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Post the last book you read and your opinions of it. Spoiler tag as necessary.

Pic related: I hated Ignatius, but I loved how at the end everything sort of came together. And everyone got their just deserts. Except for one person: Ignatius. I HATED Ignatius. Because even though he was well educated and made some good points about society he had no common sense, and he was a huge prick throughout the entire novel. I really wish he had been sent off to that mental hospital. He was totally delusional at points. The only things that saved the book from Ignatius were the other characters like Jones, Claude Robichaux, Lana Lee even though she was a bitch at least she got what she deserved that the end and Patrolman Mancuso. They were awesome characters. I know that in life (and in a lot of books) characters usually don't get what they deserve at the end, but the author seemed intent on making sure that every single character other than Ignatius got exactly what was coming to them at the end. I really which that bastard had gone to the asylum..

I know I used spoiler tags liberally. I didn't want to get bitched out for spoiling the novel for someone.

>> No.1213135

Slaughterhouse-Five: About as funny as a book revolving around war is allowed to be. There just was something a teeny bit off about it; I don't know what.

>> No.1213137
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1213137

>make passing reference to religion and how it might not be a good thing
>omg best book ever

nope.avi

>> No.1213154

>>1213128
That was the last book I read too, op.

I think Toole just wanted it to be a humorous novel with interesting characters. He wasn't really concerned with justice being served.

>> No.1213156

>>1213128
omg, is that Super Mario with a Chocobo on his head?

>> No.1213173

>>1213154
It just annoyed me that every other character got what was coming tot hem except for Ignatius. :/

I also can't understand why /lit/ likes the book so much.

>> No.1213177

>>1213128
I have that book... I keep reading the first chapter and being put off by how big of a toole Ignatius is. It's something I really should be able to get around, but I, can't bring myself to sit through the entire ordeal, dealing with Ignatius.

>> No.1213190

>>1213177
>toole

Dohoho

>> No.1213200

>>1213177
yet you keep browsing 4chan which is basically full of characters like him