/lit/ - Literature

>>16071143
>so I picked it up thinking it might be a fresh take on some mythology.
That's where you fucked up, its refreshing because its NOT a fresh take, it feels like just another sidestory in an anthological text, albeit 300+ pages worth

>>16062202
imagine watching jewtube post-2008

>>16048529
the fact that's he bitching about that particular anon as if its not just one person with an identifiable posting style

>>16047655
If you're depressed you should unironically get on some pills, anon. There's no shame in being mentally unable to deal with the day-in-day-out bullshit without something to help you out.

>>16030710
Not him but its definitely meant to be a study of the characters rather than any specific point or "moral"
Jake himself is little more than a vehicle past the opening chapters of him crying in Brett's arms and the "true" protagonists are probably the latter and Robert Cohn, the poor bastard.
I enjoyed it for the prose and "friend simulator"-ness of it but you're right, I could understand that there's something lacking for most.
The novel wasn't even particularly well-regarded upon release iirc