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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I would never have picked this up on my own, but it was chosen for my book club, so I dragged myself through it.
I've read books before where I hated every single character but still liked the book. This is not one of them. I hate the characters. I hate the writing style. I hate the story. I hate that the author seemingly never held a conversation with a woman, because they are all so spectacularly one-note they at best seem like caricatures.
The only reason this isn't a 1 star ratibg is because of the bizarre and delightfully unexpected inclusion of a trans dog.
I've read books before where I hated every single character but still liked the book. This is not one of them. I hate the characters. I hate the writing style. I hate the story. I hate that the author seemingly never held a conversation with a woman, because they are all so spectacularly one-note they at best seem like caricatures.
The only reason this isn't a 1 star ratibg is because of the bizarre and delightfully unexpected inclusion of a trans dog.
funny
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Shite
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
At its best it makes one reflect and soak in the interesting mindset of the charachters. At times the pretentiousness of Kundera shines a bit through, but he has good reason to be pretentious. Some of the presented in the book are very well fleshed out and some are not, but most of them are interesting. On the other hand there was a metaohor about how the individuals difference from each other is the same as a one hundreth of a millisecond, and this metaphor is to forced for my liking, and there are a lot of similar forced metaphors in this book. To conclude though it was interesting to be in the mind of these charachters
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
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
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I am giving it 5/5 because this book gave me everything I could possibly want from a novel. It felt right to give it a five. A thourough journey that intensified life and its different aspects for me, to the point that I was highlighting and underlying almost every page. So relatable, tangible and coherent. Loved it!
A title can ruin the work. This law applies to everything that can be called a product of creativity, be it writing, painting, even an advertisement. That is because the face is to a person what the title is to its creation. The title stirs perception of a book created in one's mind. The 'lightness of being' might have perhaps had no form nor meaning. Being is regarded more often as all things difficult and difficulties materialize as heaviness. The title that tears through established patterns of thinking ought to attract attention. It is a magnificent occurrence that one, just one short statement can alter the whole image. This might be the key to grasping just what there is about language that is so fascinating, above all the nuances of its forming. There is a sentence in Milan Kundera's "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" that points the whole experience: "The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become." Milan Kundera uses magic to pull apart his story and rewrite it threading into philosophy and sociology. The composition of his work is truly exemplary, for it makes the experience all the more interesting and one of a kind. This way of arranging parts of the action, the language he uses and the ways in which he appears in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" as a narrator make for a spectacular read. One that opens eyes and enables one to take a look at human relationships from a different perspective. Some of us might be destined to the obligation of lifting the unbearable lightness of being, some - the unbearable heaviness. The ultimate truth is, however, that the lightness Milan Kundera gifted us can weight as much as a mirror. To some this mirror could be so small only a part of their face would be visible, to others - reflect every detail of their silhouette. While this mirror reflects rather dark, toxic even, faces of humanity, this cannot outshine the brilliancy with which the book itself had been written (or to say the quartz sand had been melted and became a mirror).