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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
Erg mooi boek dat je ook goed aan het denken zet over de huidige wereld.
Eine ergreifende Geschichte, die ein Stück weit den Glauben an die Menschheit wiederherstellt.
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What the book promised: An analytics guy saves a village during a pandemic because he can see patterns in an amazing scope!
What this book is: Every woman thirsting over a blue-eyed nerd who didn't do any exercise in years. Do you know he has blue eyes that are very blue? As a Northern European in a Northern European country? When will this crazyness stop - blue eyes?
*Warning* This book is not about a pandemic. It is about nice guy (TM) who is an analyst, about his conversations with an old banker, how every woman he meets wants him, how he has blue eyes, how he hangs out in a village, how he goes shopping, how he spends 9 days with the pastor whose wife he wants to fuck in a church tower ... aaaand then the last 100 pages are about (comfortably) surviving a societal break-down.
I believe the Corona pandemic has shown us that global pandemics can be not as dystopian as movies would like to make them out to be. That being said, the book did nothing it promised to do and it was incredibly boring meandering around.
This book is not well-written. Every few pages, there were sentences that made me cringe. On top of that, it is horribly overwritten: John Ironmonger really wanted us to understand that he is a great author who knows about subtle meanings. He wants us to understand this so badly, that he tells us exactly what the "subtle" meanings are. E. g. a program that foresees the future called "Cassie", like Cassandra, get it? To be sure you get it, Ironmonger tells you, right next to the description of the program, the myth of Cassandra. Or people hiding the village, making it thus disappear from maps - the person who hides it doesn't think much about it, but if he thought more about it, he would think that this is ... Joe watching landscape that reflects his inner state. He thinks, "Wow, this really reflects my inner state."
In other ways, the book doesn't give enough context: towards the end of the book, Joe mentions he has some light phobias. Um???? This would have been characterization of a character whose character otherwise is that he has blue eyes (so special!)! But it was never relevant and it will never be relevant!
The writing about women in this book is horrendous. It is all about their attractiveness, their flirtations, their availability ... Despite what Ironmonger wants us to think, Joe is not a great guy. He objectivies women constantly. Women his age all exist around him, not as their own people with their own agendas. Joe falls for women because of their butts within seconds - this is a major red flag. If a person you barely ever talked to tells you they love you: RUN.
He falls for the pastors wife, talks to her twice and then wants to run away with her ... even though she clearly avoided him for several chapters.
Joe as an analyst: I don't think Joe is as much of a genius as people make him out to be. Creating a crawling engine that uses sentiment analysis is NOT the same as being able to see "connections". Too often, Joe goes around asking "What?" because Ironmonger uses him to let other people give the reader exposition. It is a painful to read method for exhibition, not organic at all, and most importantly, it makes Joe seem dumb. Another thing: The brilliant analyst couldn't think that the best way to go shopping for long-term survival would be max(kcal)/price? Instead, he purchases stuff like pineapple jam? Dude ...
This book and economics: This book touches on important subjects like the homo oeconomicus. The thing is ... the homo oeconomicus is completely out-dated and Joe and Kaufmann should be embarassed (as economists) to still believe the theory is valid. The book tries to make it into a big revelation that, actually, humans aren't selfish necessarily and at all times. Wow. Cool. Go back to university.
People love to talk in this book and they love to hear themselves talk. Not much of substance is ever being said.
What this book is: Every woman thirsting over a blue-eyed nerd who didn't do any exercise in years. Do you know he has blue eyes that are very blue? As a Northern European in a Northern European country? When will this crazyness stop - blue eyes?
*Warning* This book is not about a pandemic. It is about nice guy (TM) who is an analyst, about his conversations with an old banker, how every woman he meets wants him, how he has blue eyes, how he hangs out in a village, how he goes shopping, how he spends 9 days with the pastor whose wife he wants to fuck in a church tower ... aaaand then the last 100 pages are about (comfortably) surviving a societal break-down.
I believe the Corona pandemic has shown us that global pandemics can be not as dystopian as movies would like to make them out to be. That being said, the book did nothing it promised to do and it was incredibly boring meandering around.
This book is not well-written. Every few pages, there were sentences that made me cringe. On top of that, it is horribly overwritten: John Ironmonger really wanted us to understand that he is a great author who knows about subtle meanings. He wants us to understand this so badly, that he tells us exactly what the "subtle" meanings are. E. g. a program that foresees the future called "Cassie", like Cassandra, get it? To be sure you get it, Ironmonger tells you, right next to the description of the program, the myth of Cassandra. Or people hiding the village, making it thus disappear from maps - the person who hides it doesn't think much about it, but if he thought more about it, he would think that this is ... Joe watching landscape that reflects his inner state. He thinks, "Wow, this really reflects my inner state."
In other ways, the book doesn't give enough context: towards the end of the book, Joe mentions he has some light phobias. Um???? This would have been characterization of a character whose character otherwise is that he has blue eyes (so special!)! But it was never relevant and it will never be relevant!
The writing about women in this book is horrendous. It is all about their attractiveness, their flirtations, their availability ... Despite what Ironmonger wants us to think, Joe is not a great guy. He objectivies women constantly. Women his age all exist around him, not as their own people with their own agendas. Joe falls for women because of their butts within seconds - this is a major red flag. If a person you barely ever talked to tells you they love you: RUN.
He falls for the pastors wife, talks to her twice and then wants to run away with her ... even though she clearly avoided him for several chapters.
Joe as an analyst: I don't think Joe is as much of a genius as people make him out to be. Creating a crawling engine that uses sentiment analysis is NOT the same as being able to see "connections". Too often, Joe goes around asking "What?" because Ironmonger uses him to let other people give the reader exposition. It is a painful to read method for exhibition, not organic at all, and most importantly, it makes Joe seem dumb. Another thing: The brilliant analyst couldn't think that the best way to go shopping for long-term survival would be max(kcal)/price? Instead, he purchases stuff like pineapple jam? Dude ...
This book and economics: This book touches on important subjects like the homo oeconomicus. The thing is ... the homo oeconomicus is completely out-dated and Joe and Kaufmann should be embarassed (as economists) to still believe the theory is valid. The book tries to make it into a big revelation that, actually, humans aren't selfish necessarily and at all times. Wow. Cool. Go back to university.
People love to talk in this book and they love to hear themselves talk. Not much of substance is ever being said.
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
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
adventurous
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Lieblingszitat: "die Welt ist ein gestrandeter Wal". Wir können ihn nur retten, wenn wir alle zusammen daran arbeiten ihn zurück ins Wasser zu bringen.
Das Buch wirft einige interessante Fragen auf. Zum Beispiel: Wie werden wir uns verhalten wenn alle Rohstoffe zu Ende gehen?
Das Buch wirft einige interessante Fragen auf. Zum Beispiel: Wie werden wir uns verhalten wenn alle Rohstoffe zu Ende gehen?