erindwanbaty's review
2.0
"I'm so intellectual. I run around with my friends committing petty crimes and pondering the meaning of life, or rather, the lack thereof."
That was basically all this book had to say. I honestly got nothing from it. While the pace was interesting and even exciting at times, the characters were one-sided and the plot had more holes than a fishing net. How is it that a single small town could turn out such a high number of sociopaths? Why didn't any of the kids drop out when things got serious? How were they not caught after months of running around stealing things, robbing graves, chopping off body parts, and killing animals? Why would anyone let one 13-year-old prick affect their lives so deeply? And maybe most importantly, where the hell were these kids' parents?
Overall, I thought the presentation of the whole "what is the meaning of life??????" theme was very surface-level and quite repetitive. This book kind of ruined nihilism for me, and this review probably wouldn't have been so harsh if I wasn't still bitter about that.
That was basically all this book had to say. I honestly got nothing from it. While the pace was interesting and even exciting at times, the characters were one-sided and the plot had more holes than a fishing net. How is it that a single small town could turn out such a high number of sociopaths? Why didn't any of the kids drop out when things got serious? How were they not caught after months of running around stealing things, robbing graves, chopping off body parts, and killing animals? Why would anyone let one 13-year-old prick affect their lives so deeply? And maybe most importantly, where the hell were these kids' parents?
Overall, I thought the presentation of the whole "what is the meaning of life??????" theme was very surface-level and quite repetitive. This book kind of ruined nihilism for me, and this review probably wouldn't have been so harsh if I wasn't still bitter about that.
books_plan_create's review
It is difficult to put into words what I think about this book. Shock, horror, disturbing, psychotic, unrealistic, realistic, Sophie...none of those words truly capture what Nothing is. At one point I got a bit light headed from parts. And you must realize, this is only one of a couple books that have made me physically ill.
With this said, it was still a wonderful book. I'm still in shock from it all though. Especially the ending...
And now I am off to look for a fluff piece of writing!
With this said, it was still a wonderful book. I'm still in shock from it all though. Especially the ending...
And now I am off to look for a fluff piece of writing!
cherrycito's review against another edition
4.0
He leído este libro muchísimas veces durante mi adolescencia, me hacía pensar, tiene escenas crudas, engancha.
secretlybatman4's review
5.0
Couldn't put it down. Loved it from start to finish and really made you think about the way you see life and what's in it. Recommended read.
mar_nieves's review against another edition
5.0
Menuda BARBARIDADE. Rin a cachón e me horrorizou a partes iguais. Brillantísimo e recomendadísimo.
haikx's review against another edition
4.0
Nada es un libro que nos lleva al desconcierto; en un principio para mí era una historia de un niño curioso que un día descubre la Nada, y de cómo sus grandes compañeros buscan ayudarlo a salir de su "supuesto" error, sin embargo no podría haber estado más equivocado. Éste ferviente deseo de ayudar comienza con la idea de buscar el verdadero significado, sacrificando cosas importantes de ellos mismos, llevándolos a situaciones crueles y desastrosas.
Nada es un libro cruel que nos formula diferentes incógnitas que se nos pueden llegar a presentar en la vida, y a pesar de que me mantuvo reciclando pensamientos una y otra vez, no me llevó a una solución tan deseada.(No miento, a pesar de todo esperaba un final feliz).
Sin duda un libro con un significado más profundo de lo que parece.
Es a podrido a lo que huele. Y cuando algo se descompone, se está convirtiendo en algo nuevo, Y lo nuevo que se crea huele bien. Por eso no hay diferencia entre algo que huele bien y algo que huele mal, los dos forman parte del eterno carrusel.
Nada es un libro cruel que nos formula diferentes incógnitas que se nos pueden llegar a presentar en la vida, y a pesar de que me mantuvo reciclando pensamientos una y otra vez, no me llevó a una solución tan deseada.(No miento, a pesar de todo esperaba un final feliz).
Sin duda un libro con un significado más profundo de lo que parece.
catladyreba's review
I've got to be honest, I have no idea how to feel about this book. I don't even know what to give it as a rating. It's intense, disturbing, and thought provoking. It's hard to believe the children could be so vicious and vindictive, without their extreme behavior and activity causing enough alarm in the adults in their life and going unnoticed. I see the strains of The Lottery and The Lord of the Flies, and I think Teller does a masterful job of examining the group psyche, and how people do things in a group they may never do on their own.