Hell by Henri Barbusse Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Hell
Book Review: Solipsism.
Summary: 5 Stars
Although sometimes considered as an erotic work, this is in fact a philosophical novel about solipsism.This theme is treated brilliantly: a man looks through a hole in a wall in a hotel room into another room, where he observes scenes about life and death, like sex or a dying person who insults a priest.
He always asks himself: is this real or are these scenes only in my thoughts? Does the world outside me exist? His answer is negative: I am alone.
It brings him on the brink of schizophrenia. Even science cannot help him. But ultimately he chooses to continue to live, because there is still a sparkle of hope. To find out why, you should read this novel.
An ambitious, not always well understood, but brilliant work about an essential philosophical problem.
Book Review: Well written redundant voyeurism
Summary: 2 Stars
I really tried, but I just can't get into this book. The concept for it seemed the most interesting idea I had heard in a while. Actually reading it though, it comes across as very redundant situations that are overly detailed. I don't want to deter people from reading this, but if you're waiting for anything to happen, it doesn't. This is really more a book that is making a statement on humanity than a proper story of any kind.Book Review: a diamond in the rough
Summary: 5 Stars
this novel was better than i expected; it was indefintely better than the synopsis on the back would have led me to believe.
it is one of those books that sadly gets grouped into a vague fetishistic catagory, simply because it looks not at superficial life but at those things that drive and define our existance as people, including sex and death.
it beautifully weaves philosophy and fiction...it's hard to put down.