My English teacher lent me this book the same day she gave me Lures to read. She had a feeling that I would find Lures good but I would need something else to occupy my time with I suppose. I finished the book (after three months of procrastinating) today and I must say it was lovely.
Next year I hope to take foundation year (FYP) at The University of Kings College. FYP tracks the changes in western thought through out the ages, basically it's Sophie's world with more discussion and with a couple hundred other people sitting next to you completely enthralled with what's going on in the world and how it's all connected.
Sophie's world, as the title suggests, is a novel about the history of philosophy. You learn about Socrates, Plato, Darwin, Marx and everyone in between. The subject was very interesting and thought provoking but the book was dry.
I really enjoyed it but at times it seemed very tedious to get through. Halfway through the book you find out the first half of the book is in a book and it is difficult to wrap your head around what's going on all the time and you receive the story second hand from another character. Because of this I would only rate this book 5 ringed binders out of 10. It's a good read if you're interested in the topic but if not then you might want to stay away from this book.
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