Hector and the Search for Happiness

I am not really sure how Hector and the Search for Happiness became a best-seller. In fact, I found it fairly offensive mostly because I found "Hector" (who, as far as I understand it, represents the author) unlikeable. Primarily, his relationship with women is troubling as they are either fetishize......more

The cutest and most memorable part of this book is the cover, which looks like the movie Up except Parisian. And if that's not a dream I don't know what is. It's like 42 pages long, so theoretically I could probably reread it and review it in the span of a couple hours, but that sounds like the logic......more

I picked up this book because I was intrigued by the title, the artwork, and the idea that a psychiatrist might travel to other lands in pursuit of a formula for happiness. It's a fast read, and the writing is extremely elementary (some reviewers equate it to 5th grade level). At first, the child-li......more

Hector was sitting on another airplane, and he was reading a novel he had bought at the airport just before leaving. Curiously enough, it was called Le Voyage d'Hector, and it was about another young psychiatrist with the same name, who took it into his head to wonder what happiness was and went on......more

Ich möchte nicht den Fehler begehen, das Buch an falschen Maßstäben zu messen, denn einen Roman hat Lelord hier trotz einer dünnen Fiktions-Schicht nicht geschrieben, sondern einen Wohlfühl-Ratgeber als typisches Weihnachtsgeschenk für "die Herren der Schöpfung". Die Inhaltszusammenfassung steht im T......more