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challenging
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-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:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I wish his and her entire family would’ve actually died
4.5/5
“Oh, Pangloss!" cried Candide, "thou hadst not guessed at this abomination; it is the end. I must at last renounce thy optimism."
"What is this optimism?" said Cacambo.
"Alas!" said Candide, "it is the madness of maintaining that everything is right when it is wrong.”
An enjoyable read! My appreciation for it was handicapped by not knowing that it was a response to Leibniz's Optimism.
“Oh, Pangloss!" cried Candide, "thou hadst not guessed at this abomination; it is the end. I must at last renounce thy optimism."
"What is this optimism?" said Cacambo.
"Alas!" said Candide, "it is the madness of maintaining that everything is right when it is wrong.”
An enjoyable read! My appreciation for it was handicapped by not knowing that it was a response to Leibniz's Optimism.
fast-paced
A valid and understandable critique of optimism but the writing is dry and hard to get through. Would have liked it more if it was longer and more fleshed out. Less racism would also be a big improvement!
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book is so French. I think it's still a very valid analysis/rumination on society and how people interact, and how suffering is and has been essentially inescapable throughout human history; but throughput it all, we must cultivate our garden.
it was pretty funny. it got worse as it went along though. and the ending was pretty bad. i felt like voltaire ran out of ideas and was just like "and uh..everyone who was dead isnt dead anymore. and they live in boredom. oh. and cunegonde? the whole point of this book? yeah shes ugly now. but shes good at making pastries. the end!"
i know it’s a satire but it was too philosophical and mid.
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes