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Hey Lit I just took 3 years off my work and I've been spending my time reading 10~15 hours a day
I have been reading a lot of horror/creepy books that people were saying 'shocking' or 'scary', but I couldn't get myself to feel anything reading those books
Does anyone here have some suggestions?
I want to prove myself wrong of my preconceived notion that books can't be scary

Should I try the novel shining?
How different is it from the movie?

>> No.4346402
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>>4346389

>quit his job, wasted 3 years reading pulp fiction
>feels nothing about them

what a surprise

>> No.4346416

>>4346402
I just started
I'll be crusing the world over a duration of 1.5 years or 2 years so I'll have shitton of time reading
I've read books in the past but they've all been meh

anyways any books that actually scare you? or mindfuck

>> No.4346421

>>4346389
You should probably follow a curriculum for reading

>> No.4346426

>>4346416
What kind of job do you have when you can just take 3 years off and travel the world?

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>>4346416
>anyways any books that actually scare you? or mindfuck

not scary but worth checking out:

Les Chants de Maldoror
The Mysterious Stranger

>> No.4346446

>>4346426
Oh its just a planned duration
In actuality It'll be like 2 years
My country has a mandatory 2 years of military service but I just got a foreign citizenship so I decided to do what I've always wanted
The trip itself is pretty cheap, I have money saved up :3

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>>4346436
>Les Chants de Maldoror


fuck that book

>> No.4346461

>>4346446
I didn't understand fully but congratulations and have fun.

>> No.4346466

>>4346461
I basically have to go to the military for 2 years before I turn 28 but I don't have to
so I decided to just take a trip around the world through a boat which was surprisingly cheaper than I thought

>> No.4346468

>>4346436
I'm currently reading The mysterious stranger, Satan is spot on in a very creepy way. I've always wanted to read it never got around to it, I'm glad I finally got to do it.

>> No.4346490

>>4346468

yes I was really surprised Twain could write something so edgy (in a good sense)...