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The Schopenhauer Cure
Irvin D. Yalom
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Suddenly confronted with his own mortality after a routine checkup, eminent psychotherapist Julius Hertzfeld is forced to reexamine his life and work -- and seeks out Philip Slate, a sex addict whom he failed to help some twenty years earlier. Yet Philip claims to be cured -- miraculously transformed by the pessimistic teachings of German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer -- and is, himself, a philosophical counselor in training. Philips dour, misanthropic stance compels Julius to invite Philip to join his intensive therapy group in exchange for tutoring on Schopenhauer. But with mere months left, life may be far too short to help Philip or to compete with him for the hearts and minds of the group members. And then again, it might be just long enough.
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First published June 4, 2000
Original TitleThe Schopenhauer Cure
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The Schopenhauer cure : a novel, 1st ed, c2005, Irvin D. Yalo
Julius Hertzfeld is a distinguished psychotherapist when a sudden confrontation with his own mortality forces him to re-examine his life and work.
Has he really made an enduring difference to the lives of his patients?
And what about those he's failed Ð (It is familiar to English-speakers as the th sound in father) what has happened to them?
His attempt to make sense of the past places him on a collision course with former patient Philip Slate a handsome but arrogant and misanthropic sex addict whom he had treated, unsuccessfully, 23 years before.
In a profound challenge to Julius's professional status, Philip claims to have cured himself by reading the works of philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer.
Furthermore, he has become a philosophical counselor, and asks Julius to act as his professional supervisor in order to obtain a license to practice.
Reluctantly, Julius agrees, and they strike a Faustian bargain Ð one which threatens to undermine his career and the well-being of his patients, but also brings with it the potential for extraordinary personal change through a unique combination of psychotherapy and philosophy.
Date of first reading: November 11th, 2016 AD
Title: Schopenhauer's treatment; Author: Ervin D. Yalom; Translator: Hamid Tofani; Zahra Hosseinian; Mashhad, Taraneh, 1390, on 496 pages; ISBN 9789645638953; 5th edition 2013; 8th edition 2017; The subject of Arthur Schopenhauer from 1788 to 1860, group psychotherapy; The story of the writers of the United States of America - 21st century
Title: Schopenhauer's treatment; Author: Ervin D. Yalom; Translator: Sepideh Habib Tehran, Nash Ghatrah, 2012, on 547 pages; ISBN 9786001196195; 4th edition 2013; 11th edition of 2015; 6th edition 2014; 14th edition of 2016; 16th edition of 2017; 21st edition of 2019;
Title: Schopenhauer's treatment; Author: Ervin D. Yalom; Translator: Kiyomarth Parsai; Tehran, Mossadegh Publishing House, Jami, 2014; on 424 pages; ISBN 9786007436325; second edition 2015;
Title: Schopenhauer's treatment; Author: Ervin D. Yalom; Translator: Marjan Motamed Hosseini; Tehran, Navai Maktoob, 2016; on 432 pages; ISBN 9786009666737; Second edition 2016;
Title: Schopenhauer's treatment; Author: Ervin D. Yalom; Translator: Foruzandeh Dolattiari; Tehran, Nik Farjam, 2018; on 438 pages; ISBN 9786226395342;
Title: Schopenhauer's treatment; Author: Ervin D. Yalom; Translator: Zohra Qalipour; Tehran, Atisa, 2018; on 387 pages; ISBN 9786227182088;
Title: Schopenhauer's treatment; Author: Ervin D. Yalom; Translator: Zahra Vedadian; Tehran, Naron Danesh, 2018; on 200 pages; ISBN 9786226632430;
Title: Schopenhauer's treatment; Author: Ervin D. Yalom; Translator: Ebrahim Hosni; Tehran, Nik Farjam, 2018; on 512 pages; ISBN 9786226395342;
Yalom imagines in the novel "Schopenhauer's Therapy", a contemporary philosopher named "Philip", who is a recluse, and in a way a copy of "Schopenhauer", enters one of the treatment groups of a famous psychotherapist named "Julius", who Due to a sudden encounter with cancer - and his own death - he has sat down to review his life and work; "Philip" wishes to become a philosophical advisor by applying "Schopenhauer's" ideas, and for this purpose he needs "Julius'" tutelage; But "Julius" wants, with the help of the group members, to admit to "Philipp (Schopenhauer)" that this is human connection, which gives meaning to life; What no one did for the historical "Schopenhauer";
Erwin D. Yalom - retired professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, existential psychotherapist, and group therapist, in this book as well as in the novel "When Nietzsche Cried"; With the magical language of the story, they introduce complex philosophical ideas and describe psychotherapy and group therapy techniques.
Quote from the text: (It has often been noted that three major revolutions in human thought have threatened the idea of human centrality; first, "Copernicus" showed that the earth is not the center around which all the heavenly bodies revolve. Then, Darwin clarified that we are not the center of the chain of life, but like other creatures, we have emerged from the evolution of other forms of life; Third, "Freud" showed that we are not the masters of our own house, in the sense that most of our behavior It is subject to forces outside of our consciousness; there is no doubt that "Arthur Schopenhauer" had a role equal to "Freud" in this intellectual revolution, but his influence was never acknowledged, because "Schopenhauer" long before the birth of "Freud" assumed this had established that deep biological forces govern us, but we deceive ourselves, and we think that we consciously choose our activities); The end of the quote from Ms. Sepideh Habib's translation, page 297;
Update date: 10/07/1399 AH; 08/06/1400 solar Hijri; A. Sherbiani
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I did not like the novel, perhaps because I am not a good reader of philosophy, or because of its direct style at times, or poor translation, or for all of those reasons. The
beginning with a famous psychotherapist discovers that he has skin cancer and that his days in life are few, disturbed by the idea of death thinking about the value of his work, Did he actually succeed in treating his patients? It prompts him to think about the cases he failed to treat, then a strong desire to contact those cases to find out the reasons for his failure, and with the first case he communicates with;
Philip obsessed with Schopenhauer , who is a contemporary living embodiment of him.
I did not like presenting Schopenhauer's life in separate reports throughout the novel, and it seems that the writer failed to review Schopenhauer's life within the context of the events, so he resorted to that trick, but the direct style certainly reduces the pleasure of reading any literary work, in the end we are dealing with a novel and not a philosophical book, and that The writer failed to present Schopenhauer's philosophy in a smooth and simplified manner to the ordinary reader. The end was also hasty, through which the writer tried to come up with a good conclusion of the events, but it was not convincing.. The translation was also not good; This task was supposed to be undertaken by a translator specialized in philosophy, to provide comments in the margins that facilitate the reader's task, as well as the translator's use of obscene words sometimes.
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“Live right, he reminded himself, and have faith that good things will flow from you even if you never learn of them.”
― Irvin D. Yalom, The Schopenhauer Cure
This book receives a five star rating not because the author is on the level with Vladimir Nabokov or Leo Tolstoy, but because this novel is a real page-turner and teaches as great deal about two topics: the dynamics of group psychotherapy and the illustrious nineteenth century philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer. Highly recommended! Take this book with you when you travel by airplane or train and your six hour trip will seem like forty-five minutes - The Schopenhauer Cure is that riveting.
The novel opens with the main character, a seasoned sixty-five year old psychotherapist and leader of group therapy, Julius Hertzfeld, having been diagnosed with cancer and given a year of good health. So what to do with a year to live? Julius reviews his career as a therapist and asks himself if he had cured people or at least provided a degree of help. This self-examination leads Julius to unearth an old file going back twenty years of one patient who spent three years of therapy with him but the patient terminated treatment since what Julius had to offer was not helping. Julius calls the patient, Philip Slate by name, and requests a meeting for the purposes of research.
Turns out, Philip is a counselor himself as well as being a philosophy instructor at a local college. But Philip needs certification to continue his counseling. Without giving away too much of the novel's plot, it is enough to say Philip, as part of his certification process, becomes a new member of Julian's group therapy weekly gathering.
If you have never been part of group therapy, here is your unique opportunity to have the experience. Of course, your experience will be as a reader and not a participant, but, through the magic of the author's novel, you will have the feeling of being an actual member of the group. Not only will you come to know the men and women of the group and how they interact as part of the group, but you will be given the ongoing insights and observations that go through the mind of Julian as he acts as the group's psychotherapist. And the group has a certain energy that is shaken up and lifted with the entrance of Philip. After several sessions with Philip as the new member, the group energy is shaken up yet again with the return of Pam, who has spent a month in India at a meditation retreat.
Back on Philip. As a younger man he was a sex-fiend. That's why Philip was in therapy with Julius. Where psychotherapy with Julius didn't help, the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer did help, and Philip explains to everyone in the group how and why the philosophy of Schopenhauer worked and how Schopenhauer can help others. This leads the author to intersperse chapters in the novel about the life and philosophy of the great nineteenth century thinker, a thinker who had a profound influence on Sigmund Freud and thus psychology and psychotherapy. Schopenhauer didn't shy away from philosophizing about sexuality and other issues of the body; rather, his insights into nature's urges and energies are at the core of this thinking. Thus, the direct connection between what happens in the development of Schopenhauer's philosophy and what happens in the sessions of the group.
The cancer of the group's beloved friend and leader, Julius, adds a bond and emotional charge to all that happens in the group from week to week. To find out exactly how events unfold, please place an order for the novel today and read the first five pages. You will be hooked. You will want to continue reading and reading, nonstop till the end. Thank you Irvin D. Yalom for writing a fine novel and sharing your experience and wisdom as a group psychotherapist, as well providing a penetrating overview of one of the great philosophers in the Western tradition, who, as it turns out, was foundational in linking philosophy with psychology.
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Despite the promising title of the book, Irwin Yalom does not offer any cure for modern human problems in his treatment of Schopenhauer. People who are caught up in the suffering of life and do not respond to Schopenhauer's call to stay away from desires and requests. Schopenhauer, as if he is seeking to erase the face of the problem and wants to reduce the pain of living by withdrawing from life and thus defeat suffering, the biggest enemy of mankind. The philosopher of life, Nietzsche, has said somewhere that the enemies that we defeat with great difficulty during the day, every time we wake up in the middle of the night, they come back and defeat us with more power. With these two sentences, Nietzsche cancels all of Schopenhauer's mystical philosophy. Yalom also, in a disgusting ending, sacrifices the philosopher character of his story to reality in another way. The author of existential psychotherapy is thinking of treating a philosopher like Schopenhauer here. He says that if Schopenhauer can be brought to the therapeutic table and treated, then a solution to human suffering can also be found. Alas, this idea falls to the ground due to the boring and clichéd dialogues of the characters in the story. Neither Schopenhauer's prescription is effective for human treatment, nor does Yalom's psychotherapy offer a specific solution to the audience. My hope is that the author, in his other two books that I have not read yet, has truly provided an answer to this loneliness and objectification of man in the modern age. Of course, I find it unlikely. My hope is that the author, in his other two books that I have not read yet, has truly provided an answer to this loneliness and objectification of man in the modern age. Of course, I find it unlikely. My hope is that the author, in his other two books that I have not read yet, has truly provided an answer to this loneliness and objectification of man in the modern age. Of course, I find it unlikely.
Schopenhauer's treatment is a narrative that derives its main substance from an extreme treatment of sexual instincts. It is necessary to read it for the people of our gendered land. Although it seems that the root of human suffering is much deeper than these Schopenhauerian avoidances and Freudian games.
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Cancer Cures Neurosis
An episode of the British sci-fi comedy, Red Dwarf, has a disturbing female character with a heavy Germanic accent proclaiming, "Schopenhauer was rrrright: Without pain, life has no meaning. I am about to give your life meaning." This is more or less the central theme of Yalom's novel.
Like Robertson Davies' Manticore, The Schopenhauer Cure follows a series of psycho-analytic therapy sessions, interspersed with background material. But Yalom uses group not individual therapy as the binding story-line. And Instead of the Jungian technique of Davies, inserts the highly unlikely character of the German 19th century philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer as a model for psychological investigation and treatment.
Unlikely because, although Schopenhauer certainly inspired subsequent doctors of the mind through his philosophy, he himself was without question a neurotic of the first order. He had no stable relationships, male or female. He was alienated from his suicidal father, his emotionally distant mother, and his spinster sister for decades before each of them died without concern on his part. He spent his entire adult life in a sort of normalized isolation dominated by an abiding obsession with death.
On the other hand, Schopenhauer was not an unhappy person. Or to put it more aptly in terms of his philosophy, he experienced less pain than he might have, had he not learned to recognise the futility of his desires - material, social, professional, but especially sexual.
Schopenhauer's self-prescribed psycho-therapy involved training himself insistently that such desires could never actually be achieved, or more accurately that such desires once sated would merely be replaced by others, and so on ad infinitum as well as ad nauseum. So he adopted the life of a hermetic recluse - on the streets of 19th century Frankfurt rather than the deserts of 4th century Syria.
Yalom's motivating character, Philip, is a devotee of Schopenhauer's philosophy, who in a Luther-like attempt to heal himself by diagnosing his own as the world's problem, crashes an established therapy group in order to fulfill his training requirements as... a psycho-therapist!
So a person who is happily convinced that a primary source of pain is attachment to human relationships involves himself in a therapeutic group, the function of which is to intensify human relationships among its members. What could go wrong?
In fact the situation provokes some rather interesting insights by all concerned, including the reader. Without doubt, for example, Yalom's group, both individually and collectively, is improved by the insertion of the Schopenhaurian take on life, no matter how dismal it might appear. Every member of the group perceives an important contribution is made by Philip, although none understands precisely why or how.
More significantly the confrontation between two opposed views of the world pointedly raises the issue of what constitutes the success of a psycho-therapeutic process. What are the criteria of psychological or emotional 'healing'? Is it personal contentment? A feeling of acceptance within a group? Reduced compulsivity? Increased social skills? All or none of the above? It isn't at all clear that members of the group share the same criterion of success to begin with but Philip's arrival formalizes the issue, at least for the therapist-in-charge.
The therapist-in-charge dies with his boots on (from cancer), so we don't get his view on the issue. The only one to get the short end of the therapeutic stick, however, is poor Philip. 'Reconnected' to his desiring self, he suffers the pain and anxiety of human relationships once again. Is 'meaning' worth the price? By whose standard?
Postscript: Tomorrow is the anniversary of Schopenhauer's death. It seems more appropriate to celebrate his death than his birth. So here's to the inimitable Arthur for whom one of my sons is named.
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Irvin David Yalom writes about life and death between philosophy and psychoanalysis,
a smooth narration and dialogues that reveal cases of human weakness in different forms.
Although Schopenhauer's philosophy is sharp and illogical at times, the writer presented his ideas skillfully
and linked him with the characters of the novel in an attempt to understand what is going on in the labyrinth of the human soul
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"When at the end of their lives, most people look back, they find that they have lived their whole lives waiting. They will be surprised to realize that what they let slip away without appreciating and enjoying it was nothing more than their life. Thus man, deceived by hope, dances towards the embrace of death"
This particular book went through 40 waves until I read it. I started it at a time when I was a good reader, I liked it a lot but the content probably weighed on me I guess quite mentally, I stopped it, in the meantime I also stopped reading for several days and in the last 2 days something just pushed me to pick it up again, something he was saying that at this particular moment this book would do me good on all levels, it would probably have something important to tell me. I think I will rank this among my favorite books by Irwin Yalom. It taught me, it tortured me, it troubled me but at the end of the day I feel happy that I read it and at a time when if you will I wanted someone to remind me again of the greatness of life. Life for better or worse is full of bitter, unpleasant moments but at the end of the day we all want to live this and many others.
I found it extremely interesting that the author found one part of the narrative to be about the life and views of Arthur Schopenhauer. For better or for worse, starting to get to know him through Yalom's narrative, you probably don't get the best feelings for a man whose truly torturous loneliness gave you hours and hours of unbearable pessimism that when you have him, even on your own, you don't know if you want read it in books too. However, I think it was perhaps the strongest part of the book. This very analysis that the author makes and the attempt to approach Schopenhauer and his worldview is a rare reading experience that will make the reader dig inside and reach corners that until now have been kept well locked. At least that's what happened to me.
Schopenauer said that it is this continuous desire that leads us to this vicious circle of wanting other things and at the same time not being satisfied with anything, while he concludes that ultimately what is important in order to be led to a certain happiness is to give undivided attention to what we are and not what we represent to others. I don't know if the same happened with other readers, but finishing the book I felt a special sympathy and tenderness for Schopenauer. Somewhere among the theories of this misanthrope is Philip Slate, a fanatical follower of his worldview, who is called to follow a model of psychotherapy suggested by his psychotherapist, where through communication with other people.
I'll close by leaving you with a few quotes that I really liked. If I have to find a common recommendation in them then everyone can easily characterize them as how to say it perhaps pessimistically but I think that the main meaning of the book was precisely the acceptance of life even in the moments when we don't find the courage to continue.
"Life can be compared to a piece of embroidered fabric, which in the first half a person sees from its good side and in the second half from the wrong side. The second part is not so nice, but it is more constructive, because it helps one to see how the threads are connected to each other.
"Every breath we take repels the death that constantly besieges us. .. In the end death must triumph, because it was destined for us from our birth and plays with its victim only for a short time, before devouring it. And yet, we continue with great interest and with a lot of care our lives for as long as possible, as if we were making a soap bubble, as big as we can, despite our absolute certainty that in the end it will burst"
"First of all man is never happy but wastes his whole life fighting for something which he thinks will make him happy. He rarely achieves his goal, and when he does, he is ultimately disappointed again: in the end he is usually so seasick that he reaches port without sails or rigging. And then he does the same whether he lived happily or unhappily. For his life was nothing more than a present moment, always lost and now ended”
“So what is human life but an endless cycle of desire, satisfaction, boredom, and desire again? Does this apply to all life forms? For humans it is worse, says Schopenhauer, because as intelligence increases, so does the intensity of unhappiness.
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By reading this book, you can show several points with one arrow, besides reading a fascinating novel, you will get to know one of the world's greatest philosophers, "Arthur Schopenhauer", with group therapy.
The book is divided into two main parts, "Schopenhauer's biography" and psychotherapy sessions of a person named Flip, who is a copy of Schopenhauer's thinking and was able to overcome his sexual addiction problem by using Schopenhauer's philosophical teachings. In the book, an attempt has been made to find the root of Schopenhauer's pessimism and anthropomorphism by examining his biography, and to solve these problems for his manuscript, Flip, by giving meaning to life using human relationships, which no one has done for Schopenhauer. .
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Schopenhauer lived, and still showed signs of personal self-sufficiency. He persevered in his work, and was a productive philosopher until the end of his life, never losing self-confidence. He likened himself to a small oak tree that seemed ordinary and insignificant to other plants. “But leave him alone, he will not die. The time will come when he will bring with him those who truly know his value.” He predicted that, in the end, his genius would have a great influence on future generations of thinkers.
My previous meeting with the writer in a novel when Nietzsche cried made me fall in love with him and I decided to read all his novels so that my second meeting with him came after long delays so that Schopenhauer’s treatment would be my second meeting with the writer and my second meeting with myself through him. Nietzsche was a profound psychological and philosophical potion and Schopenhauer came to give me a similar potion and a mental and psychological state that I cannot describe. In Nietzsche I loved the doctor more than the philosopher, but here I loved both. And the way the novel did not depend on only two characters like Nietzsche opened more horizons and ideas in the novel, there is the character of the doctor Julius and his old patient Philip, and there are members of the treatment session Pam, Bonnie, Rebecca, Tony, Jill and Stewart. I felt that I participated in these sessions with them. Yes, to this degree the writer managed to make me immerse myself in the novel. Besides, of course, information about Schopenhauer's life and philosophy. ?
I liked Schopenhauer in some things and saw in him my twin and hated him in some of his opinions, especially in which he sees himself arrogantly and that he is higher than humans and some of his opinions in treating others, but at the same time I think that part of his hatred for humans and his distance from them and belittling them was caused by the way he raised him and treated his father and mother him and their relationship to each other. In addition to his relationship with his mother and the way she dealt with him after his father's suicide. His failure to obtain acceptance, support and love from the closest relatives, especially from the mother and father, has great psychological consequences and affects his feelings, thoughts and entire life. In addition to his inability to form relationships with others who understand him. All this is in addition to his nature, which, as he says in his book (On Myself)
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"Nature has endowed him with an anxious temperament, a feeling of suspiciousness, a heightened sensitivity, a sharpness of temper, and a sense of pride that hardly rises to the sobriety of a philosopher.
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inherited from my father anxiety, which I myself curse and fight with with all my willpower."
Nietzsche took me out of a very bad reading block that no other novel could get me out of, and gave me a great dose of activity for my mind, and Schopenhauer came to get me out of a bad psychological state and give my soul and myself another dose of activity. So first of all, I'm very grateful to author Irvin D. Yalom and grateful to Nietzsche and Schopenhauer and I will try to read to you both. I found part of me in Julius' desire to listen and help others, part in the form of Schopenhauer's loneliness and part in Bonnie's lack of self-confidence and her feeling of being a boring and inferior character. And part in the weakness of a generation in front of his wife and part in Stewart's inability to express his feelings and form relationships with others, and I found another part in Philip and his distance from human relationships that cause him psychological exhaustion and the difficulty of dealing with the feelings that vibrate him, so he chooses to escape from them.
Although I was angry with Philip because of the behavior of his past that was disgusting to me, but perhaps considering him a patient reduced my anger a little towards him. Usually, most patients, especially with addiction and mental illness, are very late or do not seek help, but I was waiting to know what he went through in order to reach this method. Unemotional in his treatment of others.
By nature, I was never a social person, but throughout my life, and as I got older, my desire for isolation increased.
I agree with Schopenhauer that we need a kind of closeness and human warmth, but at the same time we maintain a safe distance between us and others. And setting limits in dealing. And I find this is not a bad thing, but on the contrary, it maintains human rapprochement and at the same time is important to maintain psychological peace. There is sometimes a closeness that cancels all distances and all borders, so this closeness becomes a severe psychological burden for its owner, and may even cause harm and destabilize the safety and stability of this relationship. A safe distance does not mean distance and lack of interest, but it means that each party maintains its entity, its borders, its personality, and its psychological peace. I also agree with him that we should not be all concerned about others' opinions of us and our importance in their eyes, and that all our energy should be spent on satisfying them or improving ourselves in their eyes.
"One of Schopenhauer's ideas that has helped me. is the idea that relative happiness stems from three sources: what a person is, what he has, and what he represents in the eyes of others. He urges us to focus only on the first and not rely on the second and third—that is, from possession and our reputation because we do not We can control these two things, and they can be taken away from us.
"Schopenhauer, was the first philosopher to look at motives and feelings from within, and throughout his career he wrote extensively about internal human fears and concerns: sex, love, death, dreams, suffering, religion, suicide, relationships with others, vanity, self-esteem. He touched on more than any other philosopher to such dark impulses within us that we cannot bear to know them, therefore, we ought to repress them.”
This paragraph came from Philip to make me love Schopenhauer and want to read to him, although I am very afraid of reading philosophy, because my previous attempts made me stupid and I could not understand, and because talking about Schopenhauer's philosophy here through the novel will be different from reading him personally, I think that the writer succeeded in conveying his philosophy In a method that may be simpler and easier than the method of the philosopher himself, and this is what frightens me.
Finally, let me add a final paragraph for those who agree or disagree with Schopenhauer. For those who choose solitude or love life among humans..
“We may need a different kind of therapy and a different kind of philosophy for different temperaments, one for those who like to be close to others and another for those who choose a life of reason.”
In short, there are novels that force you to focus, to think, to dive into them, and this novel is definitely one of them.
Although the ending was expected for me, it did not like me or did not convince me, or perhaps because I felt that what happened throughout the novel was not enough to make this change happen, which makes me want to evaluate the novel with 4 stars and at the same time I fell in love with the novel and the writer’s style and I loved the situation The one I lived inside it all while reading it, I can't rate it with 4 stars only,
so let's say my review is 4.5
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It was one of those books that I will have depression to finish the book for a while. :) And for a while, whatever I read, I will not like it.
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