dareads's review against another edition
4.0
Cocok untuk orang--seperti saya--yang belum mengenal filsafat. Buku ini lebih ke membahas tentang sejarah filsafat, mulai dari filsafat kuno hingga filsafat modern. Rasanya seperti belajar filsafat dengan cara yang menyenangkan melalui tokoh-tokoh fiksi.
Untuk orang yang sudah cukup mengenal filsafat dan ingin belajar lebih lanjut mungkin buku ini kurang cocok karna hanya membahas apa yang ada di permukaan, tidak benar-benar digali ke bagian yang lebih detail.
Untuk orang yang sudah cukup mengenal filsafat dan ingin belajar lebih lanjut mungkin buku ini kurang cocok karna hanya membahas apa yang ada di permukaan, tidak benar-benar digali ke bagian yang lebih detail.
vanyreads's review against another edition
4.0
Kein Buch, um es in einem Rutsch zu lesen, weil es sehr langatmig werden kann. Aber es hat mir gut gefallen, immer mal ein Kapitel zu lesen.
schmidi's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
I enjoyed the book as a whole, but the slow pacing makes it hard to get through. The plot is rather odd, it is mostly the philosophical part that is intriguing. If learning about ohilosophy is the goal, then I'd recommend the book, because it makes it accesible. But uf that doesn't interest you, the book simply isn't interesting. The premiss was good, but I find the resolution at the end a bit unsatisfying.
salalander's review against another edition
5.0
I think this book is one of the best that is ever written. It is a story that takes me in it and doesn't let me come out of it until I am done. My favourite book of all time, doubt that it will ever be beaten!
mostafa_nbh's review against another edition
5.0
Great book for anyone who is interested in philosophy.
kxu65's review against another edition
4.0
The mystery was cool, but philosophy becomes part of plot of the book a little boring, skipped on the lessons.
_pickle_'s review against another edition
4.0
This book is a philosophy 101 course wrapped around a somewhat twee story involving a little girl. It's always difficult, trying to review books a few years after reading them when one's memory may have deleted most impressions of the book. And I am convinced that goodreads has been randomly deleting old reviews of mine, perhaps to make room on the server for nyan cat gifs and the like.
What I do remember is mostly positive, and if you're interested in philosophy you might very well enjoy this book.
What I do remember is mostly positive, and if you're interested in philosophy you might very well enjoy this book.
cdvalentine's review against another edition
1.0
The idea for this book is interesting, but it's hard to enjoy a book when the characters all sound like mouthpieces for the author. Maybe if the philosophy lectures were made into separate chapters placed throughout the book, and Jostein Gaarder had given his characters more depth, this would've been a good book. Unfortunately, that isn't the case.
ksiekkinen's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0