/lit/ - Literature

>claiming to love literature
>not reveling in the beauty of language for it's own sake

>Hey did you know Dickens was paid by the word? That's why his books are so long and boring lol

>preface is by some celebrity who talks about her own life more than the book
>preface is by some pop author who gives a sparknotes tier analysis of the book

>dude my work is just meaningless rambling because LIFE is meaningless rambling lol

>“I wish someone had just told me the truth right up front, as soon as I was old enough to understand it. I wish someone had just said: “Here’s the deal, Wade. You’re something called a ‘human being.’ That’s a really smart kind of animal. Like every other animal on this planet, we’re descended from a single-celled organism that lived millions of years ago. This happened by a process called evolution, and you’ll learn more about it But trust me, that’s really how we all got here. There’s proof of it everywhere, buried in the rocks. That story you heard? About how we were all created by a super-powerful dude named God who lives up in the sky? Total bullshit. The whole God thing is actually an ancient fairy tale that people have been telling one another for thousands of years. We made it all up. Like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. “Oh, and by the way … there’s no Santa Claus or Easter Bunny. Also bullshit. Sorry, kid Deal with it.”
>~Kurt Vonnegut

>>9339817

>someone complains the dialogue isn't realistic
>some complains the characters are unlikable
>someone complains the author was a terrible person and says nothing about the actual book

>>9306731

That's just as stupid as not wanting to watch a movie or not wanting to play a game because it's too long. If you actually like it there shouldn't be a problem with more of it.

This just further cements my idea of /lit/ being filled with a bunch of pseuds that only like that idea of reading instead of actually doing it.

>introduction is by an inane pop writer rather than an actual scholar or critic

>"haha, no one's actually read [long difficult book]"
>mfw many people have read it

>>8897812

>introduction written by a celebrity whose work has nothing to do with literature