A review by edgarallenshoe
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

challenging mysterious reflective slow-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? No

3.75

Before you start this, it's important to know that it partially reads like a textbook - a text within a text which consists of short introductions to philosophers, concepts, periods, and great thinkers. It's also important to know that it makes no damn sense.
also, one thing that's really funny to me is how abundantly clear it is that the author is male, in the scene where a fifteen year old girl recieves a phonecall from a man she does not know, and he tells her to meet him in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night with NO explanation, and she actually goes. Sophie I just know you're not that stupid
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