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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Very beautifully written and there are some great sentiments here. The whole broken wings motif was beat beyond death, though. Like every other scene had to have some quip about broken wings. And very much a product of its time in terms of how women were described.
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
This is my favorite book of all time. In my brain it’s perfect. Gibran’s writing feels like it’s ripping my heart out of my chest and smashing it in the ground. It’s hard to pick a favorite quote, but I’m going to pick one that stood out the most to me during this read:
“Life is full of happiness and freedom; why don’t we take this heavy yoke off our shoulders and break the chains tied to our feet, and walk freely toward peace?”
“Life is full of happiness and freedom; why don’t we take this heavy yoke off our shoulders and break the chains tied to our feet, and walk freely toward peace?”
Stoic and poignant, Khalil Gibran's verses touch many a deep chords within you. You awe at the mysticism of love and cringe at the endured pain that it manifests into, both elevating and punishing at the same time.
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Death of parent
sad
There are longer love stories, written using tens of chapters, that don't manage to hit and impact a heart the way this small book with its meagre ten chapters does
Rating 4.5
Probably the most well-written book I’ve ever read. Although it tells a story it’s written more like poetry. The only reason why I didn’t rate it 5/5 is because The translation of Gibran’s work is a tad too explicit.. stuff like explicitly naming Selma as the embodiment of the oriental woman. I wish it wasn’t so explicit because it was alluded to the entire time. Beautiful writing though, honestly I’ve never read anything like his work before. Truly unique
Explores themes of love, youth, mortality and pursuit of knowledge.
Probably the most well-written book I’ve ever read. Although it tells a story it’s written more like poetry. The only reason why I didn’t rate it 5/5 is because The translation of Gibran’s work is a tad too explicit.. stuff like explicitly naming Selma as the embodiment of the oriental woman. I wish it wasn’t so explicit because it was alluded to the entire time. Beautiful writing though, honestly I’ve never read anything like his work before. Truly unique
Explores themes of love, youth, mortality and pursuit of knowledge.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
tbr challenge: read a sad book
أول قراءاتي لجبران، ويا لها من قراءة.
لم أتوقع أن تكون لغته بكل هذه العذوبة والشعرية، في رواية يقال أنها قصة حب جبران لفتاة تدعى سلمى في أوائل شبابه، رغم تملصه هو من تأكيد هذا الأمر كما هو مذكور في الكتاب، ليقول أن هذا الشخصيات قد تكون غير حقيقية ولكن أي شخص لم يمر بحب أول يقطع وجدانه؟
بالطبع أجد نفسي لا أتفق مع أفكار وتبريرات جبران لما يفعله أو لأفكاره، ولكن لا تملك سوى أن تشعر بالأسى لحاله وتقع في غرام سلمى من وصفه لها.
لغته شديدة الجمال ورغم كونها فكرة تقليدية، قصة الحب البائس المحكوم عليه بالهلاك من البداية، إلا أنها أعجبتني جداً جداً.
أول قراءاتي لجبران، ويا لها من قراءة.
لم أتوقع أن تكون لغته بكل هذه العذوبة والشعرية، في رواية يقال أنها قصة حب جبران لفتاة تدعى سلمى في أوائل شبابه، رغم تملصه هو من تأكيد هذا الأمر كما هو مذكور في الكتاب، ليقول أن هذا الشخصيات قد تكون غير حقيقية ولكن أي شخص لم يمر بحب أول يقطع وجدانه؟
بالطبع أجد نفسي لا أتفق مع أفكار وتبريرات جبران لما يفعله أو لأفكاره، ولكن لا تملك سوى أن تشعر بالأسى لحاله وتقع في غرام سلمى من وصفه لها.
لغته شديدة الجمال ورغم كونها فكرة تقليدية، قصة الحب البائس المحكوم عليه بالهلاك من البداية، إلا أنها أعجبتني جداً جداً.
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotion in all its extremes. i take with me gibrans craft of sentences and metaphors, each sentence is like a poem. love is a freightened vulnerable thing and im glad i could be aware of so through his words