/lit/ - Literature

Rate/Review/Comment on the last 3 books you read


Notes From the Underground: 4/10 Self indulging, dull through and through. Maybe it would have been cutting edge in the 19th century?
It's all bean beaten to death now though.


No Longer Human: 6/10. It's enjoyable but it's misleading and disappointing in many ways
I went into 'No Longer Human' expecting someone losing their humanity
Instead I just get some self important melodramatic and narcissistic kid with a hard time empathizing with others
Also, the whole thing reads a bit too much like a vainly embellished auto biography to be taken seriously


Richard Yates: 10/10. Don't care how much hate Lin gets here, don't care how many memes or lists you throw him in. One of the best works of literature I've ever had the pleasure of reading. His writing is just perfect. Authentic, humble, and not even understated so mucha s perfectly stated. Great literature completely devoid of any purple prose.