The Unbearable Lightness of Being

It's a good book and well written. I understand why it's so many people's favourite, however, it's not mine. I enjoyed it, it gave me a lot of thoughts to ponder, but it didn't really make me feel. I loved Teresa, she's my favourite character, just wanted to give her hug, but I could not identify with Tomas for a second, Sabina is cool, I guess Franz is okay, I like their story anyway. I enjoyed the narrator's musings, critiquing the work with references and parallelism, the analysis of Oedipus and Beethoven's Es Muss Sein stand out, but I prefer to do my own analysis. Like the author wrote the story and explained to you what to understand from each sentence, and even though it feels like the book is pushing me to think, it felt more like the book is telling me what to think, which is problem when you don't really agree with the thoughts. And after you're done with the book, there's nothing else to muse about, because the author already told you every analysis you could have, which is why I'm having a hard time writing this review. Like what else is there to say, when the analysis is already part of the book.

All in all, I really liked the book, glad I finally read it, it's just a different style from the kind of books I usually fall in love with.