Siddhartha in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Mar 28, 2017 Megan rated it liked it

Shelves: international-reads, classics, asia, philosophy-and-religion, book-riot-2017-read-harder, popsugar-reading-challenge-2017, frequentlybanned-challenged, translated-into-english, library-loans

This is one of those classics that I never got around to reading when I was younger. Since it fit both of the reading challenges I'm working on this year, I decided to pick it up. For the 2017 BookRiot Read Harder Challenge, this fit the category "read a book in which a character of color goes on a spiritual journey." For the 2017 PopSugar Ultimate Reading Challenge, I used it for the prompt "a book with a title that's a character's name." I found it to be a pretty fast read given its length, bu ...more

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Aug 19, 2013 Dana rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-for-school

I'm sort of surprised at my own rating because I found the book rather boring and tedious to get through and pretty redundant, and yet somehow by the end I'd decided I sort of liked it. I know that I didn't get it when I read it in college. I had to reread it to teach, and despite the boring and tedious parts, there were certain lines that really grabbed me. I'm not one to read much philosophy and especially don't read books on religion, but I'm glad I was forced to revisit this. I enjoyed the n ...more

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Oct 24, 2011 Christine rated it liked it · review of another edition

Super appreciative of the notes in this book! I think it allows for a deeper understanding of what Hesse is trying to relay. An understanding of Buddhism might be helpful for a better appreciation of Siddhartha, but I don't think it's necessary for enjoyment. ...more

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May 09, 2009 Sana rated it did not like it

I just couldn't get into this one. Extremely boring! ...more

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Feb 22, 2008 Joanna rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: rws-2011-winter, 2012-read, kindle, passport, audiobooks, 1001

I was disappointed by this book. I'd heard that it was a fabulous spiritual novel, but I found it rather boring to read. To me, Siddhartha seemed rather spoiled and selfish even as he pursued and even achieved enlightenment, he had little care for his friends or family, he left his life with no warning to follow whatever new spiritual path he became interested in. Maybe the messages in this book have just become sufficiently familiar that I didn't find them all that new or enlightening and certa ...more

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