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The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
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"Wtf is this bullshit? Fuck off!" said Alex, flinging the book against a wall. The book was light but the wall was heavy. The lightness of the book was such that anyone must think, due to the distance from which the book bounced off the wall without denting it, that truly, nothing is heavier than that wall. But it was only because the book was so light, by comparison with the wall, that anyone could reach that conclusion; it was a perception borne of limited experience with light and heavy things. For truly, a great many things were heavier than that wall, such as a train, or Saturn.

But what is the act if throwing a book against a wall if not the desire for another, less shitty, less smug and self-satisfied book? Well it could be a great many things, such as an attempt to kill a spider, or the momentary surrender of a child to its most destructive tendencies. Hmm, I guess the danger of turning everything into an aphorism or homily is that what you may produce is a lot of stuff which is revealed to be shallow, pretentious drivel as soon as the reader gives even five seconds of consideration to anything the author says.

And then they made love.
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August 29, 2013 – Shelved

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message 1: by Rohisa (new)

Rohisa hahaha. Though I have liked the book, your review is gut-out hilarious.


Anoushka Bhalla ROFLing ALL THE WAY


Allison R 100%


message 4: by Jose (new) - rated it 1 star

Jose Cerda This was actually much better than the book! Thank you so much! Hahaha!


Jenny The best review!


Milagros Luciani hahahahah awesome review


Christel Mussche 😂


message 8: by Nat (new) - rated it 1 star

Nat I could just hear the pretentious voice of the narrator I hadn’t realised now lived inside my head.


Mayelin Garcia Love your review, I am glad I am not the only one that didn’t like this book. It is so shallow and so unreal.


robert Great humorous review. It had me laughing.


message 12: by Erika (new)

Erika


Marcelo Andrade LOLLLLL XD


Harrison Wolstein Bravo!!


message 15: by geo (new) - rated it 5 stars

geo row Pretentious drivel


Bobby Bermea I love this book but this review made me laugh.


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