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readacorn's review against another edition
2.0
In großen Teilen eine wortwörtliche Nacherzählung der Serie. Neues gibt es hier kaum. Wer in Nostalgie schwelgen will und ein paar Gedanken des Autors zu den einzelnen Episoden lesen will ist hier richtig
drbobcornwall's review
4.0
If you are a Big Bang Theory (TV show not the scientific theory) then you will like this book. In fact, you don't have to be a big philosophy fan to enjoy the book -- you just have to have an interest in the show and its characters. So, did I like it? Of course, I'm a big fan of the show.
This book is part of a series of books that use essays to explore philosophical topics through interacting with an expression of popular culture. In this case The Big Bang Theory.
In the course of 17 chapters gathered into four sections, we engage philosophical topics that range from the nature of the intellect to friendship. Each chapter is a separate entity and so they don't build on each other. Thus, this is the kind of book you can dip into whenever and however you wish. If nothing else you'll gain a greater appreciation for the complexity of the characters, even if at times they are stereotypes.
As one might supposed the central character in the book is Sheldon Cooper and to a lesser extent -- Penny, though all the primary characters figure prominently.
So, if you want to do a bit of philosophy and be entertained all at the same time -- here's a book for you (and me!).
This book is part of a series of books that use essays to explore philosophical topics through interacting with an expression of popular culture. In this case The Big Bang Theory.
In the course of 17 chapters gathered into four sections, we engage philosophical topics that range from the nature of the intellect to friendship. Each chapter is a separate entity and so they don't build on each other. Thus, this is the kind of book you can dip into whenever and however you wish. If nothing else you'll gain a greater appreciation for the complexity of the characters, even if at times they are stereotypes.
As one might supposed the central character in the book is Sheldon Cooper and to a lesser extent -- Penny, though all the primary characters figure prominently.
So, if you want to do a bit of philosophy and be entertained all at the same time -- here's a book for you (and me!).
joyshak's review against another edition
3.0
Didn't care for this one. It got very repetitive after the first few chapters. I think I gave up around 35% :(
nell1120's review
3.0
it only took me 15 months! good thing I read thr bulk of it at jury duty on April 27 last year!
alinka_013's review against another edition
challenging
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
tiemzahra's review against another edition
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.0
If you’re a fan of TBBT and philosophy, read this. It’s a collection of essays of TBBT from philosophical POVs.
This book was published in 2012, so I read this almost 10 years late. Naturally, the research was only based on up to 4 seasons, where in my opinion, when most the characters haven’t developed yet. Every essay and every argument would be better if it is updated to the whole 12 seasons this series have been.
The essays are quite lighthearted and I wouldn’t describe it as boring. But there are some setbacks reading it when you’ve already finished watching the series. Due to limited seasons quoted, the essays consist of almost the same scenes repeatedly. The characters have especially become more interesting Season 6 onwards (in the essays, Amy was still a-friend-who-is-a-girl to Sheldon, Howard and Bernadette were still engaged, not married yet, Leonard was in an on-and-off relationship with Penny, and Raj still couldn’t talk to women without being inebriated), so I really wish this book could be updated!
This is just one of my minor pet peeves, but I value consistencies in writing. I agree that this book should be edited better. Some reviews stated that one essay disputed another, but that’s the bonus of this collection, you don’t need to have a similar argument. But, the inconsistencies, for example, came from only one essay, where in the beginning the writer named the method as Leslie/Leonard but in the conclusion called it Winkle/Hofstadter(?). Why the name change? Another would be the disparity in terms of the citation, where one essay in Chapter 5 can cite another in Chapter 1, but in another, two different essays could talk about the same scene without acknowledging each other, so if there’s a possibility for a fixed structure, why not standardise it for all?
Overall, still a fun read, serves as a break from serious research reading (or in my case to familiarise with it once again), and provided needed gaps if you’re writing about TBBT.
nikkivrc's review
2.0
I love TBBT -it's one of my favorite shows- so I bought this rather mindlessly, not really looking at what this book is actually about. Turns out it's about a wide range of philosophical issues that are discussed by using characters and situations of TBBT. In itself this sounds like a pretty good idea, but the execution just wasn't great. First of all, did anyone actually edit this? Because the different articles aren't in sync at all. The birth and death dates of Aristotle were mentioned like 5 times, the first 3 times in the first 3 articles. I mean, seriously? Another example: in several articles they first say 'Rajesh' and then shorten it to 'Raj' for the rest of the article. Surely this needs to be done only once? Also, certain quotes were used ad nauseam. There's 5 seasons to choose from, the pickings can't be that slim. I know these comments aren't about the essence of the book, but this just annoyed me to no end. It made me feel like I was reading something that had just been hastily slapped together. As far as the articles themselves go, there were some really interesting ones, but the majority were just not engaging. I'd say the first articles are the best, after that the quality goes steadily downhill. (Just taking a look at the notes makes this very clear).
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