I like not knowing about some things. Yes. I like it. Because it feels comfortable to me. I take refuge in the comfort of saying "I don't know." I read the Elephant Man story for the first time in this book. But I didn't know it was a famous story and based on a true event. Absolutely. So I'm glad I read it without knowing anything about it. Because it didn't affect my feelings.
I did a simple reading and I have simple feelings. Not exaggerated. The Elephant Man was a human and never a creature. Monster or creature. He was human. What about the other people? They are prejudiced. As always. I think the real creatures are the other people. Because they wounded a wounded person again and again. That evil requires having an evil heart. Right? Clear... Apart from that. The book is very easy to read because when I didn't know a word, I looked up its meaning on the next page. It was very comfortable. I didn't use a dictionary. Besides, this was a first-level reading. Beginner level. I will watch the movie. Of course, I will watch it in English. Because I made a promise to Professor Akif. Just like he promised Fuat Sezgin.
I know I'll always be grateful to him. That's it. That's all I know.
I had a crazy idea today. I've been reading Harry Potter for 23 years. It's time I started reading it in English. That's real magic!
Türkçe İngilizce Karşılıklı Hikayeler (10 Kitap Takım)Özer Kiraz · Özer Kiraz Yayınları · 20251 okunma
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Həm hekayənin daha da dərinləşməsi, həm də obrazların hisslərinə nəzər salması məni olduqca şad etdi. Bu səbəbdən əslində qiymətim 4.5☆-dur. Lakin burda yarım bal vermək olmur, təəssüf ki.
Obrazımız ölü bir bədənə keçən bir canlı olsa da, artıq insani dəyər və duyğuları anlamağa, iliklərində hiss etməyə başlayıb. Bunu son bölümdə görmək mümkündür. Yoshiki ilə danışanda sevgidən bəhs etməsi elə bunun ən böyük nümunəsidir. O bir hissə sahibdir ki, ona zərər verməkdən çəkinir və beləcə dağlara geri qayıtmaq istəyir. Biz də eynilə Hikaru kimi sevdiklərimiz üçün daha yaxşısı oldusun deyəv ya qorumaq məqsədli özümüzü uzaqlaşdırırıq. Bu nə qədər ağrılı bir prosses olsa da, bəzən edəcək başqa bir seçim şansı qalmır insanın əlində.
-"An' I— well, being with you has been so much fun... I might just be subatitute fer Hikaru but— you've done so much fer me. I love you, Yoshiki. I don't know what this feelin' is, if it's romantic love or platonic love. But no matter what, that's how I feel."—Hikaru
Hangi tür kitapları seviyorsun?
🔎 Polisiye
💕 Romantik
🚀 Bilim Kurgu
🏰 Fantastik
📖 Klasik
🧠 Kişisel Gelişim
🏛️ Tarih
😱 Gerilim
First of all, it was an easy and comfortable book to read, and it had everything you would expect from a romance novel. The characters constantly running into each other, the male main character always being the one who saves the woman, those moments where the female character is like “I don’t depend on a man, look, I’m strong too,” and the fact that they immediately fell for each other from the very first moment they saw each other — it had all of those things. The girl loving luxury but also having those “I’m not like that” moments was there too. Even the way they acted like teenagers experiencing love for the first time was included.
I was expecting something more interesting, especially since the main character was supposedly bisexual, but she basically fell for the first handsome and rich man she saw. I didn’t like any of the characters. Honestly, it was obvious how the ending would go. They were either going to get married or he was going to propose, and that unnecessary breakup scene the author added just to create some drama was so pointless.
It was nice to read something that reflected Armenian culture, and the book has an English level that flows easily and doesn’t make the reader struggle too much. But aside from that, I feel like something was missing. It could have been much better.
It’s readable, but I don’t think it’s a book that should be taken too seriously. In my opinion, it was just a very light, “snackable” read.
İlk olarak okunması rahat bir kitaptı ve bir romantik kitapta bulunacak her şey vardı. Karakterlerin her daim denk gelmesi, çoğu zaman ana erkek karakterin hep kadını kurtarması ve arada benim kadın karakterim bir erkeğe bağlı değil, bakın o da çok güçlü denilen anları ve birbirlerini gördükleri ilk andan itibaren hemen birbirlerine
Tam bir distopya. Distopyanın da farklı şekilleri olduğunu biliyoruz ki bu şekiller yazardan yazara bile çeşitleniyor. Koestler'in Gün Ortasında Karanlık kitabı mesela distopyadan çok gerçeği yansıtmakla birlikte Huxley'in Cesur Yeni Dünya'sı biraz daha yumuşak bir distopyadır (ör: uyum sağlamayan tatile çıkar gibi eğitim adalarından birisine gönderiliyor) 1984 ise gerçek bir kökenden (sovyetlerden) yola çıkarak bunun muhtemel en sert distopyalarından birisini kurgulamıştır. Kitapta geçen her detayın açıklaması ve fikri altyapısı hemen verilmiştir. Tabi bunlar hikayeyi bölmekle birlikte; distopya denilen türün sadece roman olarak okunmaması gerektiği, bu türün siyaset, hukuk, ekonomi, felsefe vs gibi bir çok disiplinle kesişen ve ortaya bir fikir koymayı hedefleyen bir tür olduğu unutulmadan okunmalıdır. Böyle bakınca aslında gayet akıcı ve ilgi çekici bir kitaptır. "Distopya 101" kitabı olabilir.
İlk sayfalarından itibaren bitecek diye okumaya kıyamadığım bir kitap oldu. Hayata ve ölüme bakışı değiştiren bir eser.
“Love each other or perish”
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?