Go to Goodreads, bring back something fun. This really made me think.

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Anonymous Mon Sep 19 09:47:35 2016 No.8525595 [Reply] [Original]

Go to Goodreads, bring back something fun. This really made me think.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 10:54:23 2016 No.8525744 >>8525595 >find a book that annoys you on pretty much every level >continue reading until you've finished it forwhatpurpose.jpg

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 10:59:16 2016 No.8525757 >>8525744 you don't understand, you hafta complete every book you start or else you won't be able to reach the yearly goodreads challenge goal!

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:01:34 2016 No.8525763 >>8525744 Or else people will say "wow you can't complain about the book if you didn't finish it."

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:05:13 2016 No.8525771 >>8525595 It's always interesting how plebs miss even the most obvious things that make Auster's work interesting.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:14:58 2016 No.8525802 File: 156 KB, 684x982, oygevalt.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I try my best to avoid falling for /pol/ shit and then I see a review beginning with "OY GEVALT" and complaining about antisemitism that isn't even in the book.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:24:33 2016 No.8525825 File: 10 KB, 689x117, the prince.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8525595

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:27:43 2016 No.8525829 File: 50 KB, 641x610, intellectual giant.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8525802 /pol/ shit has the most hilarious rationalizing in its 1 star reviews

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Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:30:58 2016 No.8525842
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>>8525802
At this point, the merge of /pol/ with /lit/, /mu/ and /tv/ is inevitable. /lit/ is yet to take the redpill that their literature was made for / by white men with high IQs and capacity to entertain heavily abstract thought. Such trait is rare among white men and barely unexistant among most ethnical groups in the world.

Yet authors from Iceland are now expected to feel the need to include the political wills of almost alien groups who never cared about literature into their work. Thus, reducing the power of the author over his own creation.

Political correctness is not slowing down, is it?

It won't stop.

/lit/ will have to react at some point or politicians will be ghost-writing their books with their agendas soon.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:31:21 2016 No.8525843 >>8525802 That review doesn't say there was anti-semitism in the book.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:32:02 2016 No.8525849 >>8525840 Was peter jacking it?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:33:26 2016 No.8525853 >>8525842 Yeah this thing that isn't happening is pretty scary isn't it

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:35:38 2016 No.8525856 >>8525853 It isn't? Writers are not getting bashed because they forgot to include a powerful female character or a genius african-american?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:36:31 2016 No.8525857 File: 21 KB, 631x117, infinite jest.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I have not read it but would you say it was misogynistic?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:36:45 2016 No.8525859 >>8525842 First week on /lit/, huh?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:39:35 2016 No.8525865 >>8525856 Not by anybody who matters

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:39:39 2016 No.8525866 >>8525856 For the most part, no.

Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:40:10 2016 No.8525868

>>8525856
>getting bashed
People having negative opinions about literature is not an injustice. In any case, most of that kind of backlash is against popular garbage and genre fiction. Most people are fine with whatever people are represented in classic literary works. Some are not, but why would you get triggered over that? It's senseless.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:41:41 2016 No.8525874 >>8525842 >take the redpill Can I go one thread without some idiot babbling about this shit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:42:59 2016 No.8525878 >>8525874 I don't mind it anymore. I've learned to enjoy the irony.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:43:03 2016 No.8525880 File: 29 KB, 705x288, Untitled.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8525859 guess the book, its often on lit's top 100 and is one of the most influential books of the last 5 centuries

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:45:03 2016 No.8525883 >>8525829 This has to be a joke

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:47:01 2016 No.8525890 File: 82 KB, 657x669, YA reader.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] When a YA reader tries to read out of her comfort zone and is puzzled by lack of adventure and excitement

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:47:34 2016 No.8525891 >>8525802 can we retire the word Cringe already?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:48:03 2016 No.8525893 >>8525883 These days its hard to know

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:49:49 2016 No.8525898 File: 22 KB, 671x134, blinders.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] When someone has their head up their own ass >>8525891 Why? cringe is real, just because people use it wrong does not mean we should dump the word

Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:50:40 2016 No.8525900
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>>8525857
No. A friend of mine claims to have read it. I was talking about it with a girl that he was trying to date at the time and I guess wanted to look "well read". All he kept saying about it was that it was misogynistic and got very mad if anyone asked him which parts. This was a year ago and he still hasn't admitted he didn't read it. Still fun to mess with him about it, though.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:52:35 2016 No.8525906 File: 87 KB, 645x700, YA tract part 1.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:54:09 2016 No.8525912 File: 5 KB, 454x315, 1751zz.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8525890 Can't say I blame her, assays readouts are pretty boring

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:54:16 2016 No.8525914 File: 53 KB, 609x503, YA tract part 2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8525906

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:56:56 2016 No.8525925 >>8525890 What book?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:58:59 2016 No.8525929 >>8525890 >wondered else where kek

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 11:59:57 2016 No.8525933 File: 86 KB, 738x538, halo cost.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] would Shiloah be a book burner?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:00:59 2016 No.8525937 >>8525925 1984 (most of these are from 1984)

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:03:02 2016 No.8525942 File: 27 KB, 705x207, Rob the knob.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8525933

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:07:46 2016 No.8525952 >>8525890 >That first paragraph

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:07:47 2016 No.8525953 >>8525880 The Canterbury Tales? I have a feeling it's not a novel. Please, I have to know.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:19:54 2016 No.8525984 >>8525840 what the fuck

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:20:11 2016 No.8525987 >>8525880 Hamlet? Faust? you were pretty specific with "5 centuries" and I don't see anything else on the list that it could be

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:22:00 2016 No.8525990 >>8525953 >>8525937

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:27:21 2016 No.8526005 File: 56 KB, 702x438, wut.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What is this guy talking about? found it on Hamlet's page

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:28:50 2016 No.8526007 >>8525802 >That misplaced & completely lacking in self-awareness OY GEVALT audible kek

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:29:35 2016 No.8526008 File: 85 KB, 650x686, 2deep4me.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:31:35 2016 No.8526010 File: 19 KB, 634x117, Untitled2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Do people just hate mandatory reading or what? every good work seems to have a review by some girl bitching about her school

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:33:10 2016 No.8526013 >>8526005 schizophrenia

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:35:53 2016 No.8526020 File: 83 KB, 626x688, first paragraph.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8525952 I have a first paragraph for you

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:36:00 2016 No.8526022 >>8525912 I do this for a living. That graph is sexy; the replicates are tight as fuck.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:37:22 2016 No.8526028 File: 75 KB, 555x695, part 2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8526020

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>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:40:53 2016 No.8526036 >these faggots making posts without mentioning the book

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>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:44:29 2016 No.8526046 >>8525942 Please be Fahrenheit 451

Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:44:43 2016 No.8526048
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>>8526036
book is often named in the review. also you could ask so I don't feel like an idiot posting in an empty room. some interaction would be nice. also you could always google the text itself

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:44:51 2016 No.8526049 >>8525595 You should be banned for posting these without mentioning the book. Nobody can be arsed to find the original posts on goodreads.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:45:45 2016 No.8526051 >>8526046 nope still 1984

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:50:35 2016 No.8526073 >>8526048 Just stop being a total dumbass and post the name of the book. I'm not going to type out the text of the review because you can't type a word

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:51:02 2016 No.8526074 >>8526046 Im trying to find a Fahrenheit 451 one but most reviews there are big headache inducing blobs

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:52:03 2016 No.8526078 >>8526073 I will take that into consideration. perhaps you should contribute by posting your own findings

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:52:34 2016 No.8526079 >>8526040 what is this book also, name all books you haven't named pls

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:54:59 2016 No.8526088 File: 43 KB, 663x333, 451.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8526046

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 12:58:14 2016 No.8526097 >>8526079 hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy >>8526034 >>8526020 >>8526028 tale of two cities >>8526010 Hamlet >>8525933 >>8525906 >>8525914 >>8525898 1984 >>8525829 mein kampf >>8525825 The prince by machiavelli

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>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:01:53 2016 No.8526111 File: 38 KB, 716x720, 1471419816146.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8526097

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:03:48 2016 No.8526116 >>8525595 >barring a few plot suprises Rage engaged. It's remarkable how, despite being unrelated, there's both a phonetic and semantic similarity between pleb and plot.

Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:08:39 2016 No.8526128
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>Absolutely not-this is WAY too boring. Wouldn't read it if it were the last book on Earth.
said Zack Dortches but no posts about burning it (at least I did not find any, there are tons of reviews)

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:12:00 2016 No.8526133 File: 37 KB, 674x292, the great gatsby.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] How often is "nothing happens" a legit statement?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:14:30 2016 No.8526142 File: 81 KB, 632x523, the great gatsby 2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8526133

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:14:47 2016 No.8526144 >>8525840 >Hope in Humanity: 0% Remaining

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:15:51 2016 No.8526147 >>8526128 Holy shit Alexa, what is that a sixth grade book report?

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Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:19:46 2016 No.8526158
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>>8526147
yeah half of the reviews are always people complaining that the book was too detailed or complaining that they need someone to hold their hand. This girl took 7 years to finish a book

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:23:32 2016 No.8526166 File: 90 KB, 635x683, Kafka on the Shore part 1.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What Japanese works do you want me to look up

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:24:29 2016 No.8526170 >>8526158 >7 years HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:24:38 2016 No.8526171 File: 70 KB, 575x635, Kafka on the Shore part 2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8526166

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:25:16 2016 No.8526172 File: 414 KB, 620x393, mass.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8525595 >>8525595 >>8525595 Reviewer in Op's pic

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:26:06 2016 No.8526173 >>8526170 anyone who uses gifs in their reviews can instantly be discarded as underage, retarded or both

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:27:11 2016 No.8526176 File: 50 KB, 423x464, actually from hell.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8526172 >>8525595 apparently she's very popular on Goodreads

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:28:54 2016 No.8526183 File: 66 KB, 647x604, Divine kek.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8526172 Did you expect anything different?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:29:15 2016 No.8526184 >>8526049 are ya blind, boyo? It's in the dagnabbit image.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:30:16 2016 No.8526190 >>8525744 what do you think reviewers do? drop a book if it's bad? you gotta finish that shit if it's your job.

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>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:30:58 2016 No.8526193 File: 44 KB, 641x453, worse than hitler.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8526176

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:31:24 2016 No.8526195 >>8526171 >>8526166 Murakami is shit though, KotS was completely uninteresting apart from the early chapters that reported the field trip event. The most "surreal" aspect of the book was the prostitute who was also a philosophy student.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:32:40 2016 No.8526201 >>8525802 >alas, Mandingo. He was a fellow of infinite pipe.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:32:50 2016 No.8526204 >>8525842 Oh look a dumb frog poster.

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>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:37:10 2016 No.8526215 TIME TO THROW A LE EPIC FIT AT LE NORMIES WITH MY LE FELLOW ARTISTIC GENTLEMEN

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:39:42 2016 No.8526223 File: 61 KB, 640x517, trigger warning.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I knew a guy that seriously called it The Count of Monte Crisco

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:40:10 2016 No.8526224 >>8526215 >I'm being more mature than the others

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:40:44 2016 No.8526225 >>8526215 pick up that spaghetti

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:42:18 2016 No.8526230 >>8526215 >seriously thinking normies dont make fun of you when you walk around with a copy of Phänomenologie des Geistes and fake reading it learn to have some fun, Anon.

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>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:43:18 2016 No.8526238 File: 26 KB, 480x480, 1474073104730.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8526223 >The Count of Monte Crisco

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:44:49 2016 No.8526240 File: 46 KB, 642x432, it was good but 1 star.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8526237

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:50:45 2016 No.8526253 File: 72 KB, 628x452, The Wasp Factory.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] any readers of The Wasp Factory can confirm?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:53:51 2016 No.8526260 >>8526215 Which one of these are you?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:55:04 2016 No.8526264 File: 99 KB, 1458x294, Women and Men - Joseph McElroy.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 13:57:17 2016 No.8526272 File: 87 KB, 630x692, Crime_and_Punishment.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Here we have a triple threat 1. read to me mommy 2. not muh waifu 3. it was good but I will give it 1 star

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>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 14:03:21 2016 No.8526295 >>8526253 >Those fat girl angle shots Also some copies of The Wasp Factory have reviews like the second one on the back cover. It's still a pretty good book though and obviously she's a pleb

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 14:10:09 2016 No.8526325 >>8525900 All of 80 pages in. No mysoginy so far. I'll update you when I get to page 81 and so forth

Anonymous Mon Sep 19 14:14:33 2016 No.8526342

>>8525842
>Aristotle's work was saved by the Arab-Muslims while Christians where prosecuting anyone without an explicitly Neoplatonist worldview

>Islam is an inheritor of the Roman values after the collapse of the Empire

>The european diet only stressed the necessity of plant-based food after intermixing with Muslims during the crusades.

fite me irl fags

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 14:18:12 2016 No.8526353 >>8525840 lol i never thought id say it, but im TRIGGERED

Anonymous Mon Sep 19 14:18:20 2016 No.8526354

>>8526342
>>Aristotle's work was saved by the Arab-Muslims while Christians where prosecuting anyone without an explicitly Neoplatonist worldview
this is a meme, maybe specific works were sourced from muslim libraries, but most ancient texts came through finds in europ and the byzantine empire

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 14:23:00 2016 No.8526374 >>8526342 its funny because catholic church was the one that saved most of the Roman writing and bureaucracy(law,etc)

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 14:28:09 2016 No.8526390 cba to screenshot it, but check out American Psycho on goodreads.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 14:43:50 2016 No.8526432 >>8525890 why are women so fucking stupid?

Anonymous Mon Sep 19 14:48:20 2016 No.8526447

>>8526354
Scribes tend to miss important points the further a work is copied. The advantage of Eatern trade wasn't exclusively in finding new work but also cross referencing old scripts that had survived almost exclusively through Boethius. That's a lot of stress to put on one scholar.

>>8526374
It's funny because I said "an inheritor," not the exclusive heir. Paris can trace her roots to entrenched group of Roman aristocrats who refused Viking invasion. Wales and London have similar stories of Romanized Celts carrying on the cultural legacy. Islam was made rich by trade and provided intellectuals with a safe court and wealth of knowledge to peruse studies. The claim made by the frogposter about brown people having no literary traditions is false.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 14:53:43 2016 No.8526468 >>8525856 Not that I've seen t. reader of the big 3 reviews

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 14:57:10 2016 No.8526481 >>8526048 i mean, she's not that wrong

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 14:58:47 2016 No.8526488 >>8525933 >I didn't finish this at all. Why is he even allowed to review the book?

Anonymous Mon Sep 19 15:01:10 2016 No.8526496

The problem with threads like these is that you can use Goodreads every single day, including their "recommendation based of shelf" engine, their social feed, their list functions, and their actual book pages with all the publishing information and printing/edition info, and never see any of this shit.

Then you will have either a goodreads thread in two days or a separate thread asking "why would you cucks use goodreads with all these fuckiing roasties lol take the redpill" without realizing the value of the site.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 15:04:01 2016 No.8526503 >>8525856 >I think /pol/ is not an echo chamber: the post.

Anonymous Mon Sep 19 15:05:42 2016 No.8526512

>>8526496
Gotta say, I use Goodreads quite a lot to keep track of the books I've read and brag to myself about it. And I see that shit almost whenever I read a book review. Even classic genre fiction has some roastie complaining about the casual sexism or something like that.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 15:05:48 2016 No.8526513 File: 73 KB, 823x371, ressentiment.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] the only reason tropic of cancer is considered good is because it gave men boners

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 15:05:55 2016 No.8526514 >>8525857 >>8526325 It's not, but I'm sure "not developing any female characters" can count as mysoginy

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 15:08:12 2016 No.8526524 >>8526513 They didn't actually review anything in that whole screencap.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 15:08:17 2016 No.8526525 >>8525825 i just spat sandwich on my keyboard

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 15:12:06 2016 No.8526532 >>8526512 >almost whenever I read a book review I cant imagine using the book reviews unless its on a scholarly monograph that has like 4-5 reviews and 20 reads.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 15:14:11 2016 No.8526540 >>8525825 wtf I hate women now

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 15:18:15 2016 No.8526551 >>8526532 I dunno, I quite enjoy reading it. It's interesting to see what other people think about it, more to learn more about myself than about other people; what I picked out of the book as opposed to what the majority of people did.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 15:22:14 2016 No.8526565 These reviews can't be real. I can understand not reading, but what kind of sick fuck goes out of their way to read if they don't even understand or enjoy it? Why bother writing a review about it at all?

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>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 15:27:20 2016 No.8526586 >>8526565 A high school student

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 15:29:04 2016 No.8526590 >>8526565 >what kind of sick fuck goes out of their way to read if they don't even understand or enjoy it? sjws

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>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 15:32:58 2016 No.8526602 >>8526593 Should be /lit/ - Literature underneath the post instead of above it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 15:33:51 2016 No.8526605 >>8525842 I am a communist and /pol/ disgusts and fascinates me at the same time. I would send all of them to the gulags though simply because they are so fucking stupid.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 15:36:11 2016 No.8526617 >>8525842 I am a nationalist and think my own culture deserves living room, and /leftypol/ disgusts and fascinates me at the same time. I would send all of them on helicopter rides though simply because they are so fucking stupid.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 15:37:09 2016 No.8526621 File: 9 KB, 662x142, untitled.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8526602

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 15:50:06 2016 No.8526651 >>8526617 Horosho, tovarisch!

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 15:53:18 2016 No.8526660 >>8526651 Russia has enough living space as it is and should stop being imperialistic dickbags ruining whatever country they feel like they can infect with their grubby slav hands.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 16:05:48 2016 No.8526708 >>8526605 Yeah well I am a Fascist and think you're a faggot.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 16:06:39 2016 No.8526711 >>8526617 >I am a nationalist >American imperialism is a-ok though! CIA sponsored military coups are hilarious lol helicopter rides amirite?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 16:09:33 2016 No.8526724 >>8526711 >I am a Communist >The Soviet Union is a-ok though! Nationalist propaganda and concentration of wealth and power among the part members is hilarious lol gulags amirite?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 16:10:41 2016 No.8526726 >>8526605 >>8526708 Yeah well I'm a patrician and recognise that all politics is unconcerning, and know you are both bumfucking faggots.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 16:12:13 2016 No.8526733 >>8526726 Yeah well I'm a plebeian and game of thrones is the best book series of all time

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 16:12:40 2016 No.8526735 >>8526724 No you see, those are good because the Soviets are good.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 16:13:47 2016 No.8526742 >>8526724 I wasn't the commie guy above, and I actually agree with you. Joking about gulags is idiotic all the same.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 16:14:09 2016 No.8526744 >>8526735 No, you see, Fascism is good because the NASDAP was good.

Anonymous Mon Sep 19 16:17:07 2016 No.8526756

>>8526744
That's a stupid comparison. Fascists inherently agree with all of fascism, and all its methods. Communists—Soviet Communists—agree with the methods only when used by Soviets.

A better comparison would be the fact that fascists only like people being strong and taking what they want if they don't do it in a socialist kind of way.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 16:21:35 2016 No.8526769 >>8526756 >That's a stupid comparison. Fascists inherently agree with all of fascism, and all its methods. Communists—Soviet Communists—agree with the methods only when used by Soviets. That's exactly my point

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 16:25:15 2016 No.8526790 >>8526769 Your point is that your post was mistaken?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 16:25:58 2016 No.8526791 >>8526790 Yes.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 16:26:23 2016 No.8526792 >>8526791 I do not believe you.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 16:32:48 2016 No.8526819 File: 15 KB, 400x400, 55.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8526792

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 16:34:37 2016 No.8526829 >>8526183 Pretty good analysis of Dante honestly

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 16:37:44 2016 No.8526836 >>8526193 t. r/atheist

Anonymous Mon Sep 19 16:58:22 2016 No.8526878

>>8525802

>To add one more complaint, this book also embraces the belief that the most terrifying thing to academic white guys is a sexualized black guy. Alas, Mandingo.

If a black guy ever told me he was feeling "sexualized" I would be very, very, afraid.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 17:23:10 2016 No.8526958 >>8526724 >soviets >communism Good one.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 18:47:18 2016 No.8527186 >>8526958 >real communism has never been tried! >if you just give us one more try we promise it won't turn into an authoritarian shithole

Anonymous Mon Sep 19 19:11:44 2016 No.8527258

>>8525840
wow this person was 24 years old when she wrote that, not literally 12 like I thought
>>8525857
Compared to most male authors no I wouldn't say DF's writing is sexist, but I can see why someone else would come away thinking that. Joelle is the only developed woman character (and the lady who runs the half way house, but he's still a little cruel about her and she was apparently based exactly on the actual woman who ran the place DFW actually went to; Mom is basically a oedipal cipher).
>>8525890
that's such a problem on goodreads in terms of my sanity looking at reviews, these people who only read shallow ya get sent review copies of actual literary books and write shit like this

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 19:25:25 2016 No.8527285 >>8525890 Jesus, I've only read YA novels for most of my life and was understandably mind-blown when I first read 1984 a while ago. This chick is braindead.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 19:30:14 2016 No.8527297 >>8526008 I don't understand why she gave a one-star review when she was clearly into the book.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 19:43:17 2016 No.8527315 >>8526097 Thanks. You're doing the lord's work.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 19:54:09 2016 No.8527339 File: 52 KB, 700x500, 1470793537822.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8526272 >>8526279

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 21:16:34 2016 No.8527575 >>8527186 Maybe they could actually practise communism and then you can critique it? It'd be like saying a goat is a terrible fish because it can't breathe underwater.

Anonymous Mon Sep 19 21:25:39 2016 No.8527603

>>8526565
Why do people write "reviews" to books they "DNF" ed on page 37. 1.They are collecting books, so feeling like they read a lot is more important than reading 2.They want to get something out of the time they put in 3. some other retarded reason. Why do people write 1 word "reviews" like "shit", your 1 star is added even if you don't write a review

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 21:26:26 2016 No.8527607 >>8527603 I think a lot of people just want to raise their review/books added counts.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 21:26:41 2016 No.8527608 >>8526579 >reading something makes you emulate it sasuga booksAndStuff

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 21:27:43 2016 No.8527611 >>8526513 >men blush at words bunch of cucks

Anonymous Mon Sep 19 21:33:53 2016 No.8527633

>>8526496
Wut? The thread is not bashing goodreads ( I have goodreads and so do at least 20 other people I saw post in the "post your goodreads accounts" thread) We are mocking people who give 1 star reviews to iconic/influential books because they missed the point,have some arbitrary reason,etc. I put a lot of thought into my ratings, sometimes if the book does not have a lot of reviews(and there is a chance that it will be read by the author) I write a review explaining my stance. This cunts make me feel better about my ratings but at the same time they annoy me, half of you faggots are English majors so imagine you hammering out a book and one of them giving you grief with their shit logic (inb4 I got their money and don't care, lots of these books go out as free copies/book raffles/etc)

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 21:35:33 2016 No.8527639 >>8526565 >what kind of sick fuck goes out of their way to read if they don't even understand or enjoy it? teens. also since many big names are in mandatory reading lists for schools a lot of teens project their school rage onto the reviews

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 21:36:53 2016 No.8527644 >>8526660 Russia should do whatever if feels like doing because they seem like only ones with any balls left (while still having some morality unlike mainland china)

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 21:37:55 2016 No.8527648 >>8527575 Utopian shit never works in real life, when will you learn?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 21:39:13 2016 No.8527651 >>8527258 >Joelle is the only developed woman character Jest has characters? I was under the impression that it was some self help book and athaists meditations on the nature of god

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 21:40:08 2016 No.8527654 File: 388 KB, 452x2195, Anita Book 24.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8525595

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 21:52:17 2016 No.8527710 >>8527648 Is the creation of a utopia or near-utopia not the goal of political philosophy? If it isn't, then what do you propose it it?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 21:53:39 2016 No.8527716 >>8527654 tldr, give me a summery. Who writes these walls of text? To have legit reason you would 1. have to be someone or 2. There should only be 10-20 other reviews around and someone needs represent the negative review side

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 21:56:12 2016 No.8527723 >>8525829 Reddit: the review

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 21:57:29 2016 No.8527732 >>8527654 Are we doing shit books too or does anyone like anita blake, vampire hunter #24

Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:00:01 2016 No.8527744

>>8527710
Utopian in this case means too good to be true/not taking into account human nature. Having everyone give up self interest just because its Utopian, having robots do all the work is not Utopian but some could argue that while it would be good for us personally it would also lead to stagnation. anyways communism,spiritualism,libertarianism or anarchy sure as hell are not the way

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:06:51 2016 No.8527772 >>8526097 Autism

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:07:27 2016 No.8527774 >>8527772 how is that autism?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:08:32 2016 No.8527780 >>8527744 How does the individual prioritizing their interests above the interests of the state constitute a breach of human nature?

Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:15:16 2016 No.8527795

>>8527780
because every individual is a main character in their own story.Without harsh conditioning no one(or at least not enough people) will priorities abstract good over themselves, especially if they are staving to death because gov sold all the grain for industrialization. Even if you get the people needed all you are doing is exploiting a group, the same way hippy faggots live off social security provided by earnest idiots who work hard for the system.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:23:40 2016 No.8527824 >>8527795 How does that apply to anarchy or libertarianism? Also, what abstract good are you referring to?

Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:29:29 2016 No.8527844

>>8527824
>what abstract good are you referring to?
The abstract kind. The national goal or whatever interests of the state maybe.
>>8527824
>How does that apply to anarchy or libertarianism?
you can't just leave it up to the people and expect to end up with a working model of a society. anarchy is going to have a lot of "me me me" and general inability. libertarianism is deluding itself when it thinks that a organizations who's aim is maximum profit will always have peoples best interest at heart. all disregard nature of things

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:30:11 2016 No.8527848 >>8526109 This must be a joke

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:33:31 2016 No.8527864 File: 495 KB, 1080x1920, Screenshot_2016-09-19-19-32-29.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:34:33 2016 No.8527869 File: 621 KB, 1080x1920, Screenshot_2016-09-19-19-32-45.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8527864

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:37:41 2016 No.8527881 >>8527844 What should the national goal or interest of the state be?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:37:52 2016 No.8527883 File: 184 KB, 1917x393, 2016-09-19 19.37.20.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8527869

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:40:49 2016 No.8527893 File: 73 KB, 649x550, hitler 47.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Is anyone saving these pics for the next thread?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:42:16 2016 No.8527897 >>8526191 Honestly isn't too bad an opinion assuming the guy has actually read Kafka and Dostoyevsky, it's a valid criticism, if the book didn't please him it didn't please him. Doesn't really fit in this thread t b h.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:44:28 2016 No.8527904 File: 86 KB, 606x693, book sucks because of authors view on something.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:47:18 2016 No.8527912 File: 148 KB, 647x592, pol is never wrong.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] not a review but come on, would you ignore this gold?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:49:36 2016 No.8527918 File: 42 KB, 647x366, I was a faggy kid so that means everyone is too.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] enders game

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:54:40 2016 No.8527935 >>8527912 This is practically a fascinating social document all on its own. Really amazing.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:54:44 2016 No.8527936 >>8526191 >>8527897 She usually posts halfway decent, sometimes helpful reviews.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:56:17 2016 No.8527940 File: 248 KB, 1440x900, The giver 1.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] is he right?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:57:19 2016 No.8527943 File: 130 KB, 1440x900, The giver 2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8527940

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:58:25 2016 No.8527948 File: 126 KB, 1440x900, The giver 3.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8527943 it keeps going

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:59:30 2016 No.8527953 File: 127 KB, 1440x900, The giver 4.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8527948 Was this before they had character limits? because I don't think you can make them this long

Anonymous Mon Sep 19 22:59:36 2016 No.8527954

>>8527940
I've actually read a lot of this guy's reviews, because I read fantasy and he reviews an impressive amount of fantasy books. I was intrigued because he seemed to have a good breadth, so I read a bunch of his stuff, and came to the conclusion that he's a pseud.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 23:00:31 2016 No.8527957 File: 124 KB, 1440x900, The giver 6.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8527953 sweet Jesus

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 23:01:37 2016 No.8527960 File: 123 KB, 1440x900, The giver 7.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8527957 Gott im Himmel.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 23:02:38 2016 No.8527965 File: 58 KB, 573x588, The giver 8.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8527960

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 23:04:12 2016 No.8527976 >>8527940 >It's the same trick many historical fiction authors use, leaving us scratching our heads as to why a Fourteenth Century French peasant speaks like a second-wave feminist. well some of it is on point

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 23:14:02 2016 No.8528008 >>8525842 I want /pol/ to leave

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 23:42:29 2016 No.8528096 File: 126 KB, 614x896, The winter king by Cornwell.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 19 23:59:55 2016 No.8528153 >>8528096 >I read for enjoyment and prefer to see the world as we wish it was It's nice when they just spell it out for you like that.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 00:04:54 2016 No.8528168 >>8527864 >>8527869 just fucking kill me

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 00:08:23 2016 No.8528181 >>8525595 The reviews on the King James Bible are pure cringe

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 00:08:42 2016 No.8528184 >>8525880 It's 1984.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 00:12:18 2016 No.8528192 File: 130 KB, 440x564, 1462981748095.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Somebody r8 my review of Pale Fire

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 00:14:27 2016 No.8528197 File: 48 KB, 375x375, George-costanza.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8528192 >Nabokov seems to be much more skilled at poetry than prose

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 00:15:06 2016 No.8528198 File: 49 KB, 657x286, 6c8b713696d5d08685a99f2db24507d1.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8528181 he he we gotta joker here

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 00:15:17 2016 No.8528199 >>8528197 But it's true. His prose is shit.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 00:15:23 2016 No.8528202 >>8526605 >I am a communist Opinion discarded

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 00:17:35 2016 No.8528209 File: 146 KB, 617x452, kathy.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 00:19:31 2016 No.8528215 >>8528198 >666 comments

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 00:22:31 2016 No.8528223 >>8528198 based Dennis the menace

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 00:24:21 2016 No.8528226 >>8528209 how unpc. also confirmed virgin

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 00:34:54 2016 No.8528250 >>8528202 >Reading only opinions that you agree with. Rhodes scholar, ladies n gentlemen.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 00:48:04 2016 No.8528293 >>8525744 The one-star reviews of the last volume of Proust are hilarious.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 00:49:04 2016 No.8528297 >>8528293 Thanks for being lazy.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 01:02:04 2016 No.8528331 >>8528209 This is pretty good. Not cringe at all.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 01:31:50 2016 No.8528389 this will be the last thread i looked at before i shoot myself

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 01:38:11 2016 No.8528402 >>8528389 Good luck, man. Don't botch it if you're really going to do it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 02:01:23 2016 No.8528449 >>8526048 I actually agree with this one

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 02:04:14 2016 No.8528456 >>8526253 it's a good book, but not something normies will appreciate

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 02:12:24 2016 No.8528476 >>8527954 >>8527940 He hates Tolkien which automatically proves he is a try-hard, add in his profile pic and long-winded reviews and I can confidently confirm he is a pseudo

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 02:17:45 2016 No.8528482 File: 63 KB, 500x313, 1316769555166.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8527912 lost hard, there's no way that's an accurate analysis. Way too funny

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 02:26:44 2016 No.8528505 >>8525825 That is a top shelf kek right there my friend. A hearty laugh

Anonymous Tue Sep 20 02:29:04 2016 No.8528509
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Took this from Amazon (close enough, I just want to share)

This is the description for the book The English Patent by Johnny Johnson.

Some things to notice;
o He named the main character after himself
o If you go to the page the first review gives it three stars and goes on to say they could only make it a few pages in
o The second and final review is clearly written by the author
o Working with shitty tech execs, this is the funniest shit Ive read in a long time

Please share in my joy at this book

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 02:31:08 2016 No.8528521 File: 390 KB, 1440x2560, Screenshot_20160919-233004.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Follow up post...

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 02:33:02 2016 No.8528526 Oh shit... he cut most of the description since I last read it... To the wayback machine! Or somethinv

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>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 03:12:33 2016 No.8528589 >>8527716 Or you're pissed because the author has been fucking with you for years. Turning your book into a porno.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 03:43:08 2016 No.8528625 >>8525595 I've also disliked Brooklyn Follies and gave it two stars on Goodreads but fuck those are terrible reasons. >White male STOP THIS MEME >>8525744 I almost never drop a book. Can't do it, I'd feel guilty otherwise.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 08:02:45 2016 No.8529001 >>8526010 Mandatory reading for my primary school was so shit that if not for my best friend who came in in 5th grade and handed me The Eye of the World I don't think I would have read anything besides chinese cartoons.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 09:22:18 2016 No.8529214 >>8525595 What is wrong with a women as an agent of growth? Growing together in life with a women is a great thing.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 09:40:47 2016 No.8529275 >>8526109 > i don't read classics > books are my life kek

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 09:48:00 2016 No.8529304 >>8526565 me desu

Anonymous Tue Sep 20 09:50:44 2016 No.8529316
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>>8525595
Too be honest, is there pompous old white male bitching about shit worth reading after reading pic related? I feel like all introspective literature starts and ends with this.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 10:41:43 2016 No.8529430 >>8528482 look it up. its not analysis, its the fucking book blurb. Most ratings are 1 star "because its racist" I stumbled upon it by looking for worst rated books on goodreads

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 10:46:01 2016 No.8529439 >>8527918 >anon is mad that his power fantasy got outed Ender's Game is trashmouthbreathing tier, deal with it

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 11:33:03 2016 No.8529608 >>8526605 I'm a tzarist and your marxist fantasy opinion goes into the trash.

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Anonymous Tue Sep 20 12:02:59 2016 No.8529721

Goodreads is basically what you'd get if you asked a load of young soda-pop junkies to review fine wines and whiskies. Of course they're going to hate it, of course they're incapable of appreciating them. Developing a palate takes time. The real problem is hubris; that they think their opinions matter.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 13:02:18 2016 No.8529929 >>8529721 thanks for pointing the obvious

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 15:11:57 2016 No.8530280 File: 103 KB, 631x486, capture.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >comics pleb can't into Jerusalem: the post

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 17:34:12 2016 No.8530715 >>8530280 At least he's honest.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 17:45:36 2016 No.8530742 File: 114 KB, 640x628, 1471512369623.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8530280 >>8529712 no

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 17:50:37 2016 No.8530749 >>8527918 Ender's game goes in in the bin

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 17:53:16 2016 No.8530755 >>8527864 What book?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 17:55:06 2016 No.8530759 >>8530755 it's obviously Lolita

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 18:02:27 2016 No.8530775 File: 59 KB, 659x452, chad on goodreads.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Finnegans Wake? Nope, it's Ulysses

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 18:14:25 2016 No.8530806 File: 32 KB, 659x338, holy,,,,i want more.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Looking for Alaska

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 18:17:32 2016 No.8530815 >>8530806 i want to fucking kill myself

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 18:20:19 2016 No.8530832 >>8526342 baqqq 2 reddit you faggot

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 18:29:48 2016 No.8530871 >>8525933 >"I was completely turned off by the sexual content." >her profile picture is her and her two children wew lad

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 18:32:39 2016 No.8530883 >>8530280 Nothing wrong with this although I think giving one star isn't justified

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 18:43:02 2016 No.8530904 File: 39 KB, 300x277, 1449409349100.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8528198 >666 comments

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 19:00:26 2016 No.8530963 File: 168 KB, 644x870, Blood Meridian.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8526621 Center "/lit/ - Literature/ and bring the post down a bit

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 19:31:26 2016 No.8531058 >>8528096 >so when I read and want to relax, I don't want grim realism Get out of jail free card for any hobby to justify never challenging yourself.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 19:35:30 2016 No.8531073 >>8530963 McSharty on suicide watch

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 19:52:13 2016 No.8531121 >>8526005 is this a literal winnie the pooh roleplay account

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 19:54:35 2016 No.8531132 File: 44 KB, 887x251, 2016-09-20 18_54_04-Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] this one's gold

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 19:58:38 2016 No.8531146 >>8530963 She gets it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 20:00:04 2016 No.8531149 >>8531132 Manny is prolific.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 20:01:11 2016 No.8531150 >>8531132 >too-sexy-for-maiden-aunts my sides!

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 20:01:12 2016 No.8531151 >>8531146 She fails to capture his style from the get go. It's like she changed nothing. Embarrassing.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 20:01:30 2016 No.8531153 >>8527869 >maybe I'm just too dumb to get it bingo

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 20:03:41 2016 No.8531156 >>8527869 Ya, DNF is likely his permanent status. Not even that mail order thialand bride changes that.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 20:15:14 2016 No.8531193 >>8525595 >I got triggered on goodreads >wahhh Go back to your safe space. >>>/pol/

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 20:23:48 2016 No.8531222 >>8530775 >he quit reading the book before the book even began

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 20:29:09 2016 No.8531229 >>8530963 This reviewer's Spanish is awful

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 20:31:17 2016 No.8531236 >>8531229 That's part of the point

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 20:32:47 2016 No.8531242 >>8531236 o

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 20:50:27 2016 No.8531295 >>8525829 oh fuck no please, im dying ove rhere this is real?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 20:55:32 2016 No.8531328 File: 54 KB, 429x628, bearcamoo.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8525906 >and then my liking took a sharp turn, in fact, a u-turn.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 21:11:58 2016 No.8531391 >>8527651 I didn't really feel like it had characters

Anonymous Tue Sep 20 21:37:02 2016 No.8531501

>>8530775
!!!!!!!
my top thing-stupid-people-say that I hate is "everyone is lying about reading this!*"
*because I, stupid person, am very arrogant and don't realize how stupid I am so I assume everyone is a liar and also "ponces" bc they have the nerve to be smarter than me, more dedicated than me, and be interested in things I'm too small-minded to get

people do the same with modern art/art past the impressionists but this board is full of those knobs so no one respond to this part

(also this guy misuses the word visceral unless there's some other uk usage)

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>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 21:59:53 2016 No.8531611 >>8528250 That's funny coming from a communist.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 22:01:42 2016 No.8531618 File: 46 KB, 255x426, 1467802637684.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8527912

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 22:37:31 2016 No.8531754 File: 133 KB, 658x322, open mind.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Really didn't make me think

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 22:43:55 2016 No.8531782 >>8531295 Yeah, this is the average one star review for Mein Kampf.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 20 22:52:57 2016 No.8531828 >>8526342 >The european diet only stressed the necessity of plant-based food after intermixing with Muslims during the crusades what do you think the greeks ate, moron. not much meat, ill tell you that

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>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 09:56:47 2016 No.8533072 >>8531754 well that is are your opinion

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>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 10:12:29 2016 No.8533126 File: 11 KB, 721x201, lit literature.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8530963

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 10:19:32 2016 No.8533155 File: 17 KB, 657x106, Untitled.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Goodreads just needs to be nuked.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 10:21:22 2016 No.8533160 File: 40 KB, 644x346, Untitled.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] 1,853 ratings for a shitty fantasy book that hasn't even been released.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 10:26:42 2016 No.8533181 >>8533155 Am I the only one that doesn't care about the social side of goodreads? I mostly use it to keep track of books I read/have and to motivate me to write (reviews). I don't care what other people are doing.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 10:31:12 2016 No.8533196 >>8533181 We're in the same boat. I follow a few people I found interesting, jot down my thoughts, and move on. People who make screenshots and get mad about 1 star reviews probably also get mad about the stuff people write on toilet walls.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 10:37:38 2016 No.8533210 >>8531132 Objectively, you cannot fault this review.

Anonymous Wed Sep 21 10:37:50 2016 No.8533211

>>8525840
Honest to god, how is she not right? The diary of anne frank is one of the most pathetic books ever written, and it is laughable that she wanted to actually publish this herself (had she survived). The only reason this croak of absolute abhorrent writing is still a thing, is due to the sentiment. You can't even blame anne frank though, she was a young girl, but teachers and the like pretending this wreck of a book is anything worthwhile reading should take some time off to reconcile their opinion.

Anonymous Wed Sep 21 10:38:26 2016 No.8533217

>>8533160
Your jealousy is shining through.

Just because you got all those rejection letters, an editor doesn't want to take you on, and no one lines up in cues to read your shit book, doesn't mean you have to take it out on other people who got their shit book sold.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 10:40:23 2016 No.8533230 >>8533160 Will never be released*

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 10:41:07 2016 No.8533231 >>8533217 I'm not even a writer. What the fuck is with people on this board?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 10:47:03 2016 No.8533244 File: 394 KB, 584x622, this kills the lit.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8533231 Welcome to lit. Keep your sarcasm at easy reach, jealousy to a low burn, fanfiction to a minimum, and memes inline with the board.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 11:04:25 2016 No.8533300 >>8533244 You are fucking retarded.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 11:05:29 2016 No.8533305 >>8533231 Welcome to /lit/ where people don't understand the difference between envy and jealousy. Especially fans of fantasy.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 11:21:39 2016 No.8533365 >>8527315 >>8527315 Reddit stock phrase, often see it posted everywhere along with >you're a gentleman and a scholar! > wow, X much?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 11:29:25 2016 No.8533402 you should see those prissy tween girls try and objectively review philip roth

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 11:37:56 2016 No.8533445 >>8533305 They are both different sides to the same green eyed coin desu.

Anonymous Wed Sep 21 12:06:25 2016 No.8533595

>>8533196

Oh wow its all water off a ducks back for you, very cool man. People like you are either (most likely) talking shit, or are genuinely just really dull.

Why do you wear that aspect of yourself with pride? I don't see what's so brilliant about not caring about other people's ill informed and stupid opinions - to have no emotional or logical objection to the shit someone spews regarding something that lies in your field of interests doesn't mean you're strong, untouchable or above it all. It just means you're disconnected from the community, academic and otherwise, of your interest and just want to jerk to yourself in an echo chamber.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 12:11:48 2016 No.8533630 >>8533595 theres a difference between that shit and actively seeking out dissenting opinions that anger you

Anonymous Wed Sep 21 12:20:08 2016 No.8533660

>>8533630
I don't see a discernable difference. Most of the other threads on /lit/ are made up of posts where users argue with each other and discuss literature (with some really great memes thrown in the mix), this just happens to be a thread where the collective opinion of the board unites to 'argue' with outside POVs.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 12:27:04 2016 No.8533683 >>8533211 she's a kiddo lay off the grill, but yes ure are right

Anonymous Wed Sep 21 12:32:45 2016 No.8533706

>>8533211
Who's talking about the book in purely literary terms? It's read as a historical document and teaching tool, like memoirs written by teen girls during Stalin's purges or by black civil rights activists int he 60s or people in the depression. The extent to which it is unremarkable and the average girl's journal is part of the point, banality of (living though) evil.

Anonymous Wed Sep 21 12:35:09 2016 No.8533715

>>8533706
>It's read as a historical document and teaching tool
If only. Clearly I can't speak for all classes and all countries, but most people I ran into as well as my friends reckon that 'book' is literature. Nearly every school in the Netherlands allows this to be read for literary purposes.

Anonymous Wed Sep 21 12:38:36 2016 No.8533735
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>>8533196
desu if I was an author I would be pissed at goodreads- they/publishers/whoever else sends out advanced copies send out literary books to popular users, but those users are popular for reviewing YA/non-literary fiction so then you have popular users hating on your poor book before it comes out when had things taken their usual course the reviewer never would have picked up your book on their own

go to any book that came out this year and you have a bunch of dummies whining about the difficulty of it when it is really not very complicated at all and they end up being the top rated reviews

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 12:42:01 2016 No.8533748 >>8531553 Marilyn wasn't some mega genius, but she did sincerely like to read. :( Leave her alone. :( https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/77870.Marilyn_Monroe_s_Personal_Library

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 14:34:19 2016 No.8534250 >>8527954 How is he a pseud?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 16:01:57 2016 No.8534703 File: 81 KB, 650x469, 1468206045791.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] im dying

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 21 16:41:47 2016 No.8534923 >>8525890 >it took me a year >1984

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