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Paula Portella paulaportella — Despite the fact that the title identifies this as a novel, it's really not. It's a work of philosophy disguised as a novel, Kundera's thoughts on life and meaning and sex and love and death worked out through the story of the lives of four main characters. These four - Teresa and her husband Tomas, his lover Sabina, her lover Franz - are less real people and more real ideas. At times, that was just a little frustrating to read about; Kundera repeatedly emphasises the fact that his characters are not real, that they are just puppets through which he is talking about life. This helps the book on one level, but hinders it on another. It was certainly an interesting and thought-provoking work, but I never found myself enthralled with it, caught up with what was going on. It's always been easier for me to engage with a person than with an abstract idea, and it was the same here. I'm not certain how much was lost in the translation, but the prose style was still lovely. Neverly over descriptive, mostly quite plain, but still with a quietness and a fluidity that I admired. That, and Kundera's reflections on history, are probably what I will most take away from this.

John M john_maurice — ** spoiler alert ** Ippo continues to fight Hayami, finally defeating him by KO. He tries to take the following day to recuperate, but ends up doing roadwork anyway, after which he goes to the bakery where the girl he likes works. When he drops his tray because of nerves, he snatches the flying pastries from the air and the girl asks him if he's a boxer and if he finds boxing fun. He replies he does and leaves in a daze. Takamura and the manager, out doing roadwork, see Ippo doing yet more running a little while later, even though he was told to rest. Miyata's fight with Mashiba begins shortly thereafter. Miyata is winning until Mashiba cheats by stepping on his foot. I really liked Ippo's match with Hayami. Hayami was arrogant but also a strong opponent, so the win was very satisfying, unlike the fight against Kobashi. Mashiba's cheating was really infuriating. It adds tension, but I think it also permanently taints the character. Since I know from the anime what happens with him, I think it's regrettable. There's no way I can like him or respect his wins after this chapter.