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minus-squarewise_pancake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoIt’s not a long book but it is for me very frustrating to read. It’s about an optimist who keeps dismissing the shitty things happening to/around because it’ll all work out. I just did not enjoy reading it at all.
minus-squareoce 🐆linkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 months agoI know the book as I’m from the same country, so I wondered if there was some specific issue from the English side. It’s a satire of Leibniz philosophy and religion, so I think it’s its purpose to make you frustrated with the character.
minus-squarewise_pancake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 months agoIt did a great job making me want to smack him It’s just not my kind of book, I don’t enjoy that type of thing.
What’s the issue with reading Candid?
It’s not a long book but it is for me very frustrating to read.
It’s about an optimist who keeps dismissing the shitty things happening to/around because it’ll all work out.
I just did not enjoy reading it at all.
I know the book as I’m from the same country, so I wondered if there was some specific issue from the English side. It’s a satire of Leibniz philosophy and religion, so I think it’s its purpose to make you frustrated with the character.
It did a great job making me want to smack him
It’s just not my kind of book, I don’t enjoy that type of thing.