A review by jairereads
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-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

4.0

I’m glad I picked this up, put it down, and picked it back up the times I did. The narrator’s philosophical cutaways from the plot were puzzling, insightful, often funny, sometimes fucked up, and altogether rewarding in the novel’s goal of offering cogent observations on humanness and desire.
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