/lit/ - Literature

[Deep&Edgy !pSkjEcB9sQ No.1518847]

Post the last book you read followed by a rating out of ten, commenting if you feel appropriate.

6.5/10

[Anonymous No.1518851]

I am tired of these 'post them books' threads, but I will generously comply.

Last book read:
'The man who was Thursday' by Chesterton.

Comments:

A book against anarchist/socialist movement then burgeoning in England. The chapter, 'The earth in Anarchy' was particularly scary. I liked the way how G.K. handles the issue philosophically with its great 'twist' ending. A good mix of humour and thrill.

[Anonymous No.1518852]

ID ONT READ LOL U NERD AGOTS I PLAY VIDEO GAMES GODAM UR LAME

[Anonymous No.1518854]

after the quake
7.5

The surreal stuff isn't for me, but the last story was excellent.

[Anonymous No.1518857]

Watership Down

9/10

Absolutely fantastic high-fantasy journey; very factual yet interesting

I loved it

[Anonymous No.1518859]

>>1518851
>I am tired of these 'post them books' threads, but I will generously comply.

oh thank you so much, without your input we couldnt have done this and we're all so glad you did this thank you somuch.

[Anonymous No.1518861]

6/10

[Shitty Leith Apartment Fag No.1518862]

Naked Lunch - Burroughs

8.5/10

This is one fucked up journey that wont be forgotten anytime soon.

[♥onionring♥ !Rrxa7zePwI No.1518870]

http://www.amazon.com/Great-Stagnation-Low-Hanging-Eventually-ebook/dp/B004H0M8QS/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_2
9

[Anonymous No.1518873]

Mort by Terry Pratchett

Light-hearted fantasy, Pratchett is witty, and the humour ingenious.

[Anonymous No.1518879]

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, by Stephenie Meyer

8.5/10 - cleaned up a lot of loose ends and was generally excellent. Fantastic narrative, as always. I love they ambiguity in characterisation; Meyer never patronises her audience and I love the subversion of what a typical 'teenage novel' is.

Would recommend.

[Anonymous No.1518881]

>>1518862
I'm a /co/mrade. Is this book anything like the Filth, by Grant Morrison, in terms of fucked-diddley-upped ness?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Filth_(comics)
Also, Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, 8 / 10
Really good, sci-fi elements and a great amount of satire on politics and religion. Ending was terrific.

[Shitty Leith Apartment Fag No.1518885]

>>1518881
>in terms of fucked-diddley-upped ness?
It's more so than filth. But if you liked Filth you may like this. I pretty much love anything Grant Morrison churns out though.

[Anonymous No.1518888]

8/10

I kind of feel like a wimp because I really almost threw up there near the end and had to force myself to finish. It was a great book though, lots of 'fuck yeah' moments and a lot of gore, with at least one rather major character dieing every 20 pages. I think this is the first modern Chinese lit book I've read, but it definitely makes me want to read more.

[Anonymous No.1518902]

>>1518885
Oh, awesome. I too am a big fan of Morrison's, All Star Superman and The Invisibles being my favorites. Thanks, man.

[Anonymous No.1518911]

Dracula, motherfuckers.

I'd go with maybe some kind of 8.5 or 9/10. It loses a bit by being epistolary, which creates a lot of disbelief that has to be suspended, and sometimes it's just too... well, gay. Everyone cries a lot and it's weird.

But it's a great book!

[Anonymous No.1518920]

american psycho, 8/10, the plot was fantastic and the way he projected the consumerist yuppie attitude with an insane, mentally disturbed serial killer was amazing, though i think the full chapters dedicated to bands are a bit unneeded, but are described very well by patrick.

[Anonymous No.1518931]

'Godless' by rageddy Mann tranny "I have a penis" coulter.

-9001/10

plan to write a line-by-line ruination of everything he/she said in this book

[Anonymous No.1518937]

>>1518931
>'Godless' by rageddy Mann tranny "I have a penis" coulter.

Confirmed for child still in petulance phase. (I hate Coulter, but good lord you're immature).

[Anonymous No.1518963]

9/10 for the first two acts, 7/10 for the final act.

[Anonymous No.1518972]

>>1518931
You liberals are all the same. You all think that nature is God and that men are monkeys.

Nothing is more anti-scientific, illogical and faith-based than liberalism.

[Anonymous No.1518994]

>>1518937
I disagree, I laughed at that post.

[Anonymous No.1519008]

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

7/10

[Anonymous No.1519034]

"Last Exit to Brooklyn" by Hubert Selby Jr.

9.5/10

completely had sex with my brain. non-consensual anal sex

it was brilliant

[Anonymous No.1519054]

The Cossacks.

6/10. I can tell that it's good, and all, but I feel like it went over my head.

[Anonymous No.1519063]

la classe de neige - Emmanuel Carrère

1/10

One of the most awful books I have ever read. I wonder why I finished it. I give it one point just because it was turned into a movie and the author took the effort of writing and publishing it.

[Anonymous No.1519069]

Les Sept Jours du talion - Patrick Senécal

7.5/10

A good book, but not nearly as good as some of his others.

[Anonymous No.1519081]

8/10

Fun read for the most part. Didn't like Craw's ending. And I didn't appreciate all the Bloody-Nine teasers and then him not actually appearing in the book at all OR being confirmed alive or dead.

[None !WvWWh.l.CE No.1519142]

7.253/10.

Didn't really get the point of 'existence precedes essence'. I thought most people nowadays were aware that things are more than their essence from physics/biology like we can only see so many colours/other animals don't use words to perceive things/might only see in shades, etc. Isn't that what he means?

And also that gay 'living in the moment/present' shit like Camus. No one really does that and why wouldn't the burden of it just cause Roquentin to give up his freedom again/find some other routine to live through eventually?

Did I not understand? you guys said this was entry-level :/ Should I read the Being and Nothingness/No Exit?

[Anonymous No.1519162]

And in between they boast that they've succeeded in getting rid of their unhappiness, but everyone knows it's not true and they've simply kept it all to themselves. Since at that little game you get uglier and more repulsive as you grow older, you can't hope to hide your unhappiness, your bankruptcy, any longer. In the end your features are marked with that hideous grimace that takes twenty, thirty years or more to climb from your belly to your face. That's all a man is good for, that and no more, a grimace that he takes a whole lifetime to compose. The grimace a man would need to express his true soul without losing any of it is so heavy and complicated that he doesn't always succeed in completing it.

10/10

[Anonymous No.1519181]

And in between they boast that they've succeeded in getting rid of their unhappiness, but everyone knows it's not true and they've simply kept it all to themselves. Since at that little game you get uglier and more repulsive as you grow older, you can't hope to hide your unhappiness, your bankruptcy, any longer. In the end your features are marked with that hideous grimace that takes twenty, thirty years or more to climb from your belly to your face. That's all a man is good for, that and no more, a grimace that he takes a whole lifetime to compose. The grimace a man would need to express his true soul without losing any of it is so heavy and complicated that he doesn't always succeed in completing it.

10/10

[None !WvWWh.l.CE No.1519185]

>>1519181
it was so good you forgot your picture

[Anonymous No.1519182]

7/10

Very interesting ideas, somewhat flawed execution.

[None !WvWWh.l.CE No.1519207]

>>1519142
so entrylvl you wont even help me out

[DeadSunshine !!3DODQ2wnTJt No.1519305]

9/10 This book is all kinds of fucked up. But I finished it in one sitting and just could not put it down. Story about twins that are left at there grandmother's during WWII. This book has murder, dog fucking, straight shota. It is just a shocking book on how these twins survive the war.

[Anonymous No.1519319]

>>1519182
Rucker is insane.

[Fabulous !!GXZe+d0RTva No.1519337]

Candide

7/10

which was the voice of reason?

Martin?

[Anonymous No.1519340]

A Cool Million - Nathanael West
10/10
Read it for my course about Violence in American literature, I'd never heard about it before and it really just blew me away. Reading it was like watching someone pick a scab. Really fucking good, highly recommended.
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0608941.txt

[Anonymous No.1519369]

9.8/10

Amazing. Chekhov, Strindberg and Ibsen plays are never as powerful to me as the American plays. Probably because I don't live in 19th century Europe and I can read them in their original language. Okay, maybe they have a big advantage..

[Anonymous No.1519384]

Catch-22

8.5/10

Pretty funny.

[Anonymous No.1519399]

Les Miserables.

9.9/10

The .1 being subtracted due to some moments where Hugo's insatiable desire for telling me about the structures of France went on, I feel, for too long.

But those last few scenes, man... I shed a manly tear or two.

[Anonymous No.1519410]

The Gun Seller - Hugh Laurie

Surprisingly good for a first foray into writing.
8/10

[Anonymous No.1519449]

>>1519399

It's 15/10 when it's written in French.
French lit translates terribly into English. German is ok, but English, nope.

[None !WvWWh.l.CE No.1519455]

>>1519449
>French lit translates terribly into English. German is ok, but English, nope
wut? i thought german sentence structure was really different whereas the only complication you have in french is the adjective coming after noun?

my french is higher/A-level. is that like good enough for Camus etc? probably not and not worth the bother tuning-up..

also you fags i thought /lit/ was really keen on existentialist stuff >>1519142
?

[Anonymous No.1519459]

9/10
One of the best books I have read.
Lost a point for dragging on at times. I get it, Goldmund is irresistible to women.

[Shitty Leith Apartment Fag No.1519462]

>>1519455
Camus is pretty much the Orwell of France. He writes in a simple language, but portrays really well what he is trying to write.

Also, French - English is okay. I'd still say read it in French if you can though.

Also, Nausua is good, don't worry if you didn't "get it". It's open to interpretation. I would suggest reading No Exit though.

[Anonymous No.1519476]

Room by Emma Donoghue
8/10


Twisted yet tender, this plight will be w/ you long after you put the book down. A definite must read of 2010

[Anonymous No.1519480]

OP could've spent five more seconds on google to find a better fucking picture.

[Anonymous No.1519481]

>>1519410

Hugh Laurie is a triple threat. good at acting, playing music and writing.

[Anonymous No.1519483]

The Adventure of Huckleberry Fin

By Mark Twain

8.5

I liked it because it reminded me of what it was like to be a child.

[Anonymous No.1519536]

Women in Love
8.7/10
Left me utterly depressed over the fragility of human relationships, but amazed at the skill in evoking such.

[Anonymous No.1519568]

The Midwich Cuckoos
9/10
I absolutely adore Wyndham, the way he 'British'es' destructive scenarios is brilliant.
Also, I couldn't help but see the parallel between the Children and the ever increasing presence of Islam in Europe. So there's that, too,

[Anonymous No.1519857]

Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs

9/10 - my second time reading it. You really do get lost in the strange, fucked up world he lived in and forget that it's actually a memoir. His writing style is very humorous, too, which I like.

[Anonymous No.1519910]

understanding media by marshal mcluhan 10/10 and im not even halfway through. ive already recommended this on another thread but damn it its just that good. the guy was a fucking bona fide genius.

[Anonymous No.1519965]

>>1518888
Me again.

Just finished this one, and I'd say 9/10, if only for the badass life that the author led. Nervous breakdowns, cougar, Buddhist scholar, Paris; she was pretty amazing. The stories themselves are all tinged with a creepiness and melancholy. My favorite would probably be "The House Spirit," although "The River" was particularly haunting.

[Anonymous No.1520170]

7/10.

[Anonymous No.1520197]

7.5/10

Can definitely tell the author isnt a master of the craft, but that actually improved the book. You can see the...seams...of the writing. the structure. You find yourself thinking "oh, I see what he did there." With more experienced authors, all you can see is the narrative.

It's a work of parody, and the jokes can sometimes run on a little. Also very niche. I'm in it's demographic, but anyone who isnt will just be confused. To anyone that knows zilch about modern MMOs, it will fall pretty flat.

[Anonymous No.1520901]

Dexter by Design - 7/10

It was quite enjoyable, but I can't say I'd ever read it again. Certainly better than the abortion that was the third book though.

[Brownbear !5EJ71eKlNQ!!6SnjW+BUlLP No.1520935]

9/10
one of my new fav's

[Anonymous No.1520939]

>>1520901
>Certainly better than the abortion that was the third book though.
Only read #1 and I'm actually quite interested in reading #3. Is it objectively very bad, or is it more "not like a Dexter book" bad?

[Anonymous No.1520951]

9.5/10

just when i was about to give up on fantasy altogether, i stumble onto this. fucking brilliant

[Anonymous No.1520960]

>>1520935
i'm not a big fan of surrealism, but kafka really does it brilliantly

[Anonymous No.1520963]

it was a short story collection from haruki murakami. Where I'm Likely To Find It and Birthday Girl were 11/10, the rest was kinda meh.

[Anonymous No.1520974]

Joan of Arc by Mark Twain

10/10

Probably Twain's most obscure work, and yet he spent somewhere around 10+ years of research and writing to perfect it. I recommend you all read it, for Joan of Arc is probably the most remarkable female in the history of the world...I love her.

[Anonymous No.1520989]

>>1520974
John the Evangelist was a cooler schizophrenic, you can't beat the book of revelations with some puny god-voice

[Anonymous No.1520991]

>>1520974
>probably the most remarkable female in the history of the world...I love her.

"I think she's great--you can too!"

[Anonymous No.1521009]

>>1520989
I would think Joan of Arc was schizophrenic if it wasn't France, of all nations, that she was able to lead to victory. To make France win battles instead of waving its white flag as usual, I think there really was something divine in contact with Joan.

Besides her divine or possibly schizophrenic traits, she is incredibly intelligent for a peasant girl (able to defend herself in court twice with very coolly and intelligently). It was only by trickery that she met her final fate; the entire court was against Bishop Cauchon.

Also, Twain portrays Bishop Cauchon as probably the most vile and disgusting excuse of a human being you will ever read about.

[Anonymous No.1521017]

>>1521009
is there mention of gilles de rais? that motherfucker was crazy

[Anonymous No.1521024]

>>1521017
Not that I recall, he seems like a more obscure figure that Twain might not have known of then. Pretty interesting reading his wiki though.

[Anonymous No.1521077]

7.5/10

Good book, a bit unbelieveable, but it was like going to watch a saw movie, you dont go for the fucking character development

[Anonymous No.1521228]

>>1520939

Definitely more in a 'not dexter' kind of way, though it's not very well done regardless.