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7948855 No.7948855 [Reply] [Original]

Saw this at the bookstore and flipped through it; the experimental nature of the book seemed interesting but also irritating (those near-empty fucking pages). Is it worth the price and time or is it actually a pretentious piece of shit?

>> No.7948865

you obviously have a prejudice against. don't read it if you don't want to. or borrow it from a library and read it. stop coming here to get your uninformed opinions validated by other dumbasses

>> No.7948906

>>7948865
I'm just asking other people what they thought of the book. At a glance, yes, it seemed pretentious to me but maybe somebody who has read the whole thing can comment on the overall piece and whether they thought it was worth the read or not. You're clearly not the person. Go back to whining about how nobody gives a shit about your writing and post pictures of the books you're reading.

>> No.7948909

>>7948906
you have a bad attitude, kid

>> No.7948910

>>7948906
this thread is literally a "What am I into?" thread so the answer will be always the same: fucking read it

>> No.7948936

>>7948906
fuck off and read the book or don't. stop making stupid threads like this.

>> No.7948984

Make your own decisions.

>> No.7948997

>>7948855
Nigga we have this thread every week. You can check the catalog. I understand where you are coming from but I see the cover of that book as an opening post literally every time I come on /lit/

>> No.7949020

>>7948997
Well, shit, sorry. I'm new to /lit/ so I don't know what has or hasn't been discussed here yet.

>> No.7949029

>>7948855
there has been hundreds of threads about this book and its been mentioned in others. if you havent picked up anything from those go read it.

>> No.7949035

>>7949020
Errr archive I mean. Warosu. Anyway start with the Greeks and actually fucking read and I won't mind, more than what some of us do lol. Don't spend all your time shitposting

>> No.7949040

the long and short of it is that it's an entertaining but uneven book. the weird text shit isn't 2deep4u at all, and is very readable and fun and works well. one of the main strands of the book is annoying though, not due to the formatting, but due to the character being incredibly tedious.

>> No.7949059

>>7949040
read it as well, this guy hit it on the head

>> No.7949161

>>7949040
Johnny is fucking unbearable, yes

>> No.7949179

Who /thumper/ here?

>> No.7949182

>>7949179
whens the last time you ate a ham and cheese croissant

>> No.7949192

>>7949182
I read HoL in 2003 or thereabouts and have no way of determining whether that's a clever reference or a sincere question. So I'll go with the latter and say three days ago. Though it wasn't a croissant.

>> No.7949195

>>7949192
sincere question. thanks for answering, was it good?