His reflection on faith made me fall in love with his ‘absurdism’. There are perhaps many in every generation who do not even reach it, but no one gets further.' I actually quite agree with what Kierkegaard had to say: I’ve always seen faith as something that isn’t far from believing and even instantaneous to attain: I believe in God, hence, I have faith in God.īut the truth is, faith isn’t an easy thing to attain. But through reading this book, I realized that I’ve never even thought about what faith is and how to attain it. Like the people Kierkegaard was describing, I too often find myself saying that I don’t feel fulfilled by faith-I don’t think that faith is enough to keep me going in this god forsaken world. I could feel his fascination over faith and he managed to bring me into a state of fascination over it as well. That brings me to reason number two: even though most of the time I couldn’t fully grasp what he’s trying to actually say, he managed to keep me hooked because of the way he writes! He may not be the clearest writer, but I could feel his passion and sometimes even frustration seeping through his writing. I understand that my reading comprehension plays a definite part in my inability to fully understand his writing, but I can’t lie to you, Kierkegaard isn’t the clearest writer. If I may be so honest, I had to reread a couple of paragraphs to get a picture of what he’s trying to say. Reason number one is definitely my inability to fully understand his writing. (4.5/5 for Fear and Trembling) Fear and Trembling is a book I look forward to rereading in the future for a couple of reasons.

Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard