The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

3.96 AVERAGE

brighteyed's review

5.0
challenging emotional reflective fast-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

zackolantern's review against another edition

4.0
”We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come.

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There is no means of testing which decision is better, because there is no basis for comparison. We live everything as it comes, without warning, like an actor going on cold. And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself? That is why life is always like a sketch. No, “sketch” is not quite the word, because a sketch is an outline of something, the groundwork for a picture, whereas the sketch that is our life is a sketch for nothing, an outline with no picture.


This quote acted as both a hug and a gut punch during my quarter life crisis. Great read that I should probably pick back up again
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lauradaniela14's review against another edition

5.0
“And now that he was at home with his dear ones, he felt compelled to share his overwhelming joy, a joy of return and rebirth”

heyhobbes's review

5.0
challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-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

evilsak's review

3.0
3,5/5

aye_sha's review against another edition

4.0
reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

dmajaa's review against another edition

5.0
ciężko mi nawet opisać co ta książka ze mną zrobiła

krmcguff's review against another edition

4.0
emotional reflective tense medium-paced
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caitlin_slevin's review

3.75
emotional reflective 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

medisi's review

4.5
dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes