February, 2025 - Icon's Notes

The revolution begins in the thinking mind

My Review on The Dispossessed. A spark of euphoria came over me when I found this book after searching for it across the shelves in the bookstore with only a whit of hope. It is one of Ursula Le Guin's books I have been wanting to read after finishing one of her short stories...

21 February 2025fiction, philosophy, politics, relationships, sci-fi

Book Review

Sometimes I despise myself. Is that why I despise others too?

A Hero of Our Time | Book Review. I can't remember why I had this on my reading list. I was probably interested on seeing a pioneering work as this is one of the first Russian prose novel...

17 February 2025classics, fiction, historical, psychology

Book Review

Reading Literature Like a Pro

The author teaches us how to spot and think about these symbolic patterns by giving us finite examples in existing literature...

14 February 2025non-fiction

Book Review

A man who cannot choose ceases to be a man

My Review on Burgess' A Clockwork Orange (with spoilers). I went into the novel not expecting anything and not knowing what this is all about so of course, I got surprised by its unique language...

12 February 2025classics, fiction, psychology

Book Review

My Review on Nabokov’s Lolita

I had reservations on picking up this book. First, I was afraid it might make my morals corrupt by sympathizing with a pedophile character...

8 February 2025classics, fiction, psychology, relationships

Book Review

My Review on Bulgakov’s Fatal Eggs

What happens when we play with life for the sake of recognition and profit? Is man truly in control of his own fate? Fatal Eggs by Bulgakov provides clear answers to these questions.

6 February 2025classics, fiction