Scan barcode
444lex444ndr444's review against another edition
dark
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Murder
neezii's review against another edition
dark
reflective
medium-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
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse
aiona's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
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
4.5
A very difficult to love main character, but full of interesting ideas.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Blood
eyelash_0205's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Murder
stephmcoakley's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
szel_zsofi's review against another edition
emotional
funny
medium-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
4.75
Nagyon régóta nem nevettem ennyit egy könyvön. De közben nagyon elgondolkodtató volt, egy teljesen más világnézetet mutatott be.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder
thebookofbanana's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The Outsider – Albert Camus
Meursault is a person who cannot empathise with others; he does not understand the emotions of others because he does not explicitly feel these emotions himself.
Meursault thinks pure logically, and his logic works to fulfil his needs, in addition to solving problems practically, without the interference of emotions.
It seems that Meursault’s logical way of thinking, and thus his consequential actions, has developed in accordance with the cordial rules of the surrounding society; rules of politeness that every member of society is expected to follow.
Meursault does not think he is abnormal. In his mind, he is doing and thinking as the rest of society does, and this way of thinking has sufficed for Meursault so far.
However, his lack of empathy could only ever get him so far in this society of unspoken rules and implied morals. He kills a man, and is punished for it in a way he can’t understand. He thinks he has only acted in a practical way, to eliminate a problem. He is tried and found guilty by a justice system that seeks to condemn rather than understand. His past acts (of logic) are called into question and unfairly scrutinised. His lack of faith in God is deemed a sin. They all hate Meursault, but he cannot understand why.
And then, in his perpetual condemnation, Meursault realises just how absurd all the rules and the judgement are. Then, by discarding this absurdity, he is ready to reborn with a new lease on living life without that judgement, and instead being content with simplicity. Just in time to die.
The Outsider is a thought-provoking story about the absurdity of the way we inflict importance onto everything and the fallacy of that system to seriously punish any transgressions of those rules of importance.
Meursault thinks pure logically, and his logic works to fulfil his needs, in addition to solving problems practically, without the interference of emotions.
It seems that Meursault’s logical way of thinking, and thus his consequential actions, has developed in accordance with the cordial rules of the surrounding society; rules of politeness that every member of society is expected to follow.
Meursault does not think he is abnormal. In his mind, he is doing and thinking as the rest of society does, and this way of thinking has sufficed for Meursault so far.
However, his lack of empathy could only ever get him so far in this society of unspoken rules and implied morals. He kills a man, and is punished for it in a way he can’t understand. He thinks he has only acted in a practical way, to eliminate a problem. He is tried and found guilty by a justice system that seeks to condemn rather than understand. His past acts (of logic) are called into question and unfairly scrutinised. His lack of faith in God is deemed a sin. They all hate Meursault, but he cannot understand why.
And then, in his perpetual condemnation, Meursault realises just how absurd all the rules and the judgement are. Then, by discarding this absurdity, he is ready to reborn with a new lease on living life without that judgement, and instead being content with simplicity. Just in time to die.
The Outsider is a thought-provoking story about the absurdity of the way we inflict importance onto everything and the fallacy of that system to seriously punish any transgressions of those rules of importance.
Content Warnings
Minor: Domestic abuse, Racism, and Sexism
Supposed to be seen as badmini_mo's review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Murder
Minor: Animal death and Death of parent
thomasmannia's review
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Dull and strange and downright bad at times, but I suppose there was an attempt.
I found the sentences irritatingly sparse; the few parts where they were actually longer than five words were the best and most meaningful in the book, and it would have been much better, though still rationally and morally void, if the rest of it had been written as such.
I also found the main character to be much worse than he is generally considered to be. He isn’t an ordinary man at all- he’s a murderer, who has no respect whatsoever for anyone except for the worst people in the book. He really should have been put in an institution.
The idea of the book doesn’t make sense in the context of what he did. He killed a man for no reason and was duly prosecuted for it. It would have made more sense if Raymond had done it and then blamed him for it or if he had done it on accident or something of the like. As it stands, the protagonist was an active participant in the story, not at all an innocent bystander like overzealous readers seem to think. He knowingly aligned himself with a bad person and then did a bad thing in said bad person’s name. How is he the victim?
The only likeable character was the vest woman.
Overall, this certainly not Camus’s finest work. He distorts the idea of existentialism to the point of it appearing, yes, absurd.
I found the sentences irritatingly sparse; the few parts where they were actually longer than five words were the best and most meaningful in the book, and it would have been much better, though still rationally and morally void, if the rest of it had been written as such.
I also found the main character to be much worse than he is generally considered to be. He isn’t an ordinary man at all- he’s a murderer, who has no respect whatsoever for anyone except for the worst people in the book. He really should have been put in an institution.
The idea of the book doesn’t make sense in the context of what he did. He killed a man for no reason and was duly prosecuted for it. It would have made more sense if Raymond had done it and then blamed him for it or if he had done it on accident or something of the like. As it stands, the protagonist was an active participant in the story, not at all an innocent bystander like overzealous readers seem to think. He knowingly aligned himself with a bad person and then did a bad thing in said bad person’s name. How is he the victim?
The only likeable character was the vest woman.
Overall, this certainly not Camus’s finest work. He distorts the idea of existentialism to the point of it appearing, yes, absurd.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Murder
softgirlari's review against another edition
dark
medium-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
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail