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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He's like Candid but doesn't make you want to gauge your eyes out just to avoid reading the book, but it's due in you philosophy class and you can't afford to fail.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What's the issue with reading Candid?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It’s not a long book but it is for me very frustrating to read.

It’s about an optimist who keeps dismissing the shitty things happening to/around because it’ll all work out.

I just did not enjoy reading it at all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I know the book as I'm from the same country, so I wondered if there was some specific issue from the English side. It's a satire of Leibniz philosophy and religion, so I think it's its purpose to make you frustrated with the character.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It did a great job making me want to smack him

It's just not my kind of book, I don't enjoy that type of thing.