It is sufficiently apparent that Kundera is a talented author who poses poignant and thought-provoking questions not only to himself, but to his readers as well. The rub of this novel however is that it wears the veil of philosophy, tricking you into thinking that the novel's content is strictly philosophical in nature. Though this novel is greatly thought out and raises amazingly profound questions in its readers, Kundera seems to lack the conviction with which to follow through with his philosophical wanderings, thereby leaving a noticeable void in the novel.