Current Events > Infinite Jest is fucking weird...

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Really good, but just...odd. Like, I just finished a chapter that made almost zero sense (it wasn't supposed to from the context of the conversation in it, most likely alluding to mental illness), but damn, it's kind of a beautiful mess.
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I also understand it's 4 different narratives woven together, but the shift between them is pretty jarring.
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That's one of those novels that I have to read one day but it's pretty fuckin intimidating lol. For now I'm just reading The Brothers Karamazov again. Maybe after I finish I'll try and tackle that behemoth.
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Minute posted...

That's one of those novels that I have to read one day but it's pretty fuckin intimidating lol. For now I'm just reading The Brothers Karamazov again. Maybe after I finish I'll try and tackle that behemoth.

I read Brothers Karamazov for the first time this summer. Really, really good. The characters are so well written.
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what would you say is the genre of this book?
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MedeaLysistrata posted...

what would you say is the genre of this book?

Kind of experimental, kind of comedic. Hard to classify really.
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_Goggalor_ posted...

MedeaLysistrata posted...

what would you say is the genre of this book?

Kind of experimental, kind of comedic. Hard to classify really.

you know, i never thought of it as an experimental novel
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_Goggalor_ posted...

I also understand it's 4 different narratives woven together, but the shift between them is pretty jarring.

Have you read Sometimes a Great Notion? It also shifts narratives frequently. I didnt find it too hard to follow.

amgoamgo posted...

_Goggalor_ posted...

I also understand it's 4 different narratives woven together, but the shift between them is pretty jarring.

Have you read Sometimes a Great Notion? It also shifts narratives frequently. I didnt find it too hard to follow.

No, never read it. It's getting easier to follow the narrative shifts now that I'm about 50 pages in though. So far it's really, really good.
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it gets good around page 200. before that is hard to appreciate on a first read imo
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I love that book so much.
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I'm gonna download a sample of this book to check it out.
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It's difficult for sure, but it gets easier as you start to understand the characters better.

I remember reading through the Eschaton game part and just being blown away by how sharp and amusing it was. That's a book I wish I could read again for the first time.

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Yeah I thought he was just a cheap imitation of Pynchon (try reading *that* guy's shit sometimes, holy shit) but then the more I got into it the more I realized it was a legitimately genuine piece of art.

I loved the description of the NA meetings and their addiction to cigarettes >_>. It's so simple but so telling.
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Hexenherz posted...

Yeah I thought he was just a cheap imitation of Pynchon (try reading *that* guy's shit sometimes, holy shit) but then the more I got into it the more I realized it was a legitimately genuine piece of art.

I loved the description of the NA meetings and their addiction to cigarettes >_>. It's so simple but so telling.

Yeah, the guy talking about quitting weed 80 times reminded me a lot of my younger self tbh. It was also super accurate about the buyer/dealer relationship.
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