/lit/ - Literature

>>22290760
Best british journalism

>>22290760
Does vibey mean atmospheric or relatable?

That book only appeals to women or anyone below the age of 17.

>OP can't intuit zoomspeak
ngmi
>>22290771
both, it has a good relatable atmosphere.
zoomspeak is composites.

>>22290760
Why are they barred from using modern language? You are showing how out of touch with the world you are. That is sad for you.

>>22290760
She's right, and this is the main reason it has endured for over 30 years. Everything except the (admittedly immaculate) vibe is cookie-cutter.

>using slang that's gonna sound dated next year
very vibey indeed

>>22290760
Highest quality zoomer reporting

>>22290760
Do people get paid to write for the Guardian? I want that grift

>>22290760
Why is her eyes so far apart?

>>22290776
Zoomspeak is retarded. Learn English.

ayy lmao

>>22290808
she didn't write the article for next year ass niggas

>>22290760
Why does that person look ai generated doe

>>22290845
if a piece of literary criticism cannot stand the test of time it's not valid criticism.

>>22290864
Book needs to sell today not next year. Literature is dead the only thing we have left is the banker's note.

>>22290871
>Book needs to sell today not next year
are you saying these reviews are basically just elaborate advertisements?

>>22290877
I don't know about 'these reviews' but she's obviously pandering to the zooms to boost engagement in this review

>>22290871
>sell
Then it’s meaningless and not worth anyone’s time

>>22290818
These days it's more likely that people pay to write for the Guardian.

>>22290771
zoomers are too braindead for any such a distinction. They just have vague, nebulous term for a stylistic coherency that they can disassociate into

>>22290771
it means good, boomer, simple.

>>22290760
Isn't Tartt a chud or a terf or something now? We need to shut her dovvn

>>22290760
Eyes so far apart she can read two pages at once.

>>22290844
For real

>deeply vibey novel
be thankful they didn't use the word take in their review or refer to tik-tok
did they? they probably did...

I'm about 100 pages into The Secret History myself, and it's addictive. I don't know if it qualifies as LITERATURE, but I'm loving it.

I was gonna read this at some point last year, I'm really glad I didn't. Bizarre culture around this book.

>>22290837
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>>22290850
>>22290993
This is what I wondered, looking at it again in the index something threw me off and so I searched...
I searched and I saw.
I saw.

>>22290774
>>22290883
>That book only appeals to women
>I don't know about 'these reviews' but she's
haha....haha! oh....haha........

oh man her facelift gave her the alien eyes that go up at the edges, madonna kinda has the same thing but madonna is like 80.

>>22290871
the book has been in print and a bestseller since like 1990 dude it doesn't need an advertisement

>>22291184
Because of the whole "dark academia" thing you mean? It's actually very good so far, as far as I'm concerned. The atmosphere, the tension building, the concepts and themes, yadda yadda.

>>22290760
Most articulate female critic

>>22290760
Why she looks bogged? Almost Madonna tier.

>>22290760
Is Juno Dawson related to coke whore & cook Nigella Lawson?

>>22291414
>Why she looks bogged? Almost Madonna tier.
I don't know why they deleted their post, perhaps a janny or a mod sweeping in last second but >>22291227 mentioned it and the post above that shows why they had a facelift.
Seems like it's better to look slightly weird in the odd headshot than utterly recognisable as your past self, proves that at least there was some element of dysphoria to the point they had to transform themselves & what they see in the mirror. That can be a big thing in that crowd so makes sense.
It's at least better than the alternative by far, since >>22291403 and yourself are willing to refer to them by their assumed new gender (idk, not reading their pronoun bio).

but yeah, it does look really uncanny right? That's what prompted me to take a second look at it. From the wrong angle it just looks off as some facelifts do.

I might give their review a read & consider reading it since I've been interested in the Tart but I'm not sure I can fit another 550+ pager into my short lifespan when I have so much procrastinating to do.

>>22290871
Anon wtf lmao
>>22290883
This. It's surprising they didn't use booktok in the title but I guess that's reserved for outlets like the mail, the express or the star.

>>22291241
I think they might mean based on the recent reviews and the ugh "take" you see in the OP, but idk.

>>22291439
You'd have to search up their dead name I guess; back when they were a hipster looking redhead'd male.
Probably not though, their eye shape was different, the original nose was somewhat similar but they did have a megachin so perhaps.

HAHAHAHA WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT EVEN MEAN HOW THE FUCK ARE ZOOMER EVEN HAHAHA THE ABSOLUTE STATE OF

>>22290871
>i plan to only sell for this year
>anyone offering to buy my book in 1 years time can go to hell!

No but for real though what the fuck does 'vibey' even mean? Why do all of these people talk without saying anything?

>>22291445
It's such a weird thing to delete.

>>22291727
just basically means it's enjoyable and doesn't disturb one's emotional state. Anything that helps the zoom reach a relaxed state of mind can be called a vibe

>>22290771
it means whatever the zoomoid nigger wants it to mean.

>>22290777
The entirety of that phrase translates into: it evokes feelings that resonate with the reader

That's just the baseline of writing, it says nothing. You're out of touch with culture, zoomzoom

>>22291768
this feels like a section out of Infinite Jest

>>22291772
kek honestly the sheer amount of run-ons makes me think of chud meridian but I get where you're coming from

>>22291752
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR FACE

>>22291768
her utter sincerity is pretty charming. I want to pat her on the head and tell her she's a good little sales associate.

>>22290771
It just expresses a potential for enjoyment

>>22290818
this is from a weekly column where authors share the books of their life. this is probably the worst i've read but it's usually a very comfy read

>>22291809
>usually a very comfy read
don't you mean vibey, anon?

>>22291768
This resume is 100 times better than the corporate-speak kiss-ass shit that most (including me) inevitably write. If I needed someone to work in a store I would give her an interview every day

>>22290771
It means no cappin fr bruh

>>22291768
What a cute CV! I wish I could say that it's fake or just a joke but it's probably real. I used to do recruitment for other orgs and when I worked retail ops I'd also have to do interviews for new stores & stuff or mass firings.
Not exactly the same generation, close, 10 years apart but there are people like this in the world and they don't know how it comes across.

Doesn't matter if it's bad though because simps like >>22291813 always give them a job.

>>22291813
Bro just say you're a kissless virgin and a walking future sexual harassment HR report and go

>>22291849
>but there are people like this in the world and they don't know how it comes across.
It doesn't matter for most jobs

>>22290760
Vibey? What the fuck

>>22291116
>I don't know if it qualifies as LITERATURE
as long as it isn't literal schlock like star wars or video game novels i think there's merit to reading it.
the real issue imo is who gets to determine what's literature and what's not. why do you get academic points for reading to kill a mockingbird but not a clive barker collection? it's silly and arbitrary.

>>22291768
i want to pump this retard full of cum. she would be a wonderful mother.

>>22290776
I'm a zoomer, and I am equally confused as OP. Zoomspeak is like ebonics for young whites.

>>22290771
vibe means a desired ambiance or outcome

ITT: people feeling superior because they're unable to discern the meaning of new words from context

>>22293201
ITT the first real holocaust begins as people begin to notice language is being destroyed

>>22293206
>first real holocaust begins
jewbros... we fucked up

>>22291849
I wpuld give her an interview. I workrd sales for 10+ years and noticed cute quirky female dumbasses are incredibly good at selling inane shit. It's like watching a cute puppy begging for a threat, of course most people wpuld give it something. Only it's a cute silly girl peddling some shit for five bucks.

>>22293201
/thread

>>22293585
>mfw as one of these girls tries being my fake friend at the checkout line
JUST BAG MY FUCKING BROCCOLI

>>22293201
SHEESH my guy that's low key vibes right there, it hits different tho fr, issa mood when you rizz a munch

>>22293585
The only time I want advice from in-store employees is when buying suits and the like, getting approached by these types makes me go elsewhere

>>22293666
>>22293942
I would wager that people on 4chan wpuld have the opposite reaction than naormies. However, that's what I witnessed firsthand.
We were "encouraged" to sell some sort of store credit to customers. There was this girl, kinda cute but not pretty and so dumb that after talking to her for a whole minute you'd question if she was legit retarded. She dominated the scoreboards, as in she'd sell in a day what the second would sell in a week.
Of course she had the emotional maturity of a five year old and involved herself in lots of drama and was eventually let go, but she was a sales powerhouse.

>>22290771
bussin

>>22290760
Just say "groovy", holy shit.

>>22291445
>recent reviews
Huh? I genuinely don't know what you're referring to. Please enlighten me. I started reading this book completely ignorant of this.

>>22294166
do normies really like getting talked to by imbeciles that much?
I mean I put on similar acts in my psychopathic white-collar desk jockey job but we all think everyone else is a stupid cocksucker and we are all doing it out of corporate politesse and not much else

>>22291403
>female
>>22291414
>she

>>22293201
I made the thread because I found the statement retarded and the person bizarre-looking. It's clear what the dumbass means but it doesn't make it any less dumb.

>>22290771
it's vibey like a hitachi magic wand

My favorite part of the Secret History is when Procopius accuses Justinian of killing 1 trillion men in North Africa, then goes on to say that Justinian is an actual literal satanic demon in disguise and his wife Theodora is a whore who brings 10 boys on a picnic and bangs them all daily, with her wishing god had graced her with more holes so she could satisfy more of them at once

>>22291197
Holy fucking kek well that explains it. A tranny that got bad plastic surgery. Looks like he got a really severe facelift