Good for someone who doesn’t read?

[Anonymous No.20642748]

A friend of mine wanted advice on how to start reading as a hobby, since they probably got the attention span of your average zoomer I’m thinking of giving them pic. They seemed very curious about it.
Personally loved it, especially the letters of the narrator by his fucked up mom at the end as well as the house-plot itself.

You think ergodic lit like that would be good for someone to start off reading, just so they can find joy in it first?

[Anonymous No.20643147]

I usually just recommend something short, easy to read, but good, like The Hobbit or The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea

[Anonymous No.20643179]

>>20642748
Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
Albert Camus, The Stranger

[Anonymous No.20643190]

>>20642748
Give him The Sound & The Fury just to fuck with him. That opening benji chapter will do the trick.

[Anonymous No.20643192]

>>20643147
Those are good if you’re already someone who likes reading, but I think they lean more towards edgy thrillers, if you could recommend any
>>20643179
Read Albert Camus, The Plague. If it’s anything like it, with an interesting background plot but just a lot of philosophy at the forefront I don’t think it’d be good for beginners

[Anonymous No.20643204]

>>20643190
>First narrative by someone mentally disabled
Recommendation-wise it sounds right on the money lol thx

[Anonymous No.20643210]

How does it end? I dropped it about 70 pages before the end, right after Navidson went back to the house. Read all the complimentary parts, too. This books is the definition of style over substance.
Johnny is Zampano, right?

[Anonymous No.20643253]

>>20643210
Pretty sure he dies, with the footage of him disappearing into the void of the house. And yeah, but style is what can catch someone’s attention and get them to invest into the reading experience when they usually wouldn’t, hence why I chose it. It’s worth finishing for the letters at the end tho, keeps you reading after the house plot.
It’s the bit I actually found captivating in Johnny’s life. Don’t think so, atleast I didn’t have any suspicions of that.

[Anonymous No.20643275]

>>20642748
I don't know, I wouldn't give a book to someone who can't read the same as I wouldn't give a framed picture to someone fully blind.

[Anonymous No.20643313]

>>20643147
fpbp

[Anonymous No.20644686]

>>20642748
please dont. not only is this 8ook long and 8oring 8ut it is 8ad in general

[Anonymous No.20644922]

>>20644686
Eh, it’s decently entertaining, story isn’t bad either,

[Anonymous No.20646481]

>>20642748
This book actually did get me into literature in high school