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What are books that do the 'multiple different plot threads all coming together at the end' well?

>> No.12946782

infinite jest

>> No.12946792

>>12946764
the bible

>> No.12946801

my diary desu

>> No.12946806

>>12946801
No, MY diary desu

>> No.12947280

>>12946806
desu wrote a lot of diaries phew

>> No.12947356

>>12946764
The Club Dumas

>> No.12947518

Los Girasoles Ciegos

>> No.12947523
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12947523

>>12946764
none of them. books should be a linear progression of thoughts from a single observer, the same as our lives.

>> No.12947525

>>12946764

Out of what I've read recently, Pynchon's V.

>> No.12947555

redwall is the best for this, in my opinion it surpasses lord of the rings as the jewel of twentieth century literature's eye

>> No.12947581

>>12947523
Based.

But seriously, the problem with multiple protagonists is that unless your readers like all of them they're going to be bored for the portions of your book that are about the character they don't care about. That's why I tend to avoid the "it's two/three/four/five! plots in one" books.

>> No.12947790

>>12947581
But a story is more than just the protagonist, so you could have the same thought process for all of your other characters. I understand that the protagonist is sort of the center of a story, but as long as they're halfway decent there shouldn't be too much of a problem.

I think the real problem is actually writing a cohesive, multiple plot story that ends well.

>> No.12947802

2666

>> No.12947840

Game of Thrones books.
The show is now terrible, it’s overly popular, yes. But the books are really good when taken as a whole and it weaves the characters well.

>> No.12948248

>>12947840
>game of thrones books plot coming together at the end
>at the end
lol

>> No.12948263

>>12947581
As far as I can tell, most readers only want one character that they like and identify with and they do not care if that person is the protagonist, antagonist or one of many protagonist, the protagonist for all practical purposes the character they identify with most. As long as the relationships between the characters reflect each character properly, most readers do not care.

>> No.12948284

>>12947523
Not at all. Books should be describing a fragmented, non-linear, collaging chaos of reality that affects various people in various ways, same as our world.

>> No.12948291

V. by Pynchon

>> No.12948311

Tom Jones

>> No.12948317

>>12946764
Most Gibson books

>> No.12948318

>>12946782
Hilarious

>> No.12948333

>>12947523
My life hasn't been a linear progression.

>> No.12948370

>>12948333
t. time traveller

>> No.12948608

>>12946764
Water Margin

>> No.12948661

>>12946782
>IJ
>coming together
Good joke. A jest, even

>> No.12948696

>>12948661
>IJ was too much for me
cute

>> No.12948766

Gravity’s Rainbow

>> No.12948776

Subarashiki Hibi

>> No.12948794

>>12948318
>>12948661
>I didn't actually read the book but I'll pretend I did and that I hated it for big dick nerd points

>> No.12948795

>>12948766
>Gravity’s Rainbow

multiple different plot threads not coming together at all in the end, the book.

>> No.12948817

>>12948795
That’s why they do come together. Think in the fourth dimension, you fucking brainlet.