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Is it kino?

>> No.13162797

>>13162161
yes

>> No.13162806
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13162806

Nope. Overrated af

>> No.13162822

>>13162806
What page?

>> No.13163282

>>13162161
Definitely in the top 3 of books I've had the most fun reading.

Read V. first though.

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13163418

Didn't make it that far, but what I did read was really good. I'm reading V. and plan to do Lot 49 next. I hope GR makes more sense after reading those.

>> No.13163914

>>13162806
but do you think it's a kino?

>> No.13164240

>>13163418
It makes less sense

>> No.13164303

>>13164240
Never gonna make it

>> No.13164387

>>13162161
its the drakengard 3 of literature

>> No.13165913

GR is the Evangelion of literature.
By which I mean contrived, pretentious garbage you read when you're in that 'seeking the most complex and intellectual' phase, mostly find it painfully boring but convince yourself that the good parts were brilliant for the sake of feeling superior to the plebs.

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>>13165913
It's the same story too :)

>> No.13167374

>>13162161
It's a book.. Retard.

>> No.13167394

>>13167374
>he doesn't know

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13167507

I haven't read GR but I have read Lot 49, and though it was very odd, I found Pynchons prose to be extremely interesting to read. I can only imagine that V. and GR are going to be very very interesting when I get to them

>> No.13167519

Gravity's Rainbow is literally Evangelion if you pay attention to the backstory

>> No.13167579

>>13167519
I haven't finished GR yet, so is The Counterforce anything like the Third Impact?

>> No.13168985

>>13167519
GET IN THE FUCKING TOILET

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>>13165913
>pretentious garbage you read when you're in that 'seeking the most complex and intellectual' phase
I believe most people have clear in their mind that GR is a goofy mess, and although it is complex due to lots of characters and stories crossing each other and going back and forward in time, it never feels pretentious.
>mostly find it painfully boring but convince yourself that the good parts were brilliant for the sake of feeling superior to the plebs.
there is literally not one boring page, I have never laughed as good and as often as I did reading GR.

you don't need to trash it just to feel better about not reading it, all right? and tom is a very cool guy, don't go disrespecting him like that

>> No.13169153

>>13162161
pure

>> No.13169296

no its boomer trash
>>13169134
cringe

>> No.13169710

>>13169134
It's funny though, once you think about it you realize the main narrative is rather straightforward though, just digressive and non linear so ofc it's gonna be a bit much to juggle on the first read.

Also pynchon is better at cutaways than Seth himself :)