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So I read The Cement Garden today because my ex gave it to me and for some reason every like third page is spattered with dried-in blood prints.

It is a decent read bro you should read it. Nothing special as far as style is concerned, I thought the whole story was really depressing and I just felt fuckin drained after reading it. It is one of those novels that are so obviously predisposed to psychoanalytic interpretation. Anyone else read this? What did you guys make of it

>> No.1365629

No-one has read this riveting tale of incest and coming-of-age-except-not-really?

>> No.1365638

damn i think i would really hate you from 2+ years ago D&E

think your ex might have cut herself while reading it or dry fucked it while on her period & now tht you've read it you're 'together 4v3r'

>> No.1365640

>mfw the one time D&E has a decent post no one responds

>mfw everyone hates him or has him blocked

>> No.1365642

You're now aware your ex was reading this book and schlicking while on her period.

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1365644

>Deep&Edgy
>Speaking candidly about a book he's read

>> No.1365645

>>1365640
no, i think people just skip generic ian mcewan book threads, thats why i didnt even notice the trip before.

>> No.1365664

>>1365645
>skip threads about a book
>on literature board

Doesn't even make sense, man.

>> No.1365670

maybe this would be a lot more topical if incest wasn't a meme

>> No.1365685

>>1365664
>reading comprehension severely lacking
>replying to people on a literature board
hey stop ruining our fun, we're not here to teach you. lurk moar until you're capable.

>> No.1365696

>>1365670
no because Ada or Ador is a bajigillion times better.

i guess without reading this is a meaningful+deep romance novel with incest

>> No.1365704

>>1365696
>i guess without reading this is a meaningful+deep romance novel with incest

Yeah uh I did not get that from this novel nor did I get the sense that it was a "beautiful tragedy" as my ex put it.

"Social services nightmare" comes to mind, sorry if that is not mythopoetic for every1 here.

>> No.1365714

>>1365704
lol.

so was the blood thing made up just so we'd reply to the thread?

>> No.1365721

>>1365714
No, true story dawg.

>> No.1365749

I'm reading Saturday by McEwan right now and by far it is one of the shittiest books of all time

>> No.1365758

ian mcewan writes the same story every time

his prose is nice and he gets pretty well into the psychology of his characters, but i wouldn't consider anything he's written canon

>> No.1365765

>mfw this thread is full of tybrax and D&E

>> No.1365768

>>1365670

To which Incest meme do you refer? I'm unfamiliar with any.

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1365773

>>1365765
>4posts
you wish your ass was full of me & d&e

>> No.1365776

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>> No.1365788

Enduring Love is fucking shit dawg I have to study that shit it's awful.