The 3 books that made me love reading again

Рет қаралды 8,111

Күн бұрын

Пікірлер: 48

@anamaria-db7pq 9 ай бұрын

A little life... it is a story that is stuck in my head forever... I also go back to the characters and their life here and there in my mind, like they are people I know in real life... I remember it so vividly... I was working as a psychologist for some time and I've met people with similar life stories. This book helped me to understand the tragedy of a trauma more.

@holyfreak8 10 ай бұрын

Frankestein is an absolute masterpiece! it should be taught in schools. I didn't knew abou the last book, I'll check it out. First time I see this channel! Greetings from Argentina.

@user-hm9il3qe4j 10 ай бұрын

Your sincerity shows your love for reading and books. Much appreciated.

@none8680 10 ай бұрын

My problem with A Little Life is that it just focuses on trauma and nothing more. Like it doesn't give some of that traumatic description in return for character development. They are all at the top of their field but we never see e.g. Jude at a court or Malcom on stage. Also, traumatic experiences are too descriptive for my liking, leaving no room for imagination. Because of this, you can't put yourself in a character's place, you just get the image as detailed as possible. Great video btw, as always.

@AshleySmithh 10 ай бұрын

I just got back into reading 2-3 weeks ago, and it’s such a fun feeling getting absorbed into a book again! I tried reading a little life but stopped around 200 pages in. I might have to give it another shot in the future (and prepare myself to cry 😭)

@paulservini4976 10 ай бұрын

It's fascinating to discover the books that people love at different points in their lives and why they love them. Yours were varied and absorbing as well as revealing a lot about you. Thanks for sharing. Also what you said about Frankenstein sent me to your video and now I want to read this.

@MichaelsDelight 10 ай бұрын

I just discovered your channel and fell instantly in love with your videos. I just finished Tove Ditlevsens trilogy myself a few days ago. I agree, they are really great, and what you said, you need to go in blind. I knew nothing about her, just discovered her as I am reading a lot of this stuff since I picked up reading again 1 year ago. I think it started with Edouard Louis and his book Change: A Method. Since then I took an interest in reading more and more about stuff like social classes, transformation, sociology, auto fiction. Then I discovered other authors like Annie Erneaux, Didier Eribon, Virginie Despentes, Ilija Matusko, Daniela Dröscher. I am circling around A Little Life for quite a while now in everey book store I see it, never sure enough I will like it. I think I will take it home with me next time I come across it, since you recommend the writing so much. Thank you for your videos, please keep them coming, I am also very interested on your journey as a literature student, since I am getting more and more interested in not "just reading" but also more understanding and learning about literature and the theory stuff behind. Thank you for your relaxed presentation! And finally someone presenting more serious fiction!

@strange.lucidity 10 ай бұрын

Oh wow thank you for this kind comment ❤ Very much appreciate it. Looks like we have very similar taste. That's great. Dröscher was the first entire book I had to read for my studies... Read quite some Erneaux... So cool. All the best to you! Glad you're here.

@CeruleanFyre 10 ай бұрын

Speaking of characters that don’t have an “up” arc, I just finished Stoner by John Williams. Really excellent. Would recommend it!

@strange.lucidity 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! ❤

@kimberlyrichardson2848 10 ай бұрын

One of my top favorites!

@joan98610 10 ай бұрын

I’m currently reading it!

@jps89pt 10 ай бұрын

Yes, that's a great book for sure.

@junitssi 10 ай бұрын

Quite an underrated channel. Much cheers to you!

@strange.lucidity 10 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤

@thisisveryannoying 10 ай бұрын

I loved A Little Life. Agree about the pacing, it did not feel too long at all. Difficult read at times but makes sense in the context of living the life with the characters. My mum, then in her 80s, recommended it to me. She is in her 90s now.

@strange.lucidity 10 ай бұрын

Oh wow. What a special mom you have :D

@sathejg8781 10 ай бұрын

Nice video. Frankenstein: couldn't agree more; read it a long time ago, maybe something to re-visit. The other 2 are new to me. The series by Tove..hmm..maybe something for me, but not sure. The moment you read the first few lines: 'the smell of fear'; I could see why it is autobiographical fiction. It sounded like how I would describe a school when I am an adult. Maybe all autobiography is fiction in that sense, just as I once read somewhere, that all fiction is somewhat autobiographical! The third one: I haven't heard. Seems dark. Much as I don't shy away from reading such themes, not sure about this. Your description at the beginning of trying to write a book where the protagonist doesn't have a 'rise', well, that reminded of Snow by Orhan Pamuk, and the strange movie 'A Serious Man'. Works that don't have that classical 'rise' are sometimes nice to read, just 'slices of life', but this seems too traumatic; let's see! Great video as usual though, with your narration!

@shweta1401 10 ай бұрын

Found your channel couple of days ago and since then it has been keeping me company while I'm recovering from a surgery. Really glad the algorithm sent you my way. Can't wait to get back to reading with some of your recommendations, once I get some of my energy back (Will probably start either from Walden or Emerson's esssays which you have recommended in your previous videos).

@strange.lucidity 10 ай бұрын

Oh I'm so glad I could be some company to you in those times, even if just virtually. I'm wishing you all the best with your recovery ❤

@shweta1401 10 ай бұрын

@@strange.lucidity thank you ❤️

@perezfecto 10 ай бұрын

Wow, I didn't know a thing about Tove Ditlevsen until now. Her life was sad and interesting at the same time. I gotta read her work. Thanks for the suggestion!

@strange.lucidity 10 ай бұрын

Amazing ❤ Curious how you'll like it. I must say I didn't like her novels much but this autobiography is great!

@Madeleine_abou_shakra 10 ай бұрын

I love the way you talk about books you recommended ❤you are amazing ❤❤

@strange.lucidity 10 ай бұрын

Oh thank you so much ❤

@CatsCraftStudio 10 ай бұрын

I want to reread Frankenstein after hearing you talk about it. As for A little life I'm kinda scared to start it after hearing all the reviews around it.

@laylachisom8996 7 ай бұрын

I absolutely love fiction. Can relate a lot to many of novels

@martindurkin8837 10 ай бұрын

The dark reads bring to mind The Girl on the Train which I had to stop reading because of where I was emotionally I suspect I will finish it one day. Tove's story certainly sounds enthralling but I don't know...

@Bakarost 10 ай бұрын

Nice! Ty for sharing def goin check these books out!! For me it was 'Laurus' by eugene vodolazkin, book that got me back reading more

@user-cn6qf4rj8e 10 ай бұрын

A Little Life made me howl with grief, I just can't analyze a book in this state of mind!

@strange.lucidity 10 ай бұрын

Haha I can relate! ❤

@mynameissiddharth 10 ай бұрын

I haven't read Yanagihara's book but I've heard a lot about it. I hope I get to read it someday. There's a disturbing book that I've read. It's called _Crash_ and was written by J. G. Ballard. It deals with sexual attraction towards car crashes. Not that great a book, but definitely worth a try. There's one question that's in my mind for years now. What's the significance of the title of the novel _Frankenstein?_ What did Shelley have in mind and what did she want to convey through the title? In layman's terms, what does the title mean? I'd be glad if anyone attempts to answer this question.

@strange.lucidity 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing and great question. In German, "Franken" is a region and "Stein" means stone. Maybe a place to start...?

@mynameissiddharth 10 ай бұрын

@@strange.lucidity Thank you. May God bless you with prosperity, health, wealth and happiness throughout your life. Yours truly Siddharth

@CeruleanFyre 10 ай бұрын

I just DNFed A Little Life at 200 pages. Could not get into it at all. Also from her interviews she seems like a problematic person.

@j4BnSPUgdu 10 ай бұрын

My goodness. What can I say? The title is "The 3 books that made me love reading again." The books sound so wrenching and painful! This did inspire me to pick up Frankenstein, though. Yikes. Drug addiction. What it's like to lose a child. And a monster. Was this a halloween themed selection? Can you think of especially pleasant, uplifting, or joyful, feel-good books with which to, I don't know, cleanse the reading palate and re-establish a sense of balance, harmony and positive outlook? Of course my own subjective response in no way diminishes the power, weight, substance, or importance of the books. Perhaps you're braver or more interested in truth, however raw or squalid, than I am. When traumatic things happen in life, my reaction tends to be well, that's a lesson I would have been better off not learning. Regardless, thank you for sharing. A person who prefers the comfort of armchair or sofa yet enjoys frissons of vicarious hazard awaked by world-traveler's account.

@edgarsmithsonian4260 10 ай бұрын

Have you read A Confederacy of Dunces? It's not exactly positive and uplifting, but it is funny as hell.

@strange.lucidity 10 ай бұрын

Haha thank you for this lovely comment. I didn't even realise until you said it that it's all quite tragic stories :D I bet you're better at offering a refreshing pallet cleanser then... :-)

@D.N.. 10 ай бұрын

Hello from New York City 👋 Are you enjoying your classes and classmates? Are you finding them interesting ? 🍒🌹

@strange.lucidity 10 ай бұрын

I'm making a video about all that soon :-) But in short: yes!

@ayda2876 10 ай бұрын

I started reading recently what is the best method to read a lot of pages without actually letting important things slip through. I am reading thus spoke Zarathustra and i find it hard to take it all at once since its a very special kind of book, should i read a few pages here and there until the end or just focus for 2/3 hours and read all of it. Im not only asking for this book, i have many others i'd like to read but im just curious about what strategy would be best for longer-ish books. 400 pages and more

@arthurvandelay. 9 ай бұрын

According to neuroscience you should always take breaks after 2 or 3 hours of heavy mental work. And reading philosophy (or philosophycal literature, like our dear Uncle Dostoyevsky) is surely very heavy on the mind, far more than most of literature. Reading all of it at once is not only unnatural but it affects your ability to rumiate and analyse the books. You should let the words marinate on your brain. That's how you best read in university, in school, and in life in general

@ayda2876 9 ай бұрын

i 100% agree, thank you @@arthurvandelay.