23 out of 25 people (92%) think this is worth consuming…
To (mis-)quote one of the characters in the novel “my time is not infinite”. But ultimately, it’s not really about the size of the novel. Wallace’s sense of humour isn’t really compatible with mine. And the funniest part that I’ve read so far was just a rewrite of an old Urban Myth.
teakettle
Philadelphia
I read this a few years ago and I will read it again, but not until I buy it. Which, shall hopefully be soon.
Love his style.
jddunn
Boston
I pronounce it to be bloated, pretentious, encyclopedic, prescient, and hilarious. At first, I was really pissed off at the ending, but the more I thought about the structure of the book and how it related to the themes presented, the better and more coherent it looked. This is a big, difficult, ambitious mess of a novel, but it gets right much more than it gets wrong. Probably the closest thing we’ll get to a War and Peace for millennial America.
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