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I made it about 125 pages. I wanted to like it, but the endless digressions and footnotes wore me out.
by johnhattan 9y ago
I made it about 125 pages. I wanted to like it, but the endless digressions and footnotes wore me out.
- laxatives 9y agoFWIW, I didn't like it for the first 300-400 pages either. But it very quickly became one of my favorite books. Its worth sticking it out to the end.
- frgtpsswrdlame 9y ago>300-400 pages >very quickly How good can a book be if it starts off bad and stays that way for so long, most books would have already ended?
- laxatives 9y agoI never said it starts off bad. DFW just makes a point to make the book inaccessible. It isn't meant to attract a wide audience, but many good things are initially dismissed because they aren't easy.