YouTube celebrity may not be much, but there are some, like the author of this article, who seem to have covered up the essence of the story. Maybe the author is one of them. He might have been born a little earlier by mistake.

First of all, if someone like Rakib Hasan had written this book in Bengali, it would have been much better. It's a book of moderate value, but it's very suitable for teenagers. There's not much more to say about it.

Secondly, there's one thing I really like about this book, and that's the font used for printing. At the beginning, there's a story in one font for quite some time. Then, when an exciting event starts to happen in the story (before the chapter named Berkeley-2), two stories begin. The new story is believable, so it's in the font of the previous story, and the previous story is in another font because it's the end of Akash Kusum at that time. But then, when the second story also becomes Akash Kusum, the book ends. If it hadn't ended, maybe another believable story would have had to be introduced, and these two stories would have had to be moved to the font designated for the exciting story at that time. Then, it would have been difficult to distinguish between them again.

I don't know what font my life would have been written in at that time. Maybe age is a burden. Once I went to eat and vomited. There were only two or three things in my stomach, but the state's vomiting came out. Such unnatural events don't happen anymore. I'm bound by age, and the burden of age has fallen on my eyes. Otherwise, maybe I would have really liked this book.

This review is written approximately 1.5 years after finishing the study of the book.

First of all

Let me say this first. I'm quite sure that many of you haven't heard the story of "The Name of the Rose and the Line of the Rose". Note that if you want to address a general audience who haven't seen the rose and don't have a connection like that, it's better to describe its shape to them rather than just using the word "rose". This way, their understanding of the concept of the rose is more likely to be higher. Keep this in mind for later.

Secondly

The philosophy or the three-stage story of "Where did I come from, what was I coming for, where am I going now?" which you get from its name and form up to the gods and the related history, is a complex concept. And probably, any kind of purposeful simplification about it would be harmful. But "Gardner", in the story of the Sufi and the hidden guide, has come and condensed two thousand and several hundred years of philosophy into an ultra-attractive narrative-story line, while respecting the chronological order and of course without any purpose, illness, love, or hatred. In short, he has simplified it, and both of my intentions are finally worthy of being achieved.

Thirdly

Although it "cannot be found", it is for the bookish people who haven't read "The World of Sufism" or are not in the mood of reading it. But if you haven't read it, be sure to make a promise that you won't be in debt on the special bridge of "Bookish Community" and also let me say that it is highly recommended for the generation of 18 - 25 years old.

Finally

Hassan Kamshad, in the view of this servant, is one of the five selected translators, accurate, with style and reliable in Iran. In this work too, he has rightfully and justly received a score of 20 in the complete and total sense of the word. His translation is beautiful. In short, let me say for you from the translation, according to our Turkic saying, "The light of Ali is the light", that is, both the light of the house and his daughter.

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(Full disclosure: book abandoned on page 234, out of 394 pages)

The premise of Sophie's World is truly inventive. It tells the story of Sophie Amundsen, a charming fourteen-year-old Norwegian girl. One day, she starts receiving mysterious letters about philosophy and its history. Intriguingly, the letters are addressed to a girl named Hilde, who seems just like Sophie, even the same age. But they arrive at Sophie's house and are meant for her.

Jostein Gaarder's concept of embedding nonfiction philosophy lessons within a fictional mystery is unique and clever. However, that was the only thing that impressed me about Sophie's World. Each letter focuses on a different famous philosopher, and the philosophy lessons overshadow Sophie's story to such an extent that the book is really just a philosophy textbook masquerading as a magical-realism mystery. This might be forgivable if the lessons were engaging, but they are as dry as dust. This book has its fans, so clearly some people disagree. But even I, someone who looked forward to philosophy classes in high school and college, was bored during most of each philosophy lesson.

The best parts of this book are its fictional aspects - Sophie's actual world. The time she spends with her friend, her reading of the letters in her garden hideout, and her interactions with her mom. That is a story. Gaarder was a philosophy teacher, so it's not surprising that Sophie's World is heavy on philosophy. But the mystery and magical-realism elements are smart and deserve at least as many pages.

This was such a missed opportunity that I feel disappointed for Gaarder. Philosophy, like history, needs to be brought to life to be fully appreciated. In the case of philosophy especially, it's helpful to find a connection to one's own life in some way. By basing the lessons on the story of an ordinary girl, that's what Gaarder was aiming for. But he didn't smoothly integrate the lessons into the main character's life. They remain a separate entity from the mystery, so the book's format looks like chapters torn out of a textbook and inserted between chapters of a mystery story. What I wanted to see, what I was hoping for, was a book that was mostly a mystery with a sprinkle of philosophy - philosophy that then interacted with the mystery in ways that added depth and pleasant surprise.

Although I read more than half of Sophie's World, I was so bored that I couldn't stand reading another page. However, I was curious enough to know how it ended that I looked up a plot summary. It seems that Gaarder finally connected all the philosophy lessons in a frenzy at the end, and this is when the story is at its best. If only he had connected them throughout, Sophie's World would be a much better book.

I don't recommend this book widely, and I can't say who its ideal audience is. I think Sophie's World is only suitable for die-hard philosophy lovers. However, with its child protagonist (and a child protagonist who is unwittingly drawn into philosophy lessons at that), Sophie's World seems targeted at teens, as an educational mystery. But in addition to being dull, the philosophy is sometimes dense and obscure. Those teens who do read and enjoy Sophie's World may not fully understand its various philosophies. High school philosophy teachers could have students read it as a supplement (or maybe not, as it's not so different from a straight textbook).

Adult readers could enjoy this, but that's unlikely if they're not interested in philosophy. Adapted as a graphic novel - a format I think would work wonderfully for Sophie's World - it might attract a wider range of readers and actually be enjoyable to read.

The fact that it's difficult to determine Sophie's World's intended audience is further evidence that Gaarder began writing his book more spontaneously than with fully considered deliberation. Sadly, what he ended up with is a dull textbook with a half-hearted mystery thrown in for palatability.