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>we did some drugs
>then we did something le crazy
>then we did some more drugs
>random swear words
>then we did some more drugs
>something something America I guess
Has there ever been a more overrated book?

>> No.10398073

>>10398071
>le ebin basic description maymay
You can do this with anything ever written you nonce

>> No.10398076

>>10398071
Yeah, Moby Dick

>> No.10398085

>>10398073
and for this one it applies. It was exciting for the first 50 pages and then it just kept doing this shit over and over

>> No.10398742

>>10398076
Moby Dick is a masterpiece.

>> No.10398748

>>10398085
I know right!

>>10398076
Tell me about it.
>did some boat stuff
>did some whale huntin
>did more boat stuff
>something something accomplishment I guess

Man books fucking suck.

>> No.10398760

It is literally the Rick and Morty of books.

>> No.10398779

>>10398760
Nah, it's more like the tomato sauce of Seinfeld of Books of shit.

>> No.10398799

>>10398076
WRONG WRONG WRONG

>> No.10398991
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10398991

>>10398071
DUDE THE WAVE ROLLED BACK LMAO

>> No.10399018

Probably Moby Dick

>> No.10399024

>>10398799
>DUDE FISH LMAO

>> No.10399049

Haven't read the book by my god what a fantastic movie. Never gets old.

>> No.10399797

one of those books i think only really resonates if youre an american. same thing goes for the beats

>> No.10399824

I've never read moby dick. So I'm not missing out?

>> No.10399868

>>10398071
It's about the decline of hippie/beat culture in the 70s.

>> No.10399887

>>10399824
You are, it's one of the best books ever written

>> No.10399899

>my mother died
>then I killed an arab
>now I'm gonna die
>guess life is meaningless wew lmao
Also Algiers is hot

>> No.10399912

>>10399887
They said that about Ulysses and now i'm stuck reading that.

>> No.10399917

>>10398076
Correct.

>> No.10399948

>>10398991
kek

>>10398071
if you're just going to be a completely reductionist asshole, you can make anything sound like it was overrated. that book gets most of its acclaim for the writing rather than the actual content of the story.

>> No.10399973

>>10398071
>Has there ever been a more overrated book?
The Great Gatsby comes to mind.

>> No.10399975

>>10399899
this unironically