/lit/ - Literature

That's it?
The book is just a 70 pages long story of pedophile catching a fish? That's all? Nothing else? No great philosophy, tragedy, moral lesson? Just a 4chan user and a big fish?
cool
time fucking wasted

>>20733951
>sees this on multiple favorites lists
>finally read it
>literally have to drag myself through it, so fucking boring and dry
>basic “adventure” story, simple writing (not always a bad thing but still), repeatedly have to get myself to keep going through it
>main character has generic struggle
>my soul ages about 80 years waiting for me to give a shit, my hair slowly falls out and my bones turn entirely to dust, from the lack of nourishment this book is giving to me

>feels like fucking ages because it’s so boring but it’s so fucking short
>expect maybe the ending gets better
>nope generic ending
>”ok maybe this book was a fluke for me, let me see what others think about it”
>comparing main character to Christlike figure, “it’s his seminal work!!”, “masterpiece!”, “my favorite book of all time”
>permanently lose any faith in a god, if any morsel still remained in me after all my essence was sucked out of every individual cell of my body by the experience of reading this fucking book.
I’m sorry I’m being serious I really disliked this book. In the moment it was very trying (like not difficult but a slog to get through) but over time this has crystalized into a silent hate. I read it because I read “Hills Like White Elephants” and loved it.

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