The Stranger by Albert Camus
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i just love this book
the stranger is a novel everyone should read at least once
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Loved it
The Stranger was written by Albert Camus and is a crime fiction novel about the irrationality of human actions and choices. In the story, Meursault receives a message that his mother dies and when he goes to the funeral we can already see that something is different about him. He is a very logical thinker that has almost no emotions and when his mother died it seemed to have very little effect on him. The next day he goes to the beach and meets Marie who is a co-worker and they go on a date and see a comedy. The next day we meet Meresault’s neighbors Raymond. When Marie asks him if he loves her he says that it doesn’t mean anything. Then they go to the beach with Raymond and get in a fight with some Arabs who have it out for Raymond, but the Arabs run away, later Meresault meets one of the Arabs and shoots him. He is arrested and eventually the trial comes. The prosecution said that he doesn’t have any emotions because he didn’t cry at his mom’s funeral and he went to see a comedy the next day. Meursault is sentenced to death and eventually comes to terms with it in prison. I thought this book started off slow, but, I began to gain interest near the end of part one. It’s a pretty short read, but it is hard to get attached to the protagonist because he has such a blunt mindset. It’s easy to read and gives you a new perspective of the world. I really liked reading this book and I would recommend that you read it.
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Meh
I’m sorry, but I seem to be the only person that finds this book extremely ordinary. Decently written, and quite fast paced, considering it’s short amount of pages. When I finished, I was not devastated, neither was so falling asleep, nice read in a sense. But I would not read again, it was bland, not life changing, just meh.
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The Stranger by Albert Camus Book Review
After searching for a decent book to indulge in, a friend recommended a book called The Stranger by Albert Camus to me. After the book was recommended to me I did some research on it and found out that the bok had won a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957, which encouraged me a little more to read the book however I was not yet fully sure if I wanted to start reading this book. Although I was not fully convinced to read this book I decided to read it anyway. Once I started to read this book I instantly had a slight feeling of regret because immediately after the book had begun it displayed it’s dark, sinister, and grim mood as Meursault the main character of the story mother had died. The odd part of this was that Meursault appeared unaffected by his mother’s death and he even smoked, slept, and drank coffee at the funeral and he didn’t even pay his respects at the grave. This all really enforced the mood of the story. One of the themes of the story is how life is meaningless this is then shown throughout the book for instance, in how Meursault does not believe in God and believes that any effort to find meaning in life is ludicrous. Another theme that Albert Camus illustrates throughout his book is detachment. For example, this theme is shown in Meursault’s relationship with his mother then when Marie asks Meursault to marry her Meursault replies with “ it didn’t make any difference to me and that we could if she wanted,” this highlights how Meursault is detached from his feelings and the world and emphasizes the theme of detachment. With these interesting themes, the book always left me wanting to know more about Meursault. In general, I would say I did not actually find this book enjoyable, but instead, the story was intriguing enough that it was able to pull me in and make me want to find out what was coming next. The dark, sinister, and grim mood that is carried throughout the story combined with the themes of life is meaningless along with the theme of detachment; all add to how Meursault views life as a long list of activities with no initial meaning. I would recommend this book to others however, this book clearly is made for certain people and I would say that this book definitely requires an acquired taste to be able to find the book not only intriguing but enjoyable too.
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