A review by sperks
Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder

4.0

The philosophy lessons are the best part, and if the book was purely a collection of them I would have given it 5 stars. The plot is interesting, but the characters just don't speak in or think in believable ways. The dialogue is awkward and stilted and repetitive. A great book information- and plot-wise, but the characterisation drags it down a bit. Definitely a good book for learning about philosophy but I wouldn't recommend it as a novel.

That said, I would read it again simply because its near impossible to adsorb all there is to learn from this book in a single read.