shock comments

in response to my review:

So can I assume you recommend the book?
I think your type of reaction is exactly what the author intended to evoke in the readers. You would probably be a perfect example of what the author meant with a "mass-produced-creature". A person who is so brainwashed, that the moment he reads something which isn't in sync with his own point of view, he feels insecure and takes it as a personal attack, which is a stereotype behavior of a shallow and ignorant personality.
I do not agree with all the viewpoints in the book and I doubt the author agrees with all of them. He probably created a character to be amusing and to create a new way of thinking, which in my opinion he managed to do both.
The novel never intended to be "War and peace" and from now on I'd recommend you to read "Snow White" and "Beauty and the Beast," if you can't deal with a world which isn't to your liking.
Wish you all the best...

after the initial shock at this response - i'm fairly confident that it's the author himself - i posted back. i really hope this doesn't become a loop.

I most certainly do NOT recommend the book.

Your reaction to my review is projection: you assume that anyone who disagrees with this book is automatically wrong because you believe that it expresses an absolute truth. You *have* found truth... *a* truth, not some grand all-encompassing unified theory... but even the ideas expressed by Man demonstrate a lack of interest in truly examining the world around him. It is a truth that any man can construct for himself - nihilism is a simple answer, depressing as it may be. Nihilism is old news, and we've progressed much in the interim. Please do some reading before fighting a review whose intent is entirely naive; I have shared my viewpoint as a service to potential readers. Let those who can appreciate it read it, and those who can't will ignore it anyway.

It is precisely because I am not brainwashed and because I choose to do research and consider things for myself that I am so disappointed with this book. It appears to me that you didn't completely read what I wrote, because I am specifically disturbed by the lack of insight and willingness to explore on the part of the author and the protagonist.

Finally - I am intrigued by your reference to fairy tales as being only for children, and I highly recommend taking some basic courses in literature before being so flippant. My review is honest, and my review is considerably well-informed, and if you're going to be defensive to the point of name-calling then I'd advise stepping out of the literary pool to which you have jumped. Writing a book is easy, and it appears that getting it published is also - writing a GOOD book is not.

[ADDED ONE DAY LATER: the final word]

Your response seriously makes me laugh... You obviously have no sense of humor. As if I really meant it when I asked "If you recommend it..."
Second of all, I never said this book represents absolute truth. In fact, I don't think this book represents absolute truth, nor do I think it represents absolute falseness. And I highly doubt that this was the intention of the book in the first place. I don't think he intended it to be a philosophical work either. You like to see things black and white. You like it simple, but that's just not how life works. You have issues with a fictional character. Why don't you go shoot Freddy Krueger for killing innocent people...
You have to ask yourself why you are taking it as a personal attack... Where does this rage come from? It's ok to disagree... that's what makes life interesting, but the manner in which you disagree is childish at best. It's as if when you were a kid and your friend borrowed a pencil from you without asking and you decide to punch him in the face as a response. Often in my life I disagree with people and I'm just fine with that. You probably believe in a dictatorship.
Let's just agree to disagree.
Peace.

"Often in my life I disagree with people and I'm just fine with that"
- I can see that. I'm guessing that often in your life you don't actually listen to what others are saying to you, because you know SO much more than they do. I've included some links that I think you mind find helpful:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_Projection_Fallacy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychologist%27s_fallacy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

Your response indicates that you are the author. Even if you're not, if you're going to publish something into the public domain, at least be prepared to receive criticism from people who know more than you or have thought deeper than you.
The fact that you have surrounded yourself by sycophants and ridicule people and their opinions without understanding or even trying to understand them is extremely low-brow.

Please learn to read. You are pretentious, and aggressive, and I'm not going to waste my energy responding to your schoolyard comments anymore. I've said what I had to say, and anybody with half a brain will be happy that I've done so. All the best.