What do we do when things go wrong?
Years ago, when I first spotted this book in a stationery shop, I decided to buy it without even flipping through its pages. On the cover, three men were being carried by the river's current toward an unknown destination. The title revealed little more than the image itself: Three Men in a Boat. Where they were going and why remained hidden between the pages.
For some reason, I never got around to reading it. The book sat forgotten on a shelf for years, quietly waiting for me. Then one day I picked it up and finally began. Soon, I discovered why these three men had embarked on such a sudden and peculiar boating trip. Tired of their daily routines and convinced that they were suffering from all sorts of illnesses, they believe an adventure will do them good. Instead, the following two weeks prove far more challenging than expected. They can never quite agree on what should be done or how it should be done. They blame one another, make a mess of simple tasks, and seem incapable of catching a break. Jerome narrates all of this with an exaggerated sense of humor and remarkable wit.
In the end, the three companions more or less accomplish what they set out to do. By the time they return to dry land, they are rather proud of themselves. But perhaps this book was written not only to amuse, but also to make us reflect. As we accompany these three friends like an invisible fourth passenger, we spend much of the journey wanting to step in and sort things out for them.
And yet, when things go wrong in our own lives, what exactly do we do?
A Critical Review of Humankind
Rutger Bregman’s book Humankind is one of the books that questions negative ideas about human nature and makes readers think. For many years, many people believed that humans are naturally selfish, bad, and only care about themselves. However, Bregman does not agree with this idea. According to him, human nature is not as dark as people think. Instead, people are more willing to help each other, understand others’ feelings, and do good things. In the book, the author supports these ideas with many examples from wars, psychology experiments, history, and biology. One of the best parts of the book is that it gives hope about humanity. Still, when I finished the book, I did not only feel admiration. On one side, I was happy to read it because it made me think differently. On the other side, some of the author’s ideas felt too optimistic to me. Because of this, the book was both interesting and questionable for me.
One of the strongest parts of the book is that it makes people question ideas about human nature that many accept without thinking. Today, we often see violence, murder, wars, and fights on television, social media, and in the news. After some time, people start to believe that the world is full of bad people. At this point, Bregman asks an important question: If humans were really bad by nature, how could societies survive for so many years? A big part of human history was shaped by helping each other, working together, and surviving together. From this side, the writer’s ideas are important and meaningful.
His ideas against the belief that humans are naturally wild are especially interesting. Today, when someone behaves badly, people sometimes say, “Did you grow up in a cave?” However, Bregman says that hunter-gatherer societies were not as violent as many
I’m Glad Her Mom Died!
I'm sure we all can agree that we glad her mom died too at this point... I am very pleased that we finally have the chance to see the real face of famous world we adored as we grew up. Though I need to say that this book can be triggering to you if you are facing with eating disorders or have a tendency to have them. Also need to mention that this is the perfect book to get rid of reading slump!
Everything I Know About Love
This book opened a lot of things in my perspective. Firstly the perspective of friendship. Farly is Dolly’s best friend. Every page she always talks about their friendship and her. A lot of people criticize Dolly because she mentions Farly too much. Sometimes i agree with this argument. I wished she mention about her less and talk about the event. But this part showed me how important is friendship. Its come first than relationship. There was a no chronology that i imagined and because of that I couldn’t catch the pages sometimes. Secondly the perspective of getting old. She explains every age especially teenage so lively. When she mentions early ages it was like i was reading my thoughts and going throughs. The best part was definitely the age of 30. You are finishing your 20s but you are opening a new phrase. This part showed me i don’t have to always feel like my 20s over, i have to thing that i earned at 30s that my 20s self was wanting. And thirdly romance and self-esteem. Any man is not important than my self love and my self-esteem. If somebody giving you mixing signals then you have to let them go and focus on your mental health. If somebody loses interest in you, you probably feel the worst. But not than losing self-esteem. The final talk was amazing. Everything i know about love means the love, friendship that i own for Farly. Men come and go but friendship always stay. We have to stick to our friendship. And also i want to mention about Florence. Thank you for pushing Dolly to write more. R.I.P 
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Everything I Know About Love 
Dolly Alderton
Eylül Dündar Everything I Know About Love Dolly Alderton
This is the graphic version of a very short but very impactful story.
The Lottery isn’t just about a strange tradition, it’s a warning about what happens when people stop thinking sensitively.
I always believed and supported this idea: Just because "everyone agrees on an idea/ideology" this doesn't always mean that it's right.
Just because most people agree on something doesn’t automatically make it right. Democracy shouldn’t be the rule of the majority got the power, it should mean protecting everyone’s rights equally, no matter how many people vote for something. Without that balance, even a vote can become a kind of silent cruelty, a dictatorship. As we can see it in Turkey nowadays.
In the story, everyone goes along with something horrible just because it’s always been done that way. No one questions it. No one asks why.
That’s what makes the story powerful, I believe. It shows how dangerous it can be when people don’t use critical thinking, when they follow the group without stopping to think if something is actually right or wrong.
Even though the town uses a fair system like a lottery, the outcome is cruel. It makes you ask: what’s the point of rules or votes if no one questions what they’re really doing?
Jackson’s story is short, but it hits hard. You can just read it in minutes but it is going to make you think about how the humans are/can be cruel.
A very short but very impactful story.
The Lottery isn’t just about a strange tradition, it’s a warning about what happens when people stop thinking sensitively.
I always believed and supported this idea: Just because "everyone agrees on an idea/ideology" this doesn't always mean that it's right.
Just because most people agree on something doesn’t automatically make it right. Democracy shouldn’t be the rule of the majority got the power, it should mean protecting everyone’s rights equally, no matter how many people vote for something. Without that balance, even a vote can become a kind of silent cruelty, a dictatorship. As we can see it in Turkey nowadays.
In the story, everyone goes along with something horrible just because it’s always been done that way. No one questions it. No one asks why.
That’s what makes the story powerful, I believe. It shows how dangerous it can be when people don’t use critical thinking, when they follow the group without stopping to think if something is actually right or wrong.
Even though the town uses a fair system like a lottery, the outcome is cruel. It makes you ask: what’s the point of rules or votes if no one questions what they’re really doing?
Jackson’s story is short, but it hits hard. You can just read it in minutes but it is going to make you think about how the humans are/can be cruel.
