's own path yet being thwarted by the anxiety of existence and how one can ever manage to truly be as authentic as they covet.
It stings to read and breaks your heart if you too are prone to feeling such whirlwind emotions. Sexual connections in the novel feel almost like fleeting moments of comfort and reassurance in the cruelties of life's unfulfilling nature. Love is a strong force of beauty and nauseating tragedy.
Of course, I found myself identifying with Tereza to a frightening degree and took a rather existential enjoyment in the novel!
It stings to read and breaks your heart if you too are prone to feeling such whirlwind emotions. Sexual connections in the novel feel almost like fleeting moments of comfort and reassurance in the cruelties of life's unfulfilling nature. Love is a strong force of beauty and nauseating tragedy.
Of course, I found myself identifying with Tereza to a frightening degree and took a rather existential enjoyment in the novel!
Jag har väldigt svårt att bedöma vad jag tyckte om den här boken. Den är både vacker och pretentiös. Både sorglig och tom. Min bild av Milan Kundera är att hen satt och tänkte att det här var det mest intelligenta som någonsin skrivits, vilket i sig talar för att det här är inte en bok som suger in en i en berättelse. Det här är snarare ett filosofiskt manifest som stundtals försöker skapa riktiga karaktärer men som snarare använder metaforer för Kunderas åsikter. Jag förstår vad han menar med att kärlek kan födas ur metaforer men samtidigt inte. Jag ser inte huvudkaraktärerna som kära utan rädda för ett liv utan varandra. Två individer som dras till varandra för att respektive persons svagheter lullar in den andre i en känd trygghet. I botten handlar den här boken om två personer som utnyttjar varandra medan de kallar det kärlek. Det i sig gör inte boken dålig och de avsnitt som rör Kunderas filosofiska engagemang är ofta vackert beskrivet. Problemet ligger snarare i hur boken är uppbyggd. Kundera har försökt bygga ett hus utan grund. Det blir inte så stabilt.
Det här är en bok som jag behöver läsa om för att få en klar uppfattning om. Rekommenderar inte att lyssna på den som ljudbok eftersom jag tror att många avsnitt ger upphov till pauser som inte en inläsare ger.
Det här är en bok som jag behöver läsa om för att få en klar uppfattning om. Rekommenderar inte att lyssna på den som ljudbok eftersom jag tror att många avsnitt ger upphov till pauser som inte en inläsare ger.