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14764142 No.14764142 [Reply] [Original]

ITT crappy books /lit/ tricked you into reading

>> No.14764148

This is on the top of my to-read pile, indeed, as a result of /lit/ hype.

Can you do me a favour and tell me why I shouldn't read it?

>> No.14764157

Sein und Zeit

>> No.14764334

Ligotti’s actual short stories and poetry are great.

>> No.14764362

>>14764148
The entire book is him just systematically shitting on every possible belief system. Contrary to the cover/title it’s basically like a long essay.

>> No.14764679

>>14764362
Sounds pretty based to me.

>> No.14764706

>>14764148
I don't think it lives up to the hype at all, but I still think its worth a read. Its needlessly pessimistic and the "arguments" he puts forth are basically as complex as an angsty fourteen-year-olds. Its basically just a bunch of nihilistic food for thought in essay form, not a structured philosophical argument.Still, there's some interesting perspectives in the midst of the shit. Its okay

>> No.14764976

>>14764142
It's ok. Overhyped for sure.

>> No.14765010

>>14764142
I got this book, but with a discrete black cover. Fuck not judging a book, this cover is garbage I wouldn't have given it a chance over it

>> No.14765762

>>14764706
>>14764362
It's harder to pick up on if you haven't read any of his short stories but there's a very tongue in check black humor throughout this book. It ended up being more fun than it sounds IMO, although it is overall seriously arguing some very depressive points

>> No.14765804

Ligotti has anhedonia. He is mentally ill.
>inb4 not a refutation
Why would you want to subject yourself to his clinical misery?

>> No.14765900

>>14764142
Sadly I've been very gullible. I was tricked into reading Evola, Guenon, and The Culture of Critique, all of which were a waste of time.

>> No.14765991

>>14764334
I don't rate him, they're either patische imitations of Lovecraft or innane meta pieces.

>> No.14766106

>>14765804
Not a refutation.
>reading a book = subjecting oneself to the book's author or his ideas

>> No.14767311

>>14764142
I honestly liked this book and agree with Ligotti on many points. He masterfully presents the human condition as a horror story. If you cannot see the logic in his arguments then you merely suffer from the delusion he mentions in the book.

>> No.14767360

>>14765900
CoC is amazing though

>> No.14767365

>>14767311
>suffer from
That's a funny way of saying benefit from

>> No.14767380

>>14767365
that's the whole point of the book. seeing worth in something that is inherently worthless doesn't benefit anybody.

>> No.14767390

>>14765900
Yes tell the good goys how much these books suck