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A review by alexkersbergen
De vreemdeling by Albert Camus
5.0
I don’t know how to describe what I just read.
First of all I’d like to point out that this book is definitely one of my favourites from now on. That has the following reasons.
First of all, this book raises a lot of questions for me. It raises questions about humanity and it raises questions about life and death. Also it captures being locked up, being ripped of your freedom. Something most people will not relate to and I didn’t think I’d relate to but I did anyhow. I felt that the feeling of reliving the same day over and over again with only a few insignificant changes was described perfectly. And even though I’ve never been arrested, even though I’ve never been locked up. I have been ripped of my own freedom. I have been captured in my own body, in my own thoughts. I have obeyed rules that my heart didn’t want to follow but my mind made for me. It’s strange and maybe stupid to compare these 2 things. But the way Camus wrote it, he somehow made me feel understood.
I’m not going to go into the entire philosophy this book captures about life and death, I’m sure you’ll find a lot of reviews on that already and I’m not one to repeat stuff that’s already been spread widely.
All I wanna say is I love this book. For many more reasons then the ones I’ve listed.
First of all I’d like to point out that this book is definitely one of my favourites from now on. That has the following reasons.
First of all, this book raises a lot of questions for me. It raises questions about humanity and it raises questions about life and death. Also it captures being locked up, being ripped of your freedom. Something most people will not relate to and I didn’t think I’d relate to but I did anyhow. I felt that the feeling of reliving the same day over and over again with only a few insignificant changes was described perfectly. And even though I’ve never been arrested, even though I’ve never been locked up. I have been ripped of my own freedom. I have been captured in my own body, in my own thoughts. I have obeyed rules that my heart didn’t want to follow but my mind made for me. It’s strange and maybe stupid to compare these 2 things. But the way Camus wrote it, he somehow made me feel understood.
I’m not going to go into the entire philosophy this book captures about life and death, I’m sure you’ll find a lot of reviews on that already and I’m not one to repeat stuff that’s already been spread widely.
All I wanna say is I love this book. For many more reasons then the ones I’ve listed.