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17808643

Anonymous Wed Mar 17 21:00:40 2021 No.17808643 [Reply] [Original]

Just started this bros, what am I in for?

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 17 21:02:47 2021 No.17808654 >>17808643 物の哀れ

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 17 23:28:03 2021 No.17809516 File: 106 KB, 1008x389, RotD.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>17808643 A wonderful and perfect short book that changed my life.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 18 01:12:44 2021 No.17809993 >>17809516 How did it change your life? I’m also thinking about reading it

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 18 03:13:04 2021 No.17810363 >>17808643 unfathomable boredom

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 18 03:15:34 2021 No.17810371 Eh. It was okay.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 18 03:22:16 2021 No.17810386 the second book that made me cry in my entire life (the first one was TBK)

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 18 03:33:40 2021 No.17810427 My mom liked it after and got into it after the nobel price.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 18 08:38:29 2021 No.17811262 >>17810386 Bro this book made you cry?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 18 09:10:40 2021 No.17811422 >>17808643 Comfy and soulcrushing at the same time. Great book.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 18 09:57:12 2021 No.17811687 >>17811262 Anyone who isn't moved to at least sadness at the end of the book has a heart of ice.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 18 11:06:00 2021 No.17812151 Bump

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 18 11:07:11 2021 No.17812155 >>17811687 thanks for not spoiling it, its next on my stack

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 18 11:57:44 2021 No.17812514 >>17810427 i dont understand the chronology here

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 18 12:18:52 2021 No.17812685 >>17809993 the protagonist is a vaguely autistic but very sympathetic type, many identify heavily with him. Its a very good book i would highly recommend it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 18 12:19:55 2021 No.17812700 >>17811687 its funny, this book was assigned for a seminar at my shit podunk school, the english class was %90 women and they HATED stevens, it was surreal.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 18 12:47:19 2021 No.17812912 >>17812700 We need not only have books with likeable and winning protagonists. Stevens was so wonderfully drawn that even if you hated him you should still be able to manage some sympathy for him as well.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 18 12:48:55 2021 No.17812923 File: 31 KB, 449x683, images - 2021-03-05T113929.611.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>17808643 Read pic related after.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 18 12:49:25 2021 No.17812930 >>17808643 just skip to the last page or two if you want the TL;DR

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 18 13:40:33 2021 No.17813365 >>17812700 They couldn't, at least, sympathize with him?