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Spoiler Alert! - Museum of Innocence

 Can a person waste their life and still consider it a good life? ---- I have never felt as disturbed after watching a series or reading a novel as I felt after The Museum of Innocence. Despite that being a romance fiction story. I have to say it's the brilliance of Mr. Orhan Pamuk. He wrote the novel greatly, with a lot of respect towards the character, and most importantly, the reader. There was never a real conclusion. Even the ending, which was supposed to be a conclusion, left me feeling really unsettled for weeks. ---- Back to the initial question, it was just beyond me looking at how Kemal behaved his whole life. So, what if a person can be deeply destructive, waste huge parts of their life, and still sincerely consider it a life well-lived? Kemal's way of thinking really had me questioning about my belief system. Like, I genuinely thought only a life well-lived would make someone feel genuinely content. And it's not even about money or power. It's about being lo...

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