The Unbearable Lightness of Being: 'A dark and brilliant achievement' (Ian McEwan)

Very well written but I have not identified much with this romance. The way in which the author Milan Kundera was able to unite philosophical thoughts, with a fictional story, portrayed during the challenging 1968 Prague Spring period of Czechoslovak history is brilliant. On the other hand, I did not like the characters, their stories and attitudes towards the situations life presented them with. I love books that make me want to read more and more, and this one surely hasn't developed into a story that made me more joyful or motivated to continue reading it. It suggests that all our lives are entangled to choices that many times were not decided by us, and by doing so, it feels boring and makes me think of living a life surrounded by a fixed mindset, which really goes against my core values as a human being. It definitely can fit as one of those must-read recommendations in academic circles, but that's not a book that I look forward to recommending to someone or reading again.

Instant classic. A masterpiece of modern/ contemporary writing (meta writing... philosophy, glimpse of essays run organically through the novel).. an enlightening and enthralling analysis of relationships between human beings .Love- and sex-related ones especially (with irony, generosity and respect of the great diverse characters) a sense of a social historical context in which all these are embedded. Read it 7 times .., this book is one of the very few which are a permanent good companion on the walk of life...like "wild", "gone with a wind", and others... in fact many by the best novelists like Kundera, Auster, Ferrante...After this reading, you will never forget about the weight of the suitcases and suffering of the so- charming and joyful, in-love Tereza.s but also never forget about impermanence... lighness of life and love.