Reviews

Sofian maailma by Jostein Gaarder

moleman's review against another edition

informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

rageandresist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Quite enjoyable despite the long-ass boring mansplains about the so-called philosophical canons. I'm kidding! That's informative, my first superficial introduction to philosophy :)

tmallen11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Very cleverly brings life into Philosophy 

suhaib_malik7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

lapsedmarxist's review against another edition

3.5

an actual literal novel about philosophy. a wonderful and peculiar story drenched in philosophy. the relationship between sophie and alberto is fascinating. in this book we are treated to the deepest most thought provoking conversations i have ever come across. its a journey through the history of philosophy so it makes sense. yet, despite this, this is not an academic book. the story is fun and perplexing at times. the amount of philosophical themes in this book are too many to count. a wonderful book that hooks you in from the start.

sashahawkins's review against another edition

challenging informative lighthearted mysterious reflective slow-paced

3.0

isisiis's review against another edition

3.0

i wanted to love it so hard but i got bored sometimes tbh. anyways the story was really original, like i had NO IDEA it would turn out how it turned out fr like i was so shocked when the plot started unfolding what.

i still learned some stuff tho

mariasiwik's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

silvia_shmilvia's review against another edition

5.0

Life happened, and it took me longer than expected to read this book, but it turned out to be a good thing. I had enough time to think about the topics.

It's one of my favorite books I have read thus far and one that I will definitely come back to in the near future. I learned so much from Jostein, Sophie, Hilde, Alberto and Albert.

From other reviews, I gathered that people didn't like the story part of the book and only enjoyed the philosophy course, but I think the story is quite nice. It flowed well and was a good break between all the heavy topics.

V nice, gg Jostein.

rockettearss's review against another edition

4.0

TOOK ME SO LONG BC I TREATED IT AS A LECTURE BOOK but i love it hehe