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>start reading
>10+ pages written like a wikipedia article
>all tell no show

I know it's one of your favorite books, /lit/, but I'm already struggling to keep focus. Is the entire book like that?

>> No.8260208

>falling for the "show, don't tell" meme

>> No.8260218

>>8260188
>all tell no show
Platitudes for amateur writers general?

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8260258

>>8260188

>all tell no show

>> No.8260261

If you can't focus for 10 fucking pages why even bother trying to read more 900 pages?

>> No.8260540

>>8260188
>can't even get through the first 10 pages
you should just drop it and start reading something that you actually like.

>> No.8260560

I've read 700 pages and I'm starting to get tired of all the women who are raped both vaginally and anally. Is it worth continuing?

>> No.8260569

>>8260560
Part 5 is the best.

>> No.8260578

>>8260560
Yes, that part is meant to be difficult to read. The last part is the best. Made me cry.

>> No.8261007

>>8260208
>>8260218
>>8260258
You're all literally idiots.

>> No.8261071

>>8260188
maybe The Hunger Games is more your reading comprehension. I hear it's got lots of explosions.

>> No.8261090

>>8261071
there are no explosions in the hunger games

>> No.8261147

You are shit at reading OP, go and read Harry Potter.

>> No.8261154

2666 is a borefest with no redeeming qualities, I'm not sure why people include it as a 'meme' with much better books like the recognitions

>> No.8261161

>>8261090
Cannons are explosions.

>> No.8261197

1st part is the best part.

>> No.8261203

>>8261090
what about when katniss literally explodes the careers food source? How retarded are you?
The entire last book is explosions. Try coloring books, they're more your speed.

>> No.8261236

>>8260188
ignore the idiots.

the book is basically a first draft. Bolano died before he could rewrite the entire thing.

>> No.8261245

>>8261236
yea, honestly. I dont get people becoming so immediately defensive over something thats clearly unfinished

>> No.8261273

>>8261007
No u

>> No.8262603

>>8261147
>>8261071
And I thought /a/ was bad.

>> No.8262659
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8262659

>>all tell no show

>> No.8262681

>reading translations

>> No.8262689

>>8261245
You are a pleeeeb.

>> No.8263606

>>8262603
>he goes to /a/
>he watches chink cartoons
And you wonder why you don't get it.

>> No.8263938

>>8260188
What's better boys, savage detectives or 2666