I never thought that one day I would read and finish this book, but here I am — I read it, I finished it, and just as I expected, it turned out exactly that way. The Love Hypothesis is a book full of clichés but with the “I’m going to break the clichés” kind of attitude.
I’m not even sure where to start. I don’t know if I actually liked the book, but I enjoyed reading it. It flowed really well, so I can’t complain about that part. However, Olive constantly talking about how big Adam was started to annoy me. I wanted to tell her, “Yes, we get it, he’s a big guy. You don’t have to remind us every ten seconds!”
After that, their dialogues… I don’t know, they felt really ridiculous to me. It was less of a romantic comedy and more of a romantic nonsense kind of story. But it was the type of book that didn’t require much thought, was easy to read, and flowed nicely. I already know that once I finished it, I wouldn’t think about it again.
The movie adaptation is coming. I’m not sure if I’ll watch it, but maybe I will just to clear my mind and have something easy to watch.
Bir gün bu kitabı okuyup ve bitireceğimi hiç düşünmezdim ama işte buradayım, okudum ve bitirdim ve tahmin ettiğim gibi oldu. Klişelerle dolu ama ben klişeleri yıkmaya karar verdim havası ile love hypothesis kitabı. Nereden başlasam emin değilim. Kitabı beğendim mi, ondan bile emin değilim ama okurken keyif aldım, yani akıp gitti okurken. O kısımda bir sorun yoktu ama olive'in sürekli adam ne kadar büyük demesi sinir bozucuydu. Kendisine gidip evet anladık, o büyük biri. Bunu her on saniyede bize hatırlatmana gerek yok! Sonrasında aralarındaki diyaloglar, bilmiyorum çok saçma geldi. Romantik komediden çok, romantik saçmalıklar üzerine bir kurguydu ama kafayı yormayan, akan ve bittiğinde bir daha
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!
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I honestly don’t even know where to start. I wanted to read this book because the title and the concept caught my attention, but I can say it wasn’t exactly what I imagined. Did I like it? Did I enjoy reading it? Was I curious about what would happen next? Yes. In fact, since I had already read some of the books mentioned in the list, it was easy to understand the references. It was also written in good English — in my opinion, around a B1-B2 level — understandable for intermediate readers, with an interesting concept.
Unfortunately, since the characters were of Indian background, there were some words and expressions I didn’t fully understand. I wish there had been explanations for them somewhere. They also talked about foods a lot, but I didn’t even know what most of them were.
Then there was the thing Aidan did… I understand that sometimes not everything needs to be explained, but I still wanted more hints about it. I liked the idea of the story progressing through different books, but when we finally got to the books that gave the chapters their titles, I didn’t really like that the character was reading completely different books instead.
The ending wasn’t bad, but it could have been better. I really liked Mukesh’s storyline and the friendships he made, but I can’t say I connected much with the main character, Leila. If you come across this book, I think it’s worth giving it a chance.
Nereden başlasam bilemiyorum. Ismi ve konusu ilgimi çektiği için okumak istedim ama hayal ettiğim gibi olmadı diyebilirim. Sevdim mi, okurken keyif aldım mı, ne olacak diye merak ettim mi? Evet, hatta listedeki bazı kitapları bende okuduğum için anlatılanları anlamak kolaydı, zaten güzel bir İngilizce ile yazılmıştı, bana göre b1-b2 arası, orta seviyede anlaşılır ve konusu güzel
Kitap “Yorgun Prometheus” başlıklı müthiş bir giriş ile başlıyor. Byung-Chul Han burada Prometheus mitini klasik anlamından çıkarıp modern insanın metaforu haline getiriyor.Eskiden Prometheus tanrılara karşı gelen bir kahramandı, insanlığa ateşi getirerek bir tür özgürleştirici isyanın sembolüydü ama Han’ın yorumunda Prometheus artık dış bir düşmanla değil kendi kendisiyle savaşan bir figür.
Kartal onu her gün yiyip bitiriyor ama bu kartal artık dışsal bir cezalandırıcı değil, kendi içindeki “başarma zorunluluğu”, “daha verimli olma” baskısı. Yani bugünün performans öznesi hep daha iyi olmalı, hep üretmeli, hep aktif olmalı. Bu da dış baskı değil, içselleştirilmiş bir şiddet biçimi: insan kendi kendisini sömürüyor, kendi enerjisini tüketiyor.
Ardından “Sinirsel Şiddet” ile devam eden bir diğer başlıkta Byung-Chul Han çağımızın psikolojik ve toplumsal patolojilerini açıklıyor: depresyon, tükenmişlik, dikkat dağınıklığı…
Bunlar “dışsal düşmanların” saldırısından değil, içsel baskıdan doğan hastalıklar.Yani mikrobik (immünolojik) değil, nöronal (sinirsel) hastalıklar.
Enfeksiyon değil, enfarktüs diyor çünkü bir dış tehditle savaşmıyoruz; kendimize karşı tıkanıyoruz.
Baudrillard’ın “aynının totalitarizmi” kavramına referansla Han, çağımızda farkın, ötekinin, yabancının silindiğini söylüyor.
Artık “dost ~düşman”, “ben~öteki” gibi karşıtlıklar yok; yalnızca “aynı” var herkes benzer düşüncelerde, arzular içinde, görünürlük yarışında.Bu da bir tür “pozitiflik şiddeti” yaratıyor: çok fazla iletişim, üretim, başarı… ama derinlik, sessizlik, düşünme yok.Bu şiddet artık bağıran, cezalandıran, baskılayan bir şiddet değil.Tam tersine, teşvik eden, motivasyon veren, koçluk yapan bir şiddet.Ama insanı tüketen tam da bu “pozitif enerji fazlası.” Yani sorun, “yapamamak” değil “her
Honestly, I’m not sure if I liked this book or not. Somehow, it kept me reading. I was curious about what would happen, how the events would connect, and how it would end until the very last page. I didn’t understand everything completely, but I understood the story in general.
It wasn’t really trying to be a serious book anyway. Since it’s the author’s first book, I guess that’s normal… I don’t know, the author also seems a bit unusual. It was a very different kind of book, but every character had a purpose.
Was I surprised at some parts? Yes. There were moments when something unexpected happened, or when I finally understood why something from a few pages before happened.
The ending was nice, honestly. It was a bit tiring to read. Was it the best book? No. I don’t know… I feel like I got what I wanted, but maybe I could have gotten more.
Açıkçası bu kitabı sevdim mi sevmedim mi emin olamıyorum. Kendini bir şekilde bana okutturdu, yani ne olacağını, olayların nasıl bağlanacağını ve sonunda nasıl biteceğini sonuna kadar merak ettim açıkçası. Her şeyi tam olarak anladım sayılmaz ama genel olarak hikayeyi anladım. Zaten ciddi olmaya çalışan bir kitap değildi. Yazarın da ilk kitabı olduğu için normal galiba, bilmiyorum yazarın kendisi de normal değil gibi... Içerisinde çok farklı ama herkesin bir amacı olan bir kitaptı. Şaşırdığım yerler oldu mu? Evet. Bazı sayfalara gelince böyle beklemediğim ya da birkaç sayfa önceki olayın neden olduğunu anladığım yerlerde oldu. Güzel bitti açıkçası. Bir tık beni yordu. En iyi kitap mıydı? Değildi. Bilmiyorum, sanki istediğim şeyi aldım ama daha fazlasını da alabilirdik gibi.
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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