Michel Houellebecq - Annihilation (Anéantir) BOOK REVIEW (SPOILERS)

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  • Опубликовано: 14 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 52

  • @r.s.9861
    @r.s.9861 10 дней назад +14

    Houellebecq is one of the greatest writers of our time. Great review!

  • @1811219000
    @1811219000 10 дней назад +4

    A very insightful way to be dissatisfied with a book, appreciated hearing those thoughts.

  • @duncan_xyz
    @duncan_xyz 10 дней назад +29

    Someone needs to convince Cliff to read Krasznahorkai

  • @ZacharyThomasP
    @ZacharyThomasP 10 дней назад +2

    Badass, thanks for putting this on my radar. Did not know it was coming out.

  • @richieart4133
    @richieart4133 8 дней назад +1

    This was my second Houllebecq novel after Submission, then Serotonin and now The Map and the T. This one does drag, but some of the scenes with the family dynamics were powerful stuff. If it were tightened, it would be great.

  • @maryannkyle3617
    @maryannkyle3617 9 дней назад +3

    Just discovered your channel. You’re hilarious

  • @omarwjwiippa8726
    @omarwjwiippa8726 10 дней назад +2

    V. Happy to see you review this book.

  • @bjwnashe5589
    @bjwnashe5589 10 дней назад +37

    I had to laugh when, four minutes into your Houellebecq book review, you pause to deliver an ad for some online therapy tool.

    • @ReinReads
      @ReinReads 10 дней назад +1

      The segue was flawless.

    • @billyalarie929
      @billyalarie929 9 дней назад

      @@ReinReads genius implementation

  • @lemvanw6499
    @lemvanw6499 9 дней назад

    They really took their time with the English translation! The Dutch translation appeared quite soon after the original, so I luckily didn't have to wait too long. I prefer the (standard) Dutch translator over the English one anyway tbh. Glad you could finally read it!

    • @beaumeer688
      @beaumeer688 9 дней назад

      Wat zeg jij nou? Het duurde langer dan een jaar voordat de Nederlandse vertaling uitkwam omdat Martin de Haan met een ander project bezig was.

    • @lemvanw6499
      @lemvanw6499 8 дней назад

      @beaumeer688 ik bedoel, in ieder geval sneller dan de Engelse versie. Die is volgens mij dus net uit. Terwijl ik volgens mij vorig jaar in de lente al het boek had uitgelezen (erg snel uitgelezen uiteraard)

  • @mulefa1
    @mulefa1 8 дней назад

    when this review first came out i felt optimistic and hopeful in the world and i wasn’t feeling the nihilism…. now, today, i feel it

  • @gediminaskontrimas7992
    @gediminaskontrimas7992 10 дней назад +3

    Thanks. ❤ this book.

  • @andrewlamb4857
    @andrewlamb4857 7 дней назад

    I really liked your comments on Christianity. The Christian theme in the book is a very interesting one. I disagree that it’s resurgence is based on a desperation. But I totally respect the viewpoint of people who are opposed to this sort of thing. I find your comments scintillating, I always enjoy this broadcast. Keep doing good work!😊

  • @Liisa3139
    @Liisa3139 10 дней назад +2

    I hope Houellebecq gets inspired by something and makes a comeback.

    • @BlueDusk95
      @BlueDusk95 10 дней назад

      Well, he wrote an essay on his failed attempt at p*rn.

  • @TracyRatelle
    @TracyRatelle 3 дня назад

    I heard a lot of good things about this guy, but I never see his books at the book store. :(

  • @AlienBigCat23
    @AlienBigCat23 10 дней назад +1

    Am reading Atomised at the moment.. any thoughts?

    • @rjmalcolm8066
      @rjmalcolm8066 10 дней назад +2

      He has a review of The Elementary Particles, which is the alternate title for Atomised. Check it out - I read Atomised earlier this year and lost sleep over it

    • @lemvanw6499
      @lemvanw6499 8 дней назад

      @@AlienBigCat23 painful but very good read. Every chapter is a stab to the heart

  • @andrewlamb4857
    @andrewlamb4857 7 дней назад

    Thanks!

  • @ian_of_andrews
    @ian_of_andrews 10 дней назад

    Melancholy of Resistance when?

  • @robertwilson-lq1lr
    @robertwilson-lq1lr 9 дней назад

    Just up to page 50, where our main guy realizes his poor sister may have made better life choices than his own, and how narrow and straight is the path to any kind of peace. Looks like good Houellebecq so far.

  • @and_such
    @and_such 9 дней назад

    9:40

  • @tmr3109
    @tmr3109 10 дней назад +2

    This book was very disappointing, the story doesn't go anywhere, half baked writing...

  • @painbow6528
    @painbow6528 10 дней назад +4

    I never found the book boring but it's definitely his weakest.

  • @jondaly4501
    @jondaly4501 10 дней назад +4

    Maybe I misread it, but Submission didn't make Islamic France sound bad; at least for men.

    • @asgmto
      @asgmto 10 дней назад +4

      It depends on what you value the most in society, or maybe what you personally lack.

    • @painbow6528
      @painbow6528 8 дней назад

      I think that was his point. Liberals will ironically usher in a profoundly authoritarian minority purely because they meet the established identity politics criteria they have, in recent years, fetishized.

  • @KalvinMauveMusic
    @KalvinMauveMusic 10 дней назад +2

    I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE STILL PROMOTING BETTER HELP AFTER ALL THE NIGHTMARE STORIES.

    • @brendonross5774
      @brendonross5774 10 дней назад

      Life is a nightmare story, this need to bitch about Better Health isn’t helping.

    • @kernowchris
      @kernowchris 10 дней назад +2

      No need to SHOUT!

  • @CRM-114
    @CRM-114 10 дней назад +5

    Nobody who truly cares about literature and has certain standards should read Houellebecq. The guy is a horrible writer.

    • @whyisgooglemakingmedothis603
      @whyisgooglemakingmedothis603 10 дней назад +9

      : So - what are those standards? Which of them does Houellebecq break to the extent that he should be considered a horrible writer? Is it his ideas, the mechanics of his text, what?

    • @tescomealdeals
      @tescomealdeals 10 дней назад +17

      Nobody who truly cares about literature would make such an absurd statement about any writer, or at the very least would understand the pretty damn basic concept that artistic quality is subjective

    • @ElizabethW62
      @ElizabethW62 10 дней назад +2

      One word: subjectivity.

    • @painbow6528
      @painbow6528 10 дней назад +12

      Tell me you have a sleeve tattoo and top knot without telling me you have a sleeve tattoo and top knot.

    • @sarahtrreeemore2599
      @sarahtrreeemore2599 10 дней назад +10

      You literally watch anime, lol what standards could you possibly have?

  • @dreamscapejanitor
    @dreamscapejanitor 10 дней назад +1

    I know that being a youtuber is hard work and you just go to take any sponsors that you can, but please DO NOT SUPPORT BETTERHELP. These people are not real therapists and have been found to be sharing private data with Facebook, as well as paying their hired, undertrained therapists a tiny pittance. Please see a real, local accredited therapist.