Tennyson once said, "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." Tennyson was an idiot. Because heartbreak sucks. If you're breathing, at some point in your life, love has probably bashed you over the head ... and then continued to kick you while you were down until you thought you might die. That's better?! Feeling like your heart has been shredded with a cheese grater and then set on fire - that's better? The pain of heartbreak is so massive and all-encompassing, most people believe the torment they experience over love is exclusive to them. But The Sorrows of Young Werther realistically attests to the fact that heartbreak began occurring way before you confessed your love for someone, only to have him or her remove you as a Facebook friend.
Utrpenie mladého Werthera od Goetheho je klasické dielo, ktoré hlboko skúma ľudské emócie, lásku a existenciálne otázky. Kniha je napísaná formou listov, čo jej dodáva osobný a intímny charakter. Goethe výborne zachytáva psychologickú hĺbku postáv, avšak melancholická atmosféra a pomalé tempo príbehu môžu byť pre niektorých čitateľov náročné.
Tahle knížka je především utrpení pro čtenáře. Právem si tak vysloužila místo v povinné četbě. Mnohem radši bych doporučila Krysaře, Rozmarné léto nebo Obraz Doriana Graye.
