Sincere book

[dark desire]

This will be personal, depending upon both what you call sincere and how much you value sincerity. Let's not get into arguing what is the definition of sincerity. In all the different types of books you have read which book did you find the most sincere or very sincere?

[cacian]

Can I say none at this point of time.
Sincere is more of human to human act of feeling approached or related.
For something to be sincere it will have be to be reciprocated. Sincerity can only be established when two parts are involved to establish it, meaning it can only be when it is given and then received and acknowledged. It is a two way situation and since a book can only reciprocate one way then it cannot be sincere.

[dark desire]

Can I say none at this point of time.
Sincere is more of human to human act of feeling approached or related.
For something to be sincere it will have be to be reciprocated. Sincerity can only be established when two parts are involved to establish it, meaning it can only be when it is given and then received and acknowledged. It is a two way situation and since a book can only reciprocate one way then it cannot be sincere.

When I read a newspaper article, in a not so good newspaper (there are plenty such), I feel that the job of writing has not been done very sincerely. Run of the mill best selling novels are a little bit more sincere than those. Beyond that the experience of sincerity depends upon one's taste.

Isn't reading a human to human interaction between the writer and the reader? A writer writes to the reader, doesn't he? In Notes From Underground, Dostoyevsky talks to the reader as if they are plural audience. In Jane Eyre, the writer talks to the reader through the main protagonist. Even when the author does not explicitly address the reader, he is addressing him, isn't he? By sincerity I mean the engagement with the book going somewhere deeper and then feeling a sense of justice done by the author towards your engagement with the book.

I feel intimate with a book when I read it. In that intimacy some books are more sincere than others. You can differ of course in the manner in which you read books. But if you relate to what I am saying then I repeat my question - which book(s) do you feel has(have) been the most sincere to you?

[cacian]

When I read a newspaper article, in a not so good newspaper (there are plenty such), I feel that the job of writing has not been done very sincerely. Run of the mill best selling novels are a little bit more sincere than those. Beyond that the experience of sincerity depends upon one's taste.

Isn't reading a human to human interaction between the writer and the reader? A writer writes to the reader, doesn't he? In Notes From Underground, Dostoyevsky talks to the reader as if they are plural audience. In Jane Eyre, the writer talks to the reader through the main protagonist. Even when the author does not explicitly address the reader, he is addressing him, isn't he? By sincerity I mean the engagement with the book going somewhere deeper and then feeling a sense of justice done by the author towards your engagement with the book.

Yes and No because sincerity must be acknowledged by this I mean that both parties have taken in turn to communicate to each other how they felt about what has been said.
A reader to book does no could not do that. Whilst you are reading a book you may experience feelings of some kind, or you feel you relate but this means that the book is making you feel something because words generally do. The book does not get or feel what you have just experienced from reading it if you see what I mean

I feel intimate with a book when I read it. In that intimacy some books are more sincere than others. You can differ of course in the manner in which you read books. But if you relate to what I am saying then I repeat my question - which book(s) do you feel has(have) been the most sincere to you?
Funny you mention the word 'intimate' because this word only mean something between me and a close person to me.
I am never intimate with an object because I am intimate with my partner.
So to answer your question I have not experienced sincerity with any books but I have experienced it with my partner.
I hope this makes sense somehow :smile5: