“About Milan going from one step to another... well, I guess this is how living works. Life is not linear, although it may seem - it is not unidimensional. Future is happenning right now, and your dreams are being formed while you're awake. It's just a matter of getting used to his style.”
“I know I am going to be completely lambasted for this but I couldn't get through this book. Could it be that it doesn't interest me because I need to have a better understanding of certain philosophical perspectives? I don't know, I usually can handle some fairly deep reads - this... I couldn't. Not only did it bore me, I absolutely hated the main male character - well not sure if he remained the main character but he was around for as long as I read it, I haven't finished it. But egotistical, rather pathetic in all his conflict, I don't know. I understand Kundera's a bit of a genius and I can get that from some of his descriptions - I just couldn't get on board with this. I'll proably give it another shot in a few weeks. ”
“I somehow feel guilty because alot or my friends love him espacially this novel but i couldn't understand Milan - his books he goes from one step to another why? i don't know what he means in no mixture between his topics.”
“One general criticism on Kundera's novels is that he uses unnecessary and unappetizing sexual imagery. This was true in this novel and bothered me too. As for the main characters, Tomas and Tereza defines love in fundamentally different ways, and neither is able to explain his/her point of view to the other. "A Short Dictionary of Misunderstood Words" was a particularly apt chapter. I haven't watched to the movie (maybe that was a good thing), but this is quite possible the most fabulous book I've read in a long long time.”
“I read this book a long time ago and liked it very much. I now recall mostly his perfect phrases, one in particular, how time and history keep revising and being revised; he compared it to the effervescence of shifting colors of light over chiffon -- it was so apt and beautiful it stayed all this time. ”
“Well written but it was too depressing... you almost want to go speak to the characters... the women were what made me mad... they were doormats!”
“When the philosophy overlaps with literature there must be Milan Kundera; it's the magic mixture that steals you to open your mind's on strange real world full of toil, happiness and dreams.”
“One of the books that significantly affected me.. and the film is a total failure compared to the book..”
