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Anonymous Mon May 6 02:02:23 2013 No.3728176 [DELETED]

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is it worth reading /lit/? I avoided all the hype and I'm wondering if it really is all that great, I read the synopsis and while it's intriguing, it doesn't seem that astonishing, or worth the hype it got

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 02:06:23 2013 No.3728183 It's well-written enough to be entertaining. Don't expect anything special. Don't be surprised if you end up liking it.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 02:17:23 2013 No.3728199 >>3728183 is it worth all the hype it got, claiming the concept was astonishing and mindblowing or was it just another inception (in regards to the public reception)?

Anonymous Mon May 6 02:22:23 2013 No.3728212

>>3728199
Of course it wasn't worth all the hype it got. I read this book as an Eng Lit assignment in highschool when it first came out and it wasn't worth the hype then, either.

But it's a good book. Having read the book and not seen the movie, I can imagine that the movie will treat it like a human interest news clip extended into a full film: "Stranded boy lives on boat with tiger for full year before landing on Mexican shores"

The book addresses themes of religion, faith, truth, shit like that, topics I imagine the movie will completely gloss over.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 02:24:23 2013 No.3728216 >>3728199 >is it worth all the hype it got, claiming the concept was astonishing and mindblowing or was it just another inception (in regards to the public reception)? read it and find out genius. of course /lit/ won't like it because it's too popular

>>	OP Mon May 6 02:27:23 2013 No.3728226 >>3728216 that's why I didn't read it at first, I'd rather approach things with my own fresh point of view than one that's based on how much everyone else loved it

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 02:29:23 2013 No.3728228 >>3728226 yes. instead you come at it from a fresh viewpoint by asking what /lit/ thinks of it instead of basing it on what everyone else loves. you are quite the thinker.

>>	OP Mon May 6 02:32:23 2013 No.3728230 >>3728228 Every book recommended to me by /lit/ i liked. Every book my peers recommend is shit. Simple as that

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 02:33:23 2013 No.3728233 >>3728230 >Simple as that that you're a pleb? yea that is pretty obvious. just stick to the /lit/ essentials and don't wander off too far

>>	OP Mon May 6 02:37:23 2013 No.3728239 File: 856 KB, 320x240, 1326447311029.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3728233 >lololol pleb lrn 2 read smart books k

Anonymous Mon May 6 02:41:24 2013 No.3728244

I liked it when I read it, but that was because I could look past all the religious bullshit and just think of it as a fun story of survival.

Since then I've read a couple non-fiction stories about shipwrecks and I've enjoyed them all much more than Life of Pi.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 02:42:23 2013 No.3728245 >>3728239 k enjoy being a mindless litdrone

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 17:34:58 2013 No.3730297 meh. Honestly, it's just ok. Don't go in with high expectations, and you might enjoy it.

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