Comments on: Demian and Friends

By: Heinrich H.

Heinrich H. — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:24:27 +0000

Yes, I agree demain is a realy hard book to undersatnd but other then that its a realy good book once you read it once more for a clarification and understanding.

By: John Lacey

John Lacey — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:41:06 +0000

You’re really enjoying this book… lol. Keep it up.

By: dirt

dirt — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:12:37 +0000

LOL Tom. If it’s any comfort, I didn’t like Siddhartha, either. I was assigned that book in high school at some point … must have been senior English. It was after I read Demian. The style is totally different. I think you might like Demian.

By: TomBrend

TomBrend — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:09:57 +0000

So, I was getting ready to type out a nice long message about how the only Herman Hesse book I had read was Don’t Stop the Carnival, and that though I enjoyed it thoroughly, I didn’t think it counted as high literature. Then I realized that Herman Hesse wrote Siddhartha, a book that I did not enjoy at all. Puzzled by the degree to which Siddhartha and Don’t Stop the Carnival are different, and how much less I enjoyed the former, I did a quick google search and discovered that the latter book was written by Herman Wouk.

TL;DR: Tom thinks everyone with the first name “Herman” is the same person.

By: dirt

dirt — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:43:20 +0000

Yeah, I think I might do that, just like I did with the Silverstein bio and then compile them for a “review” so if anyone wants to see what I thought of the book, they can just look at the handful of posts I made about it. One day I might be able to write a single intelligible review of it, but… not sure that’s going to happen yet.

What book did you love too much to review?

By: Jaka Merriman

Jaka Merriman — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:40:56 +0000

While I would love to see your thoughts on the book, I understand why it would be hard to review. The temptation to delve into every piece of it that you find relevant is farfarfar too strong to be meaningful to someone else. (Can you tell I’ve tried this before?). Perhaps a snippet of thoughts from the different sections as you go along?