Yngvar Ness itibaren Tzacuala, Hgo., Mexico

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2018-10-22 12:40

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This was my second reading of this book. It's stated premise is that it will make you believe in God. Well, color me twice unconvinced. But it must say something that after two readings of the book, it can fail at its objective, leave me disagreeing and annoyed, and also end up on my list of 20 best books I've ever read. I guess I'd say that it's very annoying and very amazing at the same time. I'm annoyed by the pro-zoo, anti-animal rights slant. To the narrator, animals benefit from their own submission to a controlling authority. In fact, he explicitly believes the same thing about humans. I just can't get behind that. But I absolutely love the imagery of the zoo and the lists of animals. The idea of turning Tokyo upside down and shaking out all of the loose animals. It's just such an interesting concept - good for him for writing a book about it. Just too bad the book also attempts to argue that captivity is this favor we give to animals. The main character is fervently religious, but at the same time, he's kind to (and dishonest about) atheism. He says he favors atheism over agnosticism, but his reasoning doesn't make sense. He skewers some of the absurdity in Christianity quite nicely. (Yay!) Right before his character accepts it. (Boo!) And then there's this line about Islam: "I challenge anyone to understand Islam, its spirit, and not to love it. It is a beautiful religion of brotherhood and devotion." Challenge accepted. I win. If he's saying what I think he's saying about God (no spoilers), then I'm definitely not on board with his conclusion. But some of the stuff he implied about Richard Parker was great - about needing a bitter adversary in order to make it through a trying period in your life. The writing was really excellent. And if it's possible, I agree with all of the supporters of this book as well as the detractors. Wonderful book, I'd read it again and again, it's pretty heavy-handed, and the author sets up way too many strawmen.

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