A review by clayeaston85
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Very lush and feels very modern in its exploration of love and shame (I laughed out loud when Wether holds a gun to his head when his romantic rival talks ad nauseam about gun safety). As an exploration of the addled male mind, this is ahead of its time and is sympathetic towards male loneliness while being aware of the specifically gendered myopia it can introduce in young men. It’s refreshing to read this now when so much of the current “male loneliness epidemic” is vilified and mocked since this has such a psychologically coherent take on what that looks like, what causes it, and how it directly leads to violent ends