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Did you like it?

>> No.10167372

>>10167163
Girlfriend read it and hated it. Said it was trite and unimaginative. She mentioned something about its treatment of 9/11 I think?

>> No.10167413

>>10167163
I liked Boris.
The kids getting fucked up in the Vegas burbs parts were fun.
It got a little stale when the narrator returned to New York. The philosophizing was pretty trite.
It's basically a mashup of Great Expectations and Less than Zero.

>> No.10167434

Is The Secret History better?

>> No.10167438

>>10167413
I pretty much felt the same way, but would add that the descriptions of the workshop and furniture with Hobie were great. That part of the book happened to coincide with my visit to the Art Institute of Chicago, so I felt like I was looking at the art and furniture in a more appreciative way; like I was connecting to the people that make a craft their livelihood and life's work. I also didn't enjoy the philosophizing toward the end, but did enjoy the blunt and realistic ending to the love story, though maybe unhappy endings are cliche.

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10167451

>>10167372
your gf has shit taste lad

>> No.10167600

>>10167372
>>10167451
Kek

>> No.10167833

>>10167434
Yes.