Reviews

O Dia em que Sócrates Vestiu Jeans by Lucy Eyre

freshkatsu's review against another edition

3.0

It's a bit like those educational science shows they used to show in class after exams when nobody's paying attention since nothing counts toward the final report anyway. Characters and plots are heavily compromised for the sake for making the philosophical concepts more relevant and thus remain rudimentary. Extra star for Paul Jackson's super cute illustrations and an outstanding layout (the hardcover edition anyway). Yes, I'm shallow like that, maybe I shouldn't be reading popular philosophy in the first place.

jjessyah's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

geespages's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

hellay's review against another edition

funny informative reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

ora_fern's review against another edition

4.0

Such fun!

It took me a few chapters to get into the story, but once I did I loved it. Ben is really quite average, which makes him a likable character perfect for the bet between two philosophers. Socrates thinks that philosophy will make anyone's life better, Wittgenstein argues the opposite. So they need a case study, enter Ben.

A fun way to explore some basics of philosophy and simply think about (or think about what other people think about) some of life's biggest and seemingly least important problems.

Great fun read for when you need something to pass the time during a weekend, or a trip somewhere. Definitely recommend this to most people.

ashisreallytired's review

challenging informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

The debates are pretty fun and thought provoking, as well as easy to understand. The ending is way too fast paced. I guess the point of the book was to reach people philosophy, not really the bet, but it still felt rushed. 

Ben is a sort of annoying main character. Lila is okay, and the relationship between Socrates and Wittgenstein is super interesting. Kind of fruity too. Enemies to lovers arc when?

purplespecslms's review against another edition

4.0

This book was awesome. I loved it. Mind totally blown.

senireads's review

challenging informative reflective

mildlyjulie's review against another edition

2.0

This book sounded really interesting, but there wasn't much to the actual story. It was like the author wanted to put a philosophy textbook (if there is such a thing) into a more palatable form for the masses. It got rather tiresome at times, but a few parts were definitely interesting. I think the part that struck me the most was the section where different philospher characters talked about what happiness is or isn't.
Mostly, I was just proud of myself for finishing it. :)