Pronouns: he/him I want to read more (like in the good `ol days in school, when I was so bored at times; just the more time for reading part though, NOT the school and boredom part 😅) Gatekeeping art and literature is a No-No for me! I (mostly) only read for fun The books I read are in German and English, but I currently started to learn Spanish (again), let's see...
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40% complete! Pierce has read 10 of 25 books.
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It was something adults said all the time. "You'll change your mind when you're older. You never know what might happen. You'll feel differently one day." As if we teenagers knew so little about ourselves that we could wake up one day a completely different person. As if the person we are right now doesn't matter at all.
— Loveless by Alice Oseman
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I don't think I read this book with the right intention. I should probably revisit the book in the future without outside interference (in 1, 2 years). It's certainly not a bad book, this is why I gave it 3 not 2 stars ("liked it"). I share the criticism of the "Übermensch"(superman in English as I got told) but I think the idea of the Übermensch as presented in Dostoevsky is not complete (I will not say wrong -partly because it’s not the term Dostoevsky would have used, for obvs reasons-, though I did think of this a few times while reading). It is not the absence of a god (more precisely, a belief in god) that enables one to be a Übermensch, but rather a superior thinking (german: "überlegenheit"). This is more likely to be instigated by a belief in God. Religion is based on the superiority …
I don't think I read this book with the right intention. I should probably revisit the book in the future without outside interference (in 1, 2 years). It's certainly not a bad book, this is why I gave it 3 not 2 stars ("liked it"). I share the criticism of the "Übermensch"(superman in English as I got told) but I think the idea of the Übermensch as presented in Dostoevsky is not complete (I will not say wrong -partly because it’s not the term Dostoevsky would have used, for obvs reasons-, though I did think of this a few times while reading). It is not the absence of a god (more precisely, a belief in god) that enables one to be a Übermensch, but rather a superior thinking (german: "überlegenheit"). This is more likely to be instigated by a belief in God. Religion is based on the superiority of the followers of the "right" religion, i.e. every religion. Morality is handed over to an imaginary figure and even more dangerous to its representatives, for example the churches, which has led to incredible suffering in history (e.g. the Crusades). A believer is forced per se to act amorally (which I would describe as acting against human nature, but there is more to that which I have no space to depict here), for example to kill one's own child if one's own God commands it. This is of course an exaggerated example, but it is humanity, in the sense of our nature as social beings, that normally prevents you from doing so, unless you are ill like Raskolnikov. As a believer, however, you must (theoretically) be prepared to cross this line for your God. Fortunately, I don't believe hardly anyone in this world would do so. (This is not to say believers are in some way amoral or would kill or sth. like that. These are just my philosophical ideas regarding the moral implications I interpreted in this book, influenced by what I also read about this book beforehand, which probably has influenced the way I read it - also the reason I want to revisit it in the future |( edit: though if one wanted a real world example, someome could point to J.D.Vance in some sense, hypothetically speaking of course ))
The official origin story of LiS fan-favourite Steph Gingrich featuring LGBTQ+ romance, inevitable heartbreak, and …
»Steph’s Story« nicely ties in with Life is Strange, LiS: True Colors and Wavelengths. It also builds pretty neatly on the Life is Strange Comics while still shining as an independent piece. And, perhaps, most importantly, the first-person narration is brilliant, and I think it really fits Steph as a character.
Auf einer Insel geschieht Sonderbares: Immer mehr Dinge verschwinden. Zunächst die Hüte, dann alle Vögel, bald gibt es keine Rosen …
Sehr interessant under überraschend verständlich geschrieben, wenn auch zu weilen leicht redundant (alles im Rahmen & eher hilfreich). Bin sehr gespannt auf den 3. Teil wo es um Wittgensteins Argumentation, nicht mehr um mögliche Einwände gegen das Paradox geht
In this third book of the USA TODAY and #1 New York Times mega-bestselling They Both Die at the End …
Paz Dario stays up every night, waiting for the Death-Cast call that would mean he …
Content warning Minor spoiler for the ending, not story related
Amazingly written and as emotional as always! Because it is the longest book of the whole Death Cast series to date and sticks more to the main characters, we get to know the two protagonists much more thoroughly than in the other two books. It follows Paz and Alano, who we both already know as children from “The First to Die at the End”, which is also why I think it’s necessary to read that book before. I do however, think that “the first to die at the end” is my favorite out of the Death Cast series, just from a style and enjoyment perspective (though the first will always stick to me because I was so positively surprised by it).
[I think that’s because it does not feel like being fully round because of the cliffhanger (somewhat literally), so I am in anticipation of the sequel to this sequel! If anyone can give me a draft of “No one knows who dies at the end” pls send it to me 👉👈🥺. I feel like it is hard to compare it to its predecessor because of the missing book — similar to the second Spider-Verse movie with the third one still not out yet!! — which is necessary to fully understand a lot of plot lines this book touched on.]
So this is not to say that I don’t urge everyone to read this book! I still love it, especially because of how well it deals with these important topics of mental health, self-love, and suicide.
Adam Silvera created fast but no less emotional read, as always!
Philosophical Investigations (German: Philosophische Untersuchungen) is a work by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, published posthumously in 1953. Philosophical Investigations is …
The Oxford School Shakespeare is a well-established series which helps students understand and enjoy Shakespeare's …
Still one of my favourite Shakespeare plays
The Oxford School Shakespeare is a well-established series which helps students understand and enjoy Shakespeare's plays.
As well as the …
Paz Dario stays up every night, waiting for the Death-Cast call that would mean he …
Halfway through and it's been already super intense...
Ein leider aktueller nicht sein könnendes Buch, mit 20 wichtigen Ratschlägen was man gegen den Untergang der Demokratie machen kann. Atemberaubend Illustriert! Must read
