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A review by pagesfullofstars
Firmin - Adventures Of A Metropolitan Lowlife by Sam Savage
4.0
3.5 stars
As soon as I saw that Firmin is a story about a rat born in a bookshop, I knew I had to pick it up. And I got a very quirky and crazy, but also slightly nostalgic little book. I guess you can read it however you want, but I like the idea that the book describes the person of a reader and reading as a very solitary thing, and I quite identified with that. Of course, ever since I discovered the community of readers online and I met a few wonderful book lovers in real life, I can share my experience of reading, but I still do believe that it's a very individual experience. A hundred people could read the same book and each one of them could experience it differently and have a different opinion, and it's both wonderful and frustrating (in cases, where you would like someone else to see and experience what you did, but it's just not possible to fully share it).
I enjoyed the mixture of philosophical elements in this book and the lightness showed in the more humorous parts, that made for a really unusual experience. I would recommend it if the summary piques your interest, but be prepared for something different and unique :)
As soon as I saw that Firmin is a story about a rat born in a bookshop, I knew I had to pick it up. And I got a very quirky and crazy, but also slightly nostalgic little book. I guess you can read it however you want, but I like the idea that the book describes the person of a reader and reading as a very solitary thing, and I quite identified with that. Of course, ever since I discovered the community of readers online and I met a few wonderful book lovers in real life, I can share my experience of reading, but I still do believe that it's a very individual experience. A hundred people could read the same book and each one of them could experience it differently and have a different opinion, and it's both wonderful and frustrating (in cases, where you would like someone else to see and experience what you did, but it's just not possible to fully share it).
I enjoyed the mixture of philosophical elements in this book and the lightness showed in the more humorous parts, that made for a really unusual experience. I would recommend it if the summary piques your interest, but be prepared for something different and unique :)