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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
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
Lost my nerve with this one. I guess I just wasn't in the mood of reading someone whining all the time. I couldn't even concentrate on some of the lovely quotable sentences. Not my type of book at all.
Un tipo con issues, manipulador e intenso acaba suicidándose porque la chica que le gusta no le hace caso. 100% relatable.
En realidad es un buen libro, con las ideas de una época y una sociedad concretas. Leído desde la actualidad, obviamente, trata muchísimos conceptos tremendamente mal. Aún así, me ha gustado mucho el modo de escribir de Goethe y también ver la forma en la que Werther pasa de cuerdo a completamente obsesivo y deprimido en apenas 150 páginas. También me han encantado los párrafos más reflexivos del libro.
También decir que leer un libro sobre el suicidio en exámenes no ha sido mi mejor idea!!!! No repetiremos!!!!
En realidad es un buen libro, con las ideas de una época y una sociedad concretas. Leído desde la actualidad, obviamente, trata muchísimos conceptos tremendamente mal. Aún así, me ha gustado mucho el modo de escribir de Goethe y también ver la forma en la que Werther pasa de cuerdo a completamente obsesivo y deprimido en apenas 150 páginas. También me han encantado los párrafos más reflexivos del libro.
También decir que leer un libro sobre el suicidio en exámenes no ha sido mi mejor idea!!!! No repetiremos!!!!
If you have ever been in love then you can relate to the thoughts and feelings of Werther. This novel makes you feel something. Makes you stop and think of the circumstances.
Goethe à fait de la sorcellerie en écrivant ce livre. Je ne pouvais pas dériver mes yeux du roman, ils étaient captivés par la plume magique de Goethe. Découverte de cet auteur allemand et je vais lire davantage de ses œuvres sans hésitation.
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"Must it ever be thus, - that the source of our happiness must also be the fountain of our misery?"
How tragic! and yet how beautiful. (yep, I know I've said this quite a lot, but I do love sad, beautiful stuffs sooo...) Was it just me or do you enjoy being all daisies and sunshine one moment then sad and wretched the next? Just me? Okay.
"Love is natural; but you must love within bounds."
JOT THIS DOWN, MR. WERTHER.
"Human nature has its limits. It is able to endure a certain degree of joy, sorrow, and pain, but becomes annihilated as soon as this measure is exceeded. The question, therefore, is not whether a man is strong or weak, but whether he is able to endure the measure of his sufferings. "
I have read books about women so consumed by passion so intense they died (or kill themselves blabla) but that of a man's, I have not yet encountered until I perused this book. And how I loved the freaking' drama! To read of one's sorrows and joy is one thing, but to behold this raw, all-consuming, and intense emotion is a whole different thing altogether.
"A man under the influence of violent passion loses all power of reflection and is regarded as intoxicated or insane."
It was rare to see a man hopelessly devoted to a woman he can't have and not harm or abuse her (he did confess of having conceived the idea but whatever). More often than not, a man is bound to use brute force to take possession of a woman as if she's merely a thing to be owned. But Werther's love was pure and profound although obsessive and creepy, I have to admit. I shudder to think how he reveres everything she touched (if you find that romantic, get checked).
"She is to me a sacred being. All passion is still in her presence."
Wakey-wakey, Werther. You are a little dense I have to admit.
"It is just as absurd to call a man coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever. "
DEBATABLE.
How tragic! and yet how beautiful. (yep, I know I've said this quite a lot, but I do love sad, beautiful stuffs sooo...) Was it just me or do you enjoy being all daisies and sunshine one moment then sad and wretched the next? Just me? Okay.
"Love is natural; but you must love within bounds."
JOT THIS DOWN, MR. WERTHER.
"Human nature has its limits. It is able to endure a certain degree of joy, sorrow, and pain, but becomes annihilated as soon as this measure is exceeded. The question, therefore, is not whether a man is strong or weak, but whether he is able to endure the measure of his sufferings. "
I have read books about women so consumed by passion so intense they died (or kill themselves blabla) but that of a man's, I have not yet encountered until I perused this book. And how I loved the freaking' drama! To read of one's sorrows and joy is one thing, but to behold this raw, all-consuming, and intense emotion is a whole different thing altogether.
"A man under the influence of violent passion loses all power of reflection and is regarded as intoxicated or insane."
It was rare to see a man hopelessly devoted to a woman he can't have and not harm or abuse her (he did confess of having conceived the idea but whatever). More often than not, a man is bound to use brute force to take possession of a woman as if she's merely a thing to be owned. But Werther's love was pure and profound although obsessive and creepy, I have to admit. I shudder to think how he reveres everything she touched (if you find that romantic, get checked).
"She is to me a sacred being. All passion is still in her presence."
Wakey-wakey, Werther. You are a little dense I have to admit.
"It is just as absurd to call a man coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever. "
DEBATABLE.
I began as a distinctly hostile reader, since I mostly know this book in the context of the worst rakes in other 18thC novels using it as an excuse for their own horrible behaviour, but it actually won me over. Werther himself was more endearing and pitiable than I had expected, and despite knowing from the beginning how it would all end, I was moved.
Right so. You know the person Werther writes all the letters to? His name is Wilhelm. We learn maybe two things about him from the book. Anyway, he's my favourite character. Everyone else is annoying at some level with the possible exception of Albert, though he has his moments too.
Werther has the emotional intelligence of a five yearold child (no offense meant to the children, only to Werther who is a grown man) and it's so difficult to put up with all his nonsense.
That being said, I had a lot of fun discussing this book with my friends which is why I didn't rate this book with 1 star (maybe 2, but that's a bit of a stretch).
Werther has the emotional intelligence of a five yearold child (no offense meant to the children, only to Werther who is a grown man) and it's so difficult to put up with all his nonsense.
That being said, I had a lot of fun discussing this book with my friends which is why I didn't rate this book with 1 star (maybe 2, but that's a bit of a stretch).