Çok Kurnaz Odysseus
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·2026 17. kitabı
·10 günde okudu
·Okunma: 31 Mayıs 2026 06:58
Ya da polymekhanos, polytropos, polytlas, polytlemon. Çilekeş, akıllı, kurnaz, gezgin, tanrısal Odysseus.
Odysseia’yı okumak İlyada’yı okumaktan çok daha kolaydı çünkü Odysseia çok daha akıcı, merak uyandırıcı, sürükleyici bir destandı. İlyada’da bir savaşı (galiba işsizlikten bir dolu erkeğin bir kadın için giriştiği savaş) okurken; Odysseia’da Odysseus’un evine, karısına ve oğluna kavuşmak için verdiği on yıllık mücadeleyi (aslında burada da bir nevi bir kadın için savaş çıkıyor) okuyoruz. Bu on yılda Odysseus sadece devlerle, tanrıların gazabıyla, canavarlarla, seirenlerle savaşmıyor; nefsiyle ve özlemiyle de savaşarak büyük bir sabır gösteriyor. Odysseus ne kadar tanrısal olarak anlatılsa da tüm hatalarını, kibrini, duygusallığını da okuyoruz, erkekler ağlamaz değil yani Odysseus bile ağlar, bu da okumasını kolaylaştıran bir yönü olabilir ki tanrısal sıfatıyla şahlandırılan bir varlığın bile kusursuz olamadığını görüyoruz. Toksik maskülenitenizi bir kenara bırakıp hüngür hüngür ağlayabilirsiniz, bu yolda en büyük destekçinizim.
Bambaşka bir dünyanın içine sokması ve hissettirdikleriyle bir roman, hayallerinizde canlanmasıyla bir film. Kitabın önsöz kısmında denildiği gibi: “Odysseia göze görüneniyle film, kafaya değineniyle romandır.” E Christopher Nolan sağ olsun, bizi mutlu edecektir. Filmini de sabırsızlıkla beklemekteyim.
Son olarak:
Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you wouldn't have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.
And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you.
Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,
you’ll have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.
Farkındayım hiç yardımcı olmayan bir inceleme oldu, paragrafların bir bütünlüğü de yok. Farkındayım. Kafam da karışık zaten. Neyse yardımcı
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
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This book is a collection of poems that captures ordinary emotions with a powerful voice.
There are no grand events here; just love, loneliness, memory and the quiet passage of time. Some lines make you pause and reread them without even realizing it.
Definitely it's a one sitting read book, but also the kind of book you want to take slowly and absorb the poems.
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway tells a story that feels simple at first, almost like something you could explain in a few sentences. An old fisherman goes out to sea, catches a great fish, and loses it on the way back. But as the story unfolds, it becomes clear that this is not really a story about fishing at all. It is about endurance, dignity, and what it means to struggle in a world that does not always reward effort.
The novella centers on Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman who has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish. In his village, he is seen as unlucky, even defeated. Only a young boy, Manolin, continues to believe in him, although he is no longer allowed to fish with Santiago. This quiet isolation shapes the emotional atmosphere of the story. Santiago is not just physically alone at sea; he is also set apart from the people around him, living on the edge of relevance.
When he finally sets out far into the Gulf Stream, determined to break his unlucky streak, he hooks a giant marlin. What follows is a long, exhausting struggle that lasts for days. The fish pulls his small boat deep into the open sea, and Santiago, despite his age and pain, refuses to give up. What is striking here is not just the physical challenge, but the way Santiago thinks about the fish. He does not hate it. He respects it, admires it, even feels a kind of kinship with it. At times, he speaks to it as if it were an equal. This changes the nature of the conflict. It is not a simple battle between man and nature, but something more complex, almost like a test of worth between two noble beings.
When Santiago finally kills the marlin, it feels like a moment of triumph, but that triumph does not last. Sharks are drawn to the blood of the fish and begin to attack it.
This book had been showing up on my YouTube for a long time, and from what I understood, the reviews weren’t very positive. I wanted to read it without being influenced by any opinions and decide for myself after finishing it—but I can say this: from the very first chapter, I was like, what am I even reading?
Is it possible to not connect with a single character? They were all boring, like robots with just one assigned role. You’ll be the best friend, you’ll only exist for one chapter. Some things were way too obvious—for example, I immediately understood that the letter wasn’t from the mother. And then there were those birdcages, and the ring inside the cage…
I don’t know, there was absolutely no chemistry between the two main characters. Zero romance. And honestly, we didn’t even get a proper “second chance” story. Blair felt like a teenager, and Declan was just… unclear as a character. The “just friends” trope also felt pointless. And for example, the whole Lottie situation felt rushed and underdeveloped.
Honestly, I’ve realized not everyone is meant to be a writer—but if you already have a fanbase, becoming one seems pretty easy. I really wanted to like this book, but it didn’t even give the rom-com vibe I was hoping for. I only kept reading just to finish it, because from beginning to end, everything was so predictable. Somehow their problems would get resolved, and of course, it would end with a marriage proposal…
It fell far below my expectations. I don’t think I’d recommend it—unless you enjoy boring romance stories.
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8/10
'go deeper!
go for the jugular.'
this made me want to read ovid's metamorphosis as soon as possible. even though i put it in my reading lists so many times, because i know i will like it too much, i wanted to have it in my hands first, for writing on it some stuff definitely will be necessary. but buying the book will take more time, still it will be one of my priorities. also d. h. lawrence will be waiting only a little more i presume, this book effected me on these parts.
it was really well written, it had me with the beauty of the abnormal because... the beauty of the abnormal... yes. but in what way? in exactly the way dorcas always sees it. only when you make it sexual and vicious like an animal. the animalistic side of the humans. always dangerous, always unpredictible, vicious, vigorous, violent, passionate, even crazy.
there's not much to say without ruining the beauty of the book, it feels like talking about what's happened inside the book will take away all the gothic and dreamy air it has inside like a living being loses air while opening its mouth, and breathing. careful, read this book, and close it gently before the words escape from the pages. the diffusion force would want to make that happen but be careful, don't allow it to happen. it is very dense inside.
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