All you could ever want to know about Sartre's thoughts on phenomenology and existentialism. Dictionary and Paracetemol handy extras. ( )

Re- read a few years ago

Very good, deep and slow reading, but worth it ( )

I am friendly to an existentialist approach to life, so I began reading this book. Twice. Neither time did I get very far. It's simply not written very well. Everything I have read about Sartre's philosophy seems to point to insight on his part, but he doesn't seem to care very much about engaging the reader. Perhaps he is nauseated at the idea of putting effort in that direction? I will try again on this one, I'm sure, when I have an excess of will and energy. Just not soon.

good book for alienated teens. good book for adult frenchies. ooh, dis!
long time needed.
good questions for identifying self, self realization, self awareness,
"~on stage with no clothes, stagelight illuminating you," reveals his theatre side. extravaganza sometimes. he wrote plays for the nazis with no real qualms, then went on to hate america. (go deGaulle go).
id lose a finger before i undid reading this book. ( )

A long, hard slog. Much of the book is pretty opaque, though I remember the last third or so as having some very interesting insights. I especially liked the penultimate section, "Doing and Having", where he outlines his concept of existential psychoanalysis. ( )

Reads better with no distractions. ( )