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It was dragging a lot by the end, bros :/

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>> No.16970216

>>16970195
But wasn't it supposed to be funny?

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>>16970191
It was too long, yet I can't even tell you what should be cut out. "Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" is 10x the book this is, in only about half the length.

>> No.16970481

>>16970257
Is this the japanese Orwell?

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unironically

>> No.16970627

>>16970499
Seriously? I have high hopes for this one...

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>>16970195
> too long
> infinite jest
> infinite

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>> No.16971889

>>16970191
I find this problem mostly associated with short books, almost never long ones.

>> No.16971891

>>16970481
No because 1984 is actually good. 1Q84 is terrible and makes me question why I enjoyed previous Murakami works.

>> No.16971913

>>16971867
.

>> No.16971923

>>16970216
I think DFW said that he didn't think it was a funny book

>> No.16971958

>>16971889
>I find this problem mostly associated with short books, almost never long ones.
But I read Notes from the underground in one sitting, anon.

>> No.16972173

>>16971923
The book basically starts with funny concepts and then makes them incredibly depressing.

>> No.16973069

>>16970627
Just a little bit too long but it's a really good book. Dosto got paid per word so it is expected
>>16971882
That cover is so ugly

>> No.16973082

>>16971882
for real?
had hopes for this lmao

>> No.16973130

>>16973082
read it for yourself, but I thought the second half where he's back in paris could have been shortened quite a bit

>> No.16973267

>>16970499
I haven't read it in a couple years, so I've forgotten a bunch of character details, but do you think he could've successfully pulled off a shorter book by merging Svidrigailov and Luzhin together?

>> No.16973342

>>16970499
very true

>> No.16973344

>>16970191
Gr8 b8.

>> No.16973399

>>16970499
>>16970191
Maybe if you're a coomer infected zoomer with ADHD and are barely literate.

>>16970195
It dragged after page one, a complete piece of dogshit.

>>16971882
A little, desu, still a masterpiece. His later stuff is better, but you 'can't read it,' since we don't want our premier writer of the 20th century being a nazi, so we plug in a good goyim like Joyce or a Jew like Proust to take the place.

>>16973082
>>16970627
Yes, take random retards on /lits/ word for it.