/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.11429745]

Fuck you, I enjoyed it.

[Anonymous No.11429810]

It deals with its themes intelligently, has an innovative structure, and Vonnegut himself is very likable. Never heard any actual criticisms other than "lol pleb lit for teenagers."

[Anonymous No.11429843]

>>11429810
>It deals with its themes intelligently,

What the hell is this even supposed to mean?

[Anonymous No.11429846]

>>11429810

Slaughterhouse Five is probably my favourite book

[Anonymous No.11429847]

Was it as fedora as people say it is?

[Anonymous No.11429860]

That part where he owns his teacher in front of the class is like IRL me

[Anonymous No.11429863]

>>11429745

Sympathy - and the way they explain it - is probably the best 'magic' in any fantasy world. Good book, I enjoyed it.

[Anonymous No.11429876]

>>11429860

[Anonymous No.11429885]

Imagine getting cucked in your own self insert Harry Potter fanfiction

[Anonymous No.11430207]

>>11429745
I enjoyed it too. I enjoyed it in the same way that you might enjoy sitting on the couch as a 14yo daydreaming about how cool it would be to learn magic in a fantasy world and be good at it. But I don't think it's particularly good. It was easy, enjoyable fantasy. Only part I really disliked was the interactions with the main character's love interest. don't remember the details, read it years ago.

On a related note, I don't like shitting on genre fiction or anything not "/lit/ approved" too much. I honestly think reading is good for your mental health, and I'd rather have people reading shitty fiction for 6 hours a day than watching "rupaul's angry faggot challenge" or "my diabetus life".

[Anonymous No.11430308]

>>11429745
So did I. I do not give a piss about mary sue characters, I love the escapism. As long as it is well written I will enjoy it. Fuck the contrarians and edgelords here who read philosophy and dry shit and jack off to Mishima.

[Anonymous No.11430398]

>>11429745
same.

[Anonymous No.11430923]

>>11429843
That it isn't written like YA with the themes being delivered by a cartoonish villain's views being wrong and a plucky protagonist's views being right, I'd guess

[Anonymous No.11431090]

>"BRO! This book is REALLY good. You have to read it."
>Reads it until I reach a scene where he cucks another bard and steals his girl by making some awesome lute solo.
If it was satire, I would keep reading it for the giggles.

[Anonymous No.11431262]

>>11431090
The first book is very subdued compared to the second where he goes full anime.

[Anonymous No.11431280]

>>11430923
What the fuck does it mean for a theme to be delivered? I completely understand why you enjoy YA.

[Anonymous No.11431361]

>>11429745
This one is pretty dry but the sequel is comedy gold.

[Anonymous No.11431625]

>>11431280
Why would you assume somebody shitting on YA loves it? And why are you acting like an obtuse retard that doesn't understand the concept of a piece having themes?

[Anonymous No.11431679]

>>11431625
The original poster doesn't hate the book because he described it as "intelligent." He's not merely saying books have themes, but rather he's talking some nonsense about themes being delivered by cartoon characters and something about morality.

[Anonymous No.11431718]

i think i fell asleep 10 minutes into it and then never touched it again

[Anonymous No.11433042]

>>11429745
I enjoyed it too and I enjoyed the second book even more and im highly anticipating book 3 and there is nothing the contrarians can do about it
>inb4 '/sffg/'
>inb4 'you have to go back'

[Anonymous No.11433193]

Reeeeeee I read this in fucking middle school its YA self insert mary sue trash but i want a resolution to the story where's thethe 3rd book you hack its been 7 years

[Anonymous No.11433343]

>>11429745
I had a professor who held it up during class and gave a rant for 15+ minutes about how it was trash.

It’s still on my pile though.

[Anonymous No.11433381]

>>11431718
things that never happened
>>11433042
>>11433193
he never intended to release book 3, it's his ploy to stay relevant forever without doing anymore work. then maybe on his deathbed, he'll write some amazing "anonymous fanfiction" which resolves the story and all the loose ends incredibly and everyone worships it, but it will never be respected as "the real story"
the dude is a real cunt and i have no doubt this is his plan

[Anonymous No.11433450]

His early success ruined him. What was he, just out of college when the Name of the Wind came out? I know he said he was working the story long before he actually started writing it. The book is awful because young people are awful writers but because it became a huge success he's stuck with it. He can't go back and fix the malformed piece of shit that his underdeveloped child brain put out. He can only work with it.

I don't think it's any wonder why the third book hasn't come out because I would absolutely hate having to work on it.

[Anonymous No.11433724]

>>11433450
well he painted himself into a corner of a corner of a corner as far as the plot, world development, and character development go. it's literally impossible to deliver on what he built

[Anonymous No.11433832]

Between Rothfuss, Lynch and GRRM, I don't know who will end up finishing their series first.

[Anonymous No.11433872]

>>11433832
they will alwys finish with anonymous fanfiction when they realize their death is imminent, so GRRM first probably

[Anonymous No.11434425]

>>11431262

I think I enjoyed it just because he was like a literal manga protag. Sympathy was a pretty cool kinda magic, too.

[Anonymous No.11434518]

>>11433381
>tfw you look like the unholy spawn of Robbie Coltrane and a rabid honey badger but you wear a stupid Dread Pirate Roberts shirt and an even stupider gnome hat to make up for it

[Anonymous No.11434736]

>>11433450
He’s too busy hysterically retweeting the latest trump outrage these days.

[Anonymous No.11434747]

Science fiction peaked with this.

[Anonymous No.11434985]

>>11434736
Didn't he actually blame Trump for the third book never coming out? Even though that was already like 5 years after his second book?

[Anonymous No.11435306]

>>11434985
Yes he said he’s not releasing it while trump is president

[Anonymous No.11435826]

>>11433450
After looking at his Goodreads profile I don't think he's self aware enough to hate the NOTW because he reads a ton of shitty fantasy. He's worse than a woman.

[Anonymous No.11436108]

>>11429745
It's my friend's favourite book and he lend it to me to read it a few weeks ago.
It was easily digestible and an alright story to breeze through. It did make me want to play D&D and is part of the reason I got started writing a story about the most recent Pen and Paper adventure I was on.

[Anonymous No.11436648]

>>11435306
lmfao what a complete faggot

[Anonymous No.11436731]

>>11435306
Would not surprise me if some new villain turned out to be like Trump and it was all about racism and migrants.

[Anonymous No.11436837]

>>11436731
it'd surprise me because that would mean the book had actually been released

[Anonymous No.11438478]

>>11429847
A lot of times, yes. How he handles romantic interaction is terrible. Kvothe brags a lot aswell.

[Anonymous No.11438558]

>>11429810
Mother Night is great too, underrated