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alfredojose's review against another edition
challenging
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.5
Mishima is the reason I workout. His writing is like a sweet treat -- but for my brain.
bigliver's review against another edition
3.0
Sun and Steel is a good look into Yukio Mishima's mind and philosophy on life and more importantly death. The book is a tough read, bolstering a wide variety of complex language that makes it difficult to get through (at least for me). Overall the book does provide some insights on how to live and more importantly shows a profound and thought out perspective from Mishima.
I would recommend this book especially if you like stopping and pondering the concepts presented to you as you read.
I would recommend this book especially if you like stopping and pondering the concepts presented to you as you read.
tungstenmouse's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Fans of fitness and philosophy will enjoy this as will anyone who enjoys Mishima's works. While I don't recommend the audiobook (even at a slow speed, the cadence was monotonous enough to throw me off what he was saying), I think the interesting views presented are definitely worth looking into. I think Mishima's ideas about being a man of words and cultivating the body were a much different take than I've heard before but they still rang true. Initially, this was a 3.5 but moved itself up to a 4 by the last chapter. Trigger Warnings for death and suicide.
wormgod's review against another edition
5.0
Understood half the book, will reread. The ending pages were pretty good and touching
pharmadelica's review against another edition
Not sure how I feel about this in terms of a star review.
All I'll say is it feels like sitting next to an insane guy for a 4 hour plane ride.
All I'll say is it feels like sitting next to an insane guy for a 4 hour plane ride.