Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 年前What is a popular book that everyone buys but nobody reads?message-squaremessage-square192fedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down110
arrow-up1165arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a popular book that everyone buys but nobody reads?Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 年前message-square192fedilink
minus-squareComradeR@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 年前My 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-down1·2 年前It honestly feels like something he wrote as a joke
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 年前Read it twice, absolutely love that book.
minus-squareHackerman_uwu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 年前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.
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.