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Sofies verden - roman om filosofiens historie by Jostein Gaarder

y_os's review against another edition

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challenging informative mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

I only finished this book out of obligation 

mburdett's review against another edition

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4.0

I can tell this book was written by a man because I spent most of it waiting for Alberto to lock Sophie up in his basement. But turns out, this is just a wholesome story about an adult man writing anonymous letters to a young girl and insisting that she come alone when they meet (heavy sarcasm).

Once I got past that, it was an interesting story! Very meta and unique. A fun and lighthearted way to learn a lot of about various worldviews and philosophies.

susi_sorglos's review against another edition

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challenging informative medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

Sophie really annoyed me but then I remembered how annoying I was as a fifteen year old.

Very western based so not exactly a great overview.

ellefred's review against another edition

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informative mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

thepavol's review against another edition

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1.0

If you want to have a good overview of history of philosophy, this is right book for you. Whole history is very nice explained, well written and quiet interesting reading (comparing to my philosophy class at high school, which I didn't enjoy it not one bit).

The problem for me with this book is the dialogues and the main character. I just didn't like Sophie and at the end of the book I was annoyed with each word she said. She seemed to me that she was quit mean or rude to her mother and when she was speaking with philosopher, she was responding in very short and pointless sentences, it was like you just need to put some response there. So I got distracted and annoyed by that.

So I like it as book for philosophy class but not as a novel.

myakrstevski0's review against another edition

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5.0

this book made me actually like philosophy 

kjmathias90's review against another edition

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3.0

This is a hard book to read. It's not very long, but the story is very involved and twisty, and it's not a one-day read by any means. I liked the mystery of it, but it didn't end at all like I imagined it would. In fact, I found myself mourning the loss of the life that was Sophie, only to trade it for the duller and less familiar character that is Hilde.

It is written very well, and I absolutely loved the philosophy lessons tucked into the fiction. Sophie's World is one-of-a-kind, and I'm very glad to have finally read it.

kmh_1832's review against another edition

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3.0

GOOD LORD THIS BOOK IS DENSE.

*wipes sweat from brow, continues reading*

rafa_figueiredo's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional informative medium-paced

4.5

laukmiller's review against another edition

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1.0

Wanted to like it. Thought I should like it. Really did not like it. The oversimplification and incorrect conclusions annoyed the historian in me.