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when does this book get good?
So far through 25 pages it is the most mediocre thing I have ever read and I question whether or not I should keep reading

>> No.13945610

Never. You got memed into reading YA for Americans. Just as bad as Kurt Vonnegut

>> No.13945758

>>13945601
If it isnt funny to you, that means its about you.

>> No.13945784

The protagonist goes around with some old Roman philosophy book, how quaint.

>> No.13945849

>>13945758
Or maybe it’s just shit

>> No.13945860

i want to write my thesis about this book but i have no idea what i could write about

>> No.13945939

>>13945601
It took me until about 40 or 50 pages in to "get" it. I was laughing and smirking the rest of way.

If you don't find it funny, it's because you're a lazy shithead pedant like Ignatius and the other morons on here.

>> No.13946133

>>13945601
Imagine considering dropping a book 25 pages in

>> No.13946142

>>13946133
I dropped Atlas Shrugged 5 pages (0.43%) in

>> No.13947034

Who is responsible for this abortion of a thread.

>> No.13947125

>>13945601
For me? Second page. I'm currently reading and I think it's great.

>> No.13947181

>>13946133
>t. I read all of Twilight.

>> No.13947256

not my favorite book by any means, many of the characters are clumsy caricatures, but there is one scene of note. him masturbating thinking about his childhood pet dog.

>> No.13947397

>>13945601
I found the first 100 pages endearing, the second 100 a little samey, and by page 300-something--or whatever the length, I was more than two thirds of the way through by that time--I had just lost interest. Never finished it, still a shame about the poor guy taking his life.

>> No.13947409

the ending is a bullshit edit. everyone knows what the real ending was. and it sure af wasn't
>and they lived happily ever after
hint: ignatius was a self insert and the book was a note, not a novel

>> No.13947421

>>13947409
Yeah, the ending almost ruined the whole novel for me. There's no way Toole wrote that.

>> No.13947443

>>13947409
Nah, i think you’re wrong there pal. Ignatius is not a self insert, and he’s certainly not the type to off himself.

Incidentally, have you seen those interviews with toole’s ma? Oof, she’s a piece of work

>> No.13947473

>>13947421
I agree. I liked the way it was sort of wrapped up with everyone but Ignatius. He was a disgusting ass and didn't deserve anything except being committed.

>> No.13947480

>>13947443
Somebody here said their great aunt dated Toole in the late 50s. I wonder if it's true.

>> No.13947498

>>13945610
>Just as bad as Kurt Vonnegut
Autism

>> No.13947518

>>13947443
i dunno man, maybe he just filled it with enough bullshit to make it plausibly deniable. lots of pressure on ignatius to get a damn job, and after watching her as you suggested, no question that she might have been able to exert such pressure on the lad. squeezing out a book from him drop by drop.

>> No.13948777

>>13947443
Man, I'd want to kill myself too if that thing was badgering me.

>> No.13948812

This novel is hilarious. The stuff with the professor is my favorite.

>> No.13948815

Gloria!

>> No.13950396

>>13948812
>That letter about St. Cassian of Imola
Tears of laughter.