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10748852 No.10748852 [Reply] [Original]

and why should above faggot finish said book?

>> No.10749630

The stranger. Stopped at part 2. I didn't understand shit of the shooting scene

>> No.10749830

Frederic Raphael Private Views


he, at least seems to, have a respectable reputation but every sentence was just so freaking dull. no interesting observations and a slow prose style ...

>> No.10749836

>>10748852
wow, OP, I just finished that book not even 15 minutes ago. What part made you stop Atomised?

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>>10748852
The humor wasn't doing anything for me.

>> No.10749863

>>10749857
that can be a tricky book to follow plot-wise at times. I didn't get much humor on first reading. Once you understand what is happening the humor really shines. Same thing with A Confederacy of Dunces

>> No.10749886
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>>10749863
It's such a long book though. Is it really worth reading twice just to 'get' it?

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>>10749886
no, I strongly support your decision to stop reading it if it doesn't hold your interest, I just had a similar problem but was determined to finish. The reason I reread it was because I usually get more out the second time around, and this is usually stronger with humorous books for me.

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10749936

The greatest gift I ever gave myself was to stop reading this meandering pile.

>> No.10749942

>>10749630
>I must understand the motives of a character to read the book
Was it autism?

>> No.10749963

>>10749942
No, what frustrated me is that I couldn't know if the blade slicing is a metaphor or it really did cut something

>> No.10749998

I always finish

>> No.10750011

>>10748852
>>10749836
wow, anons, I just finished that book yesterday. I thought it was pretty good desu

>> No.10750036

>>10750011
yeah I liked it, i thought it was gonna be just a long tirade of bitching about things but there was a real sentimentality underneath it all along with the clinical treatment of sex and mortality made it enjoyable

>> No.10750044

The Book of Whispers, some romanian novel about a genocide, it seemed promising but the prose turned out awful

>> No.10751158

>>10748852
I hated that book. For me it was Ulysses. I wasn't ready yet for the final meme boss.

>> No.10751165

>>10749998
but does she?

>> No.10751318

Dont think i'mma finish The Fuck Up.