The Darkest Night, aforizmalardan oluşan, alt yapısında nihilizm, felsefe ve varoluşçuk barındıran bir aydınlanma kitabı. Aydınlanma dememin nedeni, birçok cümlede kendinizi sorgulamanızı sağlayacak fikirler barındırması. Hani rahatsız edici kitaplar deriz ya, işte öyle birşey. Okuyup da geçilecek değil, uzun uzun düşündürecek türden.
Genel kabul gören kurallar ve tabular yer yer reddediliyor. İnsanın düşündüklerinden ibaret olduğu ve belki de kimsenin göründüğü gibi olmadığı yine Cem beyin aforizmalarının arasında sık sık karşımıza çıkıyor. Dozunda ve yerinde bir kullanım ile ünlü düşünürlerin alıntılarına da yer verilmiş.
Hayat denilen bu yolda belki de zaman zaman kendimizi sorgulamaya ve farklı düşünce yapıları ile karşılaşmaya ihtiyacımız var. Çokça altını çizdim, bazı yerlerde Cem beyin keskin edebi zekasını da hissettim.
Kitap şimdilik İngilizce basım. Ama okunması rahat, Türkçesi çıkana kadar merak edenlere söylemiş olayım.
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English
The Darkest Night is an enlightenment book composed of aphorisms, underlying nihilism, philosophy, and existentialism. I say enlightenment because many sentences contain ideas that will make you question yourself. You know how we say "disturbing books"? Well, it's one of those. It's not the kind you read and move on from; it will make you think deeply.
Generally accepted rules and taboos are occasionally challenged. The idea that a person is defined by their thoughts, and perhaps that no one is what they seem, frequently appears in Mr. Cem's aphorisms. Quotations from famous thinkers are also included, used appropriately and in moderation.
Perhaps, on this journey called life, we sometimes need to question ourselves and encounter different ways of thinking. I underlined
Orijinal metninde okuduğum eserlere yine aynı dilde inceleme yazdığım için buna da İngilizce devam edeceğim, kusura bakmayın :)
I really enjoyed reading this book. At first, I thought it might be difficult because it was written a long time ago, but the story became more interesting as I continued reading.
One of the things I liked most about the book was the adventure and action. The characters travel through dangerous forests, face many challenges, and have to make difficult decisions. This kept me interested and made me want to know what would happen next. But the most interesting thing was to think that all this cruelty and madness actually happened. It is blood-curling and saddening to think that the massacre scene at the battlefield or what that savage did to that baby by the rock really happened in real life.
I also liked how the friendship between the characters was shown throughout the story. The novel explores themes such as courage, loyalty, friendship, and survival. It gives readers a glimpse into a different period of history. It helped me imagine what life was like during the conflicts between different groups in North America. And I also wished I could have crazy natural survival skills, tracking skills and enhanced vision or hearing like the mohicans who dwell in the forests. Imagining living like them makes my sedentary city-dwelling life seem much more duller than normal.
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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
Sanırım hayatımda bu kadar detaylı yazılmış bir İngilizce kitap okuduğumu söyleyemem. Bir noktadan sonra bu kitabın iyi çevrilmiş bir Türkçe versiyonunu okumayı gerçekten çok isterdim, ama sanırım böyle bir çevirisi yok — ya da en azından ben denk gelmedim. Bu kitabı okurken bir an bile küçük bir detayı kaçırırsanız, ne okuduğunuzu unutabiliyorsunuz. Çünkü hiçbir şey göründüğü gibi değil. Her şey düşüncelerden ibaret ve düşünceler her şey olabilir, değil mi? Mutlu bir şarkı sizi iyileştirebilir ya da hüzünlü bir şarkı kırık parçalarınızı onarmanıza yardımcı olabilir.
Okurken hikâyenin nereye varacağını çok merak ettim ve tahmin ettiğim gibi hiç olmadı. Hatta sonu beni gerçekten şaşırttı. Kafamın karıştığı çok fazla yer oldu. Ana diliniz dışında bir dilde kitap okumanın zorluklarından biri de bu sanırım. Ama Raya ve Q’yu karakter olarak gerçekten çok sevdim. Hâlâ sonundan emin değilim. Gerçek miydi, hayal miydi? Mutlu oldular mı? Birbirlerine kavuştular mı? Bence yazar bana bir açıklama borçlu.
İlk başta treni çok sevmiştim ama trenin sırları ortaya çıktıkça, Raya gibi ben de aslında böyle bir trende olmak istemediğimi fark ettim. Ama eğer bir gün denk gelirseniz, bence okuyun. Çünkü sizi oldukça ilginç bir yolculuk bekliyor olacak.
Sözlerimi kitaptaki Raya’nın şarkısıyla bitirmek istiyorum:
Live. Breathe. Be.
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I don’t think I’ve ever read an English book written with this much detail before. At some point, I really wished I could read a well-translated Turkish version of this book, but I don’t think one exists — or at least I’ve never come across it. While reading, if you miss even the smallest detail for a moment, you suddenly forget what exactly you’re reading. Because nothing is what you think it is. Everything is made of thoughts, and thoughts can become
Fransızlar neden insan gibi konuşmaz ki?
I had already read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer before, and Huckleberry Finn was one of the characters in that book. Because of that, I became curious about him and wanted to read Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as well.
After I started reading, I realized that I really enjoyed the humorous style of the book. The language and the dialogues made the story more interesting and enjoyable for me.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in 1884 and is considered one of the major works of American Realism. Unlike Romantic literature, Twain focuses on ordinary people, realistic language, and social problems. Through Huck’s journey, the novel reflects important issues of 19th-century American society such as racism, slavery, violence, religious hypocrisy, and social inequality. Twain also satirizes romantic adventure stories, especially through the character of Tom Sawyer.
The novel follows Huck Finn, a young boy who escapes from his abusive father and travels along the Mississippi River with Jim, an escaped enslaved man. During their journey, they meet many different people and experience both humorous and serious situations. Through these adventures, Huck begins to question society’s values, racism, religion, and morality.
Huck also starts to test the religious teachings of Miss Watson and Widow Douglas. He does not fully accept everything that society and religion teach him, and throughout the novel he tries to understand what is morally right by himself.
Mark Twain mainly criticizes romanticism and unrealistic adventure stories. Tom tries to behave like the characters in books, while Huck thinks more realistically and questions these ideas. Through this contrast, Twain makes fun of romantic ideals that are disconnected from real life. Whether everything we learn
This was the first book I read by Ayfer Tunç, and I really liked her writing style. Her language is simple, clear, and fluent, which makes the book easy to read. From the beginning, the reader can understand how the story may develop and possibly end.
The book focuses on the life of Aziz Bey and his emotional struggles. It explains how his past, traumas, and losses affect his personality and life. Aziz Bey is a stubborn man who avoids many things. He does not know how to truly live, and he is afraid of love. He also has difficulty showing his feelings. His relationship with his family is quite sad and touching.
However, I have to be honest. Towards the end of the book, I felt a little bored because the story became too heavy and emotional. Still, overall, I think it is a good and meaningful book.
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