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Mar 08, 2018TEENREVIEWCREW rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
In this novel, Kundera focuses on lightness; in love, in relationships, in choices, in rebellion, and in life. He looks at a set of characters and their various lives and relationships within the Russian-occupied Prague of the early 70s. His use of recurring symbols and motifs is interesting; he, for instance, looks at the different ways people interpret and are affected by the bowling hat depicted on the cover, which is a memorable and effective method of describing the inner workings of the characters minds. He compares the idea that “it must be” to the idea that “it could just as well be otherwise”, as well as contrasting lightness with heaviness, and positive with negative; overall great job done providing various ideas and musings on these topics, leaves the reader thinking. Overall great book, some moments of repetition in the ideas aside, it was consistently entertaining and thought provoking, would recommend to anyone with an interest in any of the topics I referred to in this review; 5/5. - @zlogan of the Teen Review Board at the Hamilton Public Library