Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat is a popular book that everyone buys but nobody reads?message-squaremessage-square202fedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down110
arrow-up1165arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a popular book that everyone buys but nobody reads?Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square202fedilink
minus-squareComradeR@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoMy mom is reading it! She said that it is confusing and messy, but wants to finish it anyway.
minus-squaredarth_helmet@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoIt honestly feels like something he wrote as a joke
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoRead it twice, absolutely love that book.
minus-squareHackerman_uwu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoFuck me it is dense. I’m an avid reader and I find I have to take breaks every 20-30min with IJ and just let stuff settle. Otherwise I find myself reading the same passage several times while my mind wanders.
Infinite Jest
My mom is reading it! She said that it is confusing and messy, but wants to finish it anyway.
It honestly feels like something he wrote as a joke
As a jest, perhaps?
Read it twice, absolutely love that book.
Fuck me it is dense.
I’m an avid reader and I find I have to take breaks every 20-30min with IJ and just let stuff settle. Otherwise I find myself reading the same passage several times while my mind wanders.