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Candide by Voltaire
2.5
lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

 Poor Candide, so naive, tried to hang on to the philosophy of his teacher but in the end, he came to his own philosophy with the help of a simple old man.
"...but let us cultivate our garden."
The book is mostly a book of pure sarcasm up to that point.

The old woman asks is it better to have gone through all these horrors or to have nothing to do. I think a discussion could be made on that, similarly to a quote I once heard about not having any problems being a problem.

A quick read with pretty much anything that could have will happen and how some people handle it and which still hold on to their old ideas. [Eye roll] The Baron still against Candide in the end. 

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