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find a flaw

>> No.21320354

>>21320333
>book is about an academic
hardcore cringe. barely even checked.

>> No.21320391

Augustus is better

>> No.21320392

>>21320333
Should I re-read it?
I don't know what to read...

>> No.21320794

he's a pusy

>> No.21320825

>>21320333
Highly Overrated. Sobcore for men. Very faux attempts at already faux profundity.

>> No.21320838

>>21320392
Days and Works

>> No.21320849

>>21320794
Yeah this. When he just let his crazy autistic, bpd wife fuck up his daughter's life like that I wanted to punch a wall.

>> No.21320856

>>21320849
zoomer. zoom zoom zoomie

>> No.21320858

>>21320333
His wife is painted with too harsh a brush. She has no character beyond thwarting his hopes out of spite.

>> No.21320868

>>21320858
>She has no character beyond thwarting his hopes out of spite.
This is all women

>> No.21320899
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21320899

>dude weed lmao
Fuck off

>> No.21321069

>>21320858
No, that's just how your gender works

>> No.21321115

>>21320333
Its not about smoking a fat dart

>> No.21321781

>>21320333
He rapes his wife, Edith.

>> No.21321791

>>21321781
No such thing.

>> No.21321795

>>21320333
DUDE WEED!

>> No.21321807

>>21321791
You mean Edith doesn't exist? Wow man, pretty stoner desu. Not at all sensible like American Psycho is actually about the Gay Scene in the 1980s. Hardbodies dude, hardbodies.

>> No.21321812

>book's not a burroughsian junkie novel

dropped that shit so quick

>> No.21321814

>>21321812
>book's not a burroughsian junkie novel
Oh but it is son, learn to read deeper.

>> No.21321815

>>21320333
The lowercase c

>> No.21321873

>>21320333
Man on the cover looks like Jacob Rees-Mogg, there's your flaw.

>> No.21322021

>>21321781
Consensually.

>> No.21322028

>>21322021
Consent isn't a defence to the rape in marriage exception ;).

>> No.21322034

>>21320849
Me too. He was so passive at home. He loved his daughter and his little study room and let his wife totally fuck both up. I cant even fathom being that spineless. He should have just went and died in the trenches. LOMAX RULES

>> No.21322040

>>21322034
>The narrator totally fooled me.
I'd love to see your take on Catcher or Lolita.

>> No.21322042

>>21320333
I found it tiresome, really.

>> No.21322076

>>21322040
Not every narrator is some duplicitous trickster. He painted himself in a despicable light. Do you not believe a single thing a narrator says? that's ridiculous. Stoner isnt dishonest and I dont see why you would think he is. You don't have to be so resolutely contrarian about everything you know, it doesn't make you look smart.

>> No.21322082

>>21322076
>Stoner isnt dishonest and I dont see why you would think he is.
He is, a little bit:
>his youth is protrayed more awkward than it was, because he's ashamed of it
>his marriage is portrayed with more spite than it deserves, because he's got some resentment for his wife
>his work portrayed as more boring than it is, because he's tired of it

>> No.21322087

>>21322082
If he feels ashamed and spiteful and bored that means he is dude.
I said he was spineless at home, he was. He did let his wife ruin his favorite room in the house. He did let his relationship with his daughter deteriorate through inaction. None of that is refuted by you claiming 'le unreliable narrator'
You just listed a bunch of very valid reasons for those feeling. I dont see what you are trying to prove.

>> No.21322098

>>21320333
It's pretty good but I wouldn't say it's free of flaws. In all honesty I at times found it hard to emphasize with Stoner, I just didn't feel like I knew enough about him, along with the fact I didn't have enough detail about daily life. But I am a huge fan of super detailed books and enjoy Proust because of that. So take what I said lightly.

>>21320849
I would argue he didn't "let" her do anything. He just didn't have lots of experience with women and probably didn't know what to do I think.

>>21320858
I somewhat agree honestly. It was alluded to that she had a troubled upbringing, but I really wish they talked about it a lot more, would have made her more than a spiteful woman for no reason.

>> No.21322125

>>21322087
>You just listed a bunch of very valid reasons for those feeling. I dont see what you are trying to prove.
I'm a different anon, I only comment on Stoner not being a 100% accurate narrator - he doesn't straight up intentionally bamboozle the reader, but he does present and style things in a way that portray his feelings, which is ultimately good for the book.
>If he feels ashamed and spiteful and bored that means he is dude
Indeed.

>> No.21323703

>>21320333
Its fucking boring
I gave it a fair try but never finished it, absolutely dull