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A review by teaenjoyer
Możliwość wyspy by Michel Houellebecq
3.5
7 ꙳
a quite realistic science fiction novel ( which tries to presume the future of eastern europian countries based on islamic religion, obsession with youth and mechanic relationships with little to no feelings involved ), with slow paced action and a touch of cynicism resulting from the author's nihilistic approach. the author destructively undermines all the values that are important for modern people, showing an almost inevitable destruction in the coming years of humanity's existence, in this book he focuses mainly on the idea of eternal life, showing it in the most real way - in the form of a cult that can renew the DNA after the death of the original, creating a human being2 , after about 60 years, once again creating a human being3 ( whom needs to read the story of his original - human being1 ) until the predicted leader appears to completely end humanity and start the era of neohumans. sometimes it felt like the sect part was written by somebody else, which is an awesome example of how daniel1 couldn't care less about. i think it's important to say that while reading, one must not pay close attention to sexism in order to actually understand houllebecq's messages. i think it's important to emphatize that the book is not meant to be received in one specific way - the most important message that michealin tries to convey is the fact that the only thing "human" left in modern people is an almost animal desire for sex and fear of unavoidable old age, followed by a lack of sex. an important theme is the duality between the main character's relationship with isabelle and esther. one ( isabelle - peer ) became more and more static every year, started to hate her body and stopped being a breakthrough girl and ( what is important for the main character daniel1 ) stopped having sex out of mentioned self-hatred. only intelligence remained. while the other one (esther - a 20-year-old woman) was go-getting, she knew exactly what she wanted, how to please men and how to never get bored - she was perfect for daniel1 ( it's a pity that he wasn't perfect for her ). he deluded himself that he truly loved her. he ran into the problem that he loved a girl who wasn't looking for love, and he craved a woman who preferred settling down and having completily peaceful life, because of the trauma of working at a newspaper that mostly focused on "pre-overdue" women. personally, i was more intrigued by isabelle's thread, because esther's character was too silly (that was the author's intention - i just don't like insignificant chatter, even though I can admit that her part was important, i feel like he choose living in eternity because of her wildness and a will to be free.) the names of the main characters reek of the bible. overall it's a good book with predictable ending and an expected ending fits the cynical atmosphere of the book.
a quite realistic science fiction novel ( which tries to presume the future of eastern europian countries based on islamic religion, obsession with youth and mechanic relationships with little to no feelings involved ), with slow paced action and a touch of cynicism resulting from the author's nihilistic approach. the author destructively undermines all the values that are important for modern people, showing an almost inevitable destruction in the coming years of humanity's existence, in this book he focuses mainly on the idea of eternal life, showing it in the most real way - in the form of a cult that can renew the DNA after the death of the original, creating a human being2 , after about 60 years, once again creating a human being3 ( whom needs to read the story of his original - human being1 ) until the predicted leader appears to completely end humanity and start the era of neohumans. sometimes it felt like the sect part was written by somebody else, which is an awesome example of how daniel1 couldn't care less about. i think it's important to say that while reading, one must not pay close attention to sexism in order to actually understand houllebecq's messages. i think it's important to emphatize that the book is not meant to be received in one specific way - the most important message that michealin tries to convey is the fact that the only thing "human" left in modern people is an almost animal desire for sex and fear of unavoidable old age, followed by a lack of sex. an important theme is the duality between the main character's relationship with isabelle and esther. one ( isabelle - peer ) became more and more static every year, started to hate her body and stopped being a breakthrough girl and ( what is important for the main character daniel1 ) stopped having sex out of mentioned self-hatred. only intelligence remained. while the other one (esther - a 20-year-old woman) was go-getting, she knew exactly what she wanted, how to please men and how to never get bored - she was perfect for daniel1 ( it's a pity that he wasn't perfect for her ). he deluded himself that he truly loved her. he ran into the problem that he loved a girl who wasn't looking for love, and he craved a woman who preferred settling down and having completily peaceful life, because of the trauma of working at a newspaper that mostly focused on "pre-overdue" women. personally, i was more intrigued by isabelle's thread, because esther's character was too silly (that was the author's intention - i just don't like insignificant chatter, even though I can admit that her part was important, i feel like he choose living in eternity because of her wildness and a will to be free.) the names of the main characters reek of the bible. overall it's a good book with predictable ending and an expected ending fits the cynical atmosphere of the book.