Sophie's World (Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder)

Member Name: hayley

Product:	Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder
Date:	03/07/00 (90 review reads)
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Advantages: Interesting - a good introduction to philosophy

Disadvantages: A decent sequel would be good

I enjoyed this novel very much, though it did require some perseverence and often reading back over a chapter that I had just read to try and understand the topic fully.

Not even knowing really what philosophy was when I started to read Sophie's World, I felt that I learned a great deal from reading this book, and, at the same time, Jostein Gaarder retained my interest by creating an interesting story about the philosophical theories involved.

However, although I enjoyed Sophie's World very much, I was very disappointed in Jostein Gaarder's other novels, such as 'The Solitaire Mystery', which had very little substance and was, quite frankly, boring!!

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