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What do you guys think about this?

>> No.2665522

I thought The Corrections was much better

>> No.2665523

White People Problems: A Novel

>> No.2665527

Blandly written and the characters all talk alike.

>> No.2665529

More or less like it, and any book who tries to divulge Malthus ideas is fine for me.

>> No.2665567

i thought the characters were ridiculous (especially the son and the indian bitch) and that it was for the most part very boring

>> No.2665578

corrections was waaay better. it was more self-aware of the ridiculous parts of its story (like Chip in moldavia, or wherever, and the magical treatment for dementia).
freedom had stupid plots, but franzen seemed like he wanted for us to take then seriously.

>> No.2665583

not old enough or highly recommended enough by English professors for /lit/ to openly endorse it. try a messageboard with more mature readers who can think for themselves

>> No.2665588

>>2665583
>try a different mature website for mature persons such as myself who might like it
It's fucking mediocre. Especially disappointing after the Corrections, which was a fabulous novel.

>> No.2665591

>>2665583
>try a messageboard with more mature readers who can think for themselves

>try my blog where everyone thinks like me since i am the only poster

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>>2665583

>> No.2665611

>>2665602
>>2665591

predictable, immature, etc.

>> No.2665624

A little disappointing after The Corrections, which had an almost perfect balance between its characters.

It's still quite good, though. A little preachy. Franzen will come out ahead of the curve when everyone wakes up to the problem of overpopulation in 20 years or so.

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2665649

Far out, did everyone read the corrections while I was away for a few months

>> No.2665661

>>2665624
what problem of overpopulation? we have enough food for everyone (and many more). more people are being fed today than ever before despite population growth. if anything, many countries have a trajectory of shrinking populations. the world pop will likely stabilize by 2050 and technologies to make resources more efficient are only getting better and better.

enjoy living in the end of times or whatever you want to believe

>> No.2665667

I like this better than the corrections. Everyone says that it's hilarious but I found it pretty boring.

The character of the son is unnecessary and excruciantingly boring, no point in denying that

>> No.2665680

>>2665661

>we have enough food for everyone (and many more)

Because of the oil. The more food you need, the more globally dependent of the oil you are, and facing the oil peak, that's not a good thing. A year of scarcity (price raise) will mean a mass starvation. There's too much people in the planet right now.

>> No.2665683

I always thought complaining about "overpopulation" was just another code word for racism, seeing as nearly every developed nation doesn't even have a replacement birth rate.

So I figured "overpopulation" meant "Oh no lots of brown people!"

>> No.2666052

Franzen was not making a point about overpopulation. The whole Thing was just a latent manifstation of the main characters misanthropy. Wich is cured by the end of the book, by the way.