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A BookBud Review

By Muhn Sihn

Finished 04-27-2020

Genre: Philosophical Fiction 

Basic Plot: A man leaves all his worldly possessions behind to find true happiness in a village tucked away from the rest of the world, or at least he claims so in his letters to a friend left behind.

Notable Quote(s): 

“And indeed, the human life so often seems but a sequence of imaginary obligations, and we merely the inventors of human worth, tricking ourselves into believing in its functions.” 

“Just so, is it not because life is meaningless that it has a capacity for meaning?” 

“I can tell you these things, but in truth I know so little about her. I have but untangled a frill from the hem of her dress, unloosed a knot in one of her many ribbons. And yet, I am madly in love with her, which leaves me to wonder if I am not merely in love with my own imagination.”

Overall Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐

Readability: 4/5

Plot Interest: 3/5

Creativity: 2/5

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Disclaimer: I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Well, it was beautifully written. Many philosophical ideologies were prominent and well crafted as well but I felt the themes themselves were conceptually a little bland. I found a lot of common ones here that didn’t really dig much deeper than the questioning itself. Meaning ideas like what is good without the existence of bad? were presented. Then, an analogy or metaphor would be given as representation.Only to lead to the next question, neglecting to delve into the thoughts of forming these ideals. Some were revisited and some were deeply moving and thought provoking but overall I was met with a lot of surface level questioning. As for the story, the core plot of a man’s decent into madness felt a little flat delivery wise to me. Less of a build into it, more of a fall. 

I think the writing style however, was marvelous. Fluent and artistic. This author has a very genuine, poetic flow that I found was what I enjoyed most in reading it and earned it 3 out of 5 stars still. I felt as a story and in philosophy themes, it was less creative than I would have preferred but the writing was very well versed and for that I think this author is someone I would try again and still did enjoy reading overall.

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