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valeoftears's review against another edition
3.0
Camus mi hai salvato la vita ma i tuoi libri non mi piacciono tanto, scusami ๐
eenaah's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
โ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง.โ
Camus <3
First of all i just want to appreciate how beautifully camus writes, the prose is so beautiful. The way he describes things, it's quite beautiful.
As for the book, it was quite interesting. Kinda reminded me of The stranger, because Mersault? But as much as i could find the similarities in the two books, the characters were quite different.
The central idea of this book revolved around finding happiness. How do we achieve happiness and then die with that happiness? And a way to achieve this is through money and time, but you see money and time are interconnected as the saying goes: Time is money & money can buy time and this idea is actually talked about in the book:
"๐๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ. ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ, ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ"
โ๐๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ, ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต.โ
I think i do agree with this thing, that time and money are important for us to be happy but sometimes they aren't โenoughโ for happiness and that's why we see a lot of people say that money can't buy happiness.
As Camus says:
" ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ฎ. ๐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ โ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ดโ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ช๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ."
There are some quotes which i really liked:
"๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ. "
"๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆโ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ. ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด."
"๐๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ณ๐ต, ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต."
โ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต, ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ โฆ ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต.โ
โ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ข ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ณ๐ฆโ
โ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด? ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ.โ
Camus <3
First of all i just want to appreciate how beautifully camus writes, the prose is so beautiful. The way he describes things, it's quite beautiful.
As for the book, it was quite interesting. Kinda reminded me of The stranger, because Mersault? But as much as i could find the similarities in the two books, the characters were quite different.
The central idea of this book revolved around finding happiness. How do we achieve happiness and then die with that happiness? And a way to achieve this is through money and time, but you see money and time are interconnected as the saying goes: Time is money & money can buy time and this idea is actually talked about in the book:
"๐๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ. ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ, ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ"
โ๐๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ, ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต.โ
I think i do agree with this thing, that time and money are important for us to be happy but sometimes they aren't โenoughโ for happiness and that's why we see a lot of people say that money can't buy happiness.
As Camus says:
" ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ฎ. ๐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ โ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ดโ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ช๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ."
There are some quotes which i really liked:
"๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ. "
"๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆโ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ. ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด."
"๐๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ณ๐ต, ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต."
โ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต, ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ โฆ ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต.โ
โ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ข ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ณ๐ฆโ
โ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด? ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ.โ
mtomchek's review against another edition
4.0
"We don't have time to be ourselves. We only have time to be happy."
"...we use up our lives making money, when we should be using our money to gain time."
"'Don't take anything seriously except happiness.'"
"From the starry night and the city that was like a spilled sky, swollen with human lights under the warm, deep breeze that rose from the harbor."
"And with pain and joy, their hearts learned to hear that double lesson which leads to a happy death."
"Find your happiness in yourself."
"'Believe me, there is no such thing as great suffering, great regret, great memory...Everything is forgotten, even a great love. That's what's sad about life, and also what's wonderful about it. There is only a way of looking at things, a way that comes to you every once in a while. That's why it's good to have had love in your life after all, to have had an unhappy passion - it gives you an alibi for the vague despairs we all suffer from.'"
"What mattered was to humble himself, to organize his heart to match the rhythm of the days instead of submitting their rhythm to the curve of human hopes."
"...the day split open like ripe fruit and trickled down the face of the world, a warm and choking juice in a sudden concert of cicadas. The sea was covered with this golden juice, a sheet of oil upon the water, and gave back to the sun-crushed earth a warm, softening breath which released odors of wormwood, rosemary, and hot stone."
Actually his first novel, Albert Camus writes this existential story about Patrice Mersault and his journey trying to understand happiness, life, and death. A Happy Death was deep, mundane, true, real, raw and beautifully written. I love Albert Camus, he speaks words so real and I love his scenery, traveling around Algeria, the Mediterranean Sea, and Europe. Life is not about money, nor getting something - we must live life understanding that death is near, and embrace the happiness we have. A book to re-read in the future, indeed.
"...we use up our lives making money, when we should be using our money to gain time."
"'Don't take anything seriously except happiness.'"
"From the starry night and the city that was like a spilled sky, swollen with human lights under the warm, deep breeze that rose from the harbor."
"And with pain and joy, their hearts learned to hear that double lesson which leads to a happy death."
"Find your happiness in yourself."
"'Believe me, there is no such thing as great suffering, great regret, great memory...Everything is forgotten, even a great love. That's what's sad about life, and also what's wonderful about it. There is only a way of looking at things, a way that comes to you every once in a while. That's why it's good to have had love in your life after all, to have had an unhappy passion - it gives you an alibi for the vague despairs we all suffer from.'"
"What mattered was to humble himself, to organize his heart to match the rhythm of the days instead of submitting their rhythm to the curve of human hopes."
"...the day split open like ripe fruit and trickled down the face of the world, a warm and choking juice in a sudden concert of cicadas. The sea was covered with this golden juice, a sheet of oil upon the water, and gave back to the sun-crushed earth a warm, softening breath which released odors of wormwood, rosemary, and hot stone."
Actually his first novel, Albert Camus writes this existential story about Patrice Mersault and his journey trying to understand happiness, life, and death. A Happy Death was deep, mundane, true, real, raw and beautifully written. I love Albert Camus, he speaks words so real and I love his scenery, traveling around Algeria, the Mediterranean Sea, and Europe. Life is not about money, nor getting something - we must live life understanding that death is near, and embrace the happiness we have. A book to re-read in the future, indeed.
alex2222's review against another edition
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
potatonell's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
5.0
If you are a fan of the Stranger, you must give this book a go.
vanvan's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Pleasantly surprised. This book had a lot more heart than I expected (for a book that contemplates death). Although not as polished as his well-known works, there are beautiful sections that are bursting with descriptive writing and a palpable appreciation for life, nature, and love written through the lens of Camus' youth. Recommend if you're in the mood for something experimental and philosophical.
cathdm's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Beautifully written, not like his other works Iโve read though.
losthighway's review against another edition
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
di3tdrb3pp3r's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Definitely felt the first part (Natural Death) was stronger and more interesting than the second part. Not that the second part was bad; you could just tell that the book was bound to be left unfinished.
markusey's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5