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sipinpon's review against another edition
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
alicias_reading_log's review against another edition
3.0
Me ha gustado, pero me ha costado muchísimo acabarlo.
Era esperable, sabiendo que los libros de relatos no son lo mío.
Algunas partes me han gustado mucho más que otras, pero innegablemente Kundera es de los mejores autores que he leído
- Nadie se va a reír: casi novela ejemplar, me gustó mucho
-La dorada manzana del eterno deseo: la diversión de la seducción por la seducción, posiblemente mi favorito junto con el último relato.
-El falso autoestop: a ratos muy bien, a ratos nada bien.
-Symposion: me resultó aburrida
- Que los muertos viejos dejen sitio a los muertos jóvenes: me gustó muchísimo, especialmente cómo está escrita.
- El doctor Havel al cabo de 20 años: mejor que Symposium, Havel me cayó simpático, podría ser cualquier señor.
-Eduard y Dios: junto con La dorada manzana, posiblemente mi favorito
Era esperable, sabiendo que los libros de relatos no son lo mío.
Algunas partes me han gustado mucho más que otras, pero innegablemente Kundera es de los mejores autores que he leído
- Nadie se va a reír: casi novela ejemplar, me gustó mucho
-La dorada manzana del eterno deseo: la diversión de la seducción por la seducción, posiblemente mi favorito junto con el último relato.
-El falso autoestop: a ratos muy bien, a ratos nada bien.
-Symposion: me resultó aburrida
- Que los muertos viejos dejen sitio a los muertos jóvenes: me gustó muchísimo, especialmente cómo está escrita.
- El doctor Havel al cabo de 20 años: mejor que Symposium, Havel me cayó simpático, podría ser cualquier señor.
-Eduard y Dios: junto con La dorada manzana, posiblemente mi favorito
n4444's review
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
hibzzzzzz's review against another edition
funny
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
piomi's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
fernandoyataco1991's review against another edition
4.0
Los tipos y formas de amor son muy variadas, las historias de este libro te muestran como el amor puede ser trágico, cómico, tierno y en algunos casos inusual. Una lectura bastante amena. Un libro ideal para pasar un fin de semana o una tarde fría.
speranta's review
4.0
This collection of short stories circled Kundera's main topics in his work: the absurdity of human existence and the validity of constructed identities in different contexts. I liked how the philosophical monologues can leave the reader with good questions to ponder on for days.
Quotes I liked:
"This is the way life goes: Man imagines that he is playing his role in a particular play, and does not suspect that in the meantime they have changed the scenery without his noticing, and he unknowingly finds himself in the middle of a rather different production."
"And suddenly it seemed to him that in fact, all the people he had met in this town were only ink lines spreading on a blotter; beings with interchangeable attitudes; beings without firm substance. But what was worse, what was far worse, it struck him next, was that he himself was only a shadow of all these shadow characters. For he had been exhausting his own brain only to adjust to them and imitate them and yet even if he imitated them with an internal laugh, even if he made an effort to mock them secretly, and so to justify the reason to adapt, it didn't alter the case. For even malicious imitation remains imitation. Even a shadow that mocks remains a shadow."
Quotes I liked:
"This is the way life goes: Man imagines that he is playing his role in a particular play, and does not suspect that in the meantime they have changed the scenery without his noticing, and he unknowingly finds himself in the middle of a rather different production."
"And suddenly it seemed to him that in fact, all the people he had met in this town were only ink lines spreading on a blotter; beings with interchangeable attitudes; beings without firm substance. But what was worse, what was far worse, it struck him next, was that he himself was only a shadow of all these shadow characters. For he had been exhausting his own brain only to adjust to them and imitate them and yet even if he imitated them with an internal laugh, even if he made an effort to mock them secretly, and so to justify the reason to adapt, it didn't alter the case. For even malicious imitation remains imitation. Even a shadow that mocks remains a shadow."
alenka144's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
janie_'s review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0