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I read "A Heart Breaking Work of Staggering Genius", a book partly about the death of his parents, after my mom died as a recommendation--it was fairly insuffer

by base698 13y ago

I read "A Heart Breaking Work of Staggering Genius", a book partly about the death of his parents, after my mom died as a recommendation--it was fairly insufferable to say the least. I couldn't empathize with it at all. I'm very interested in social commentary on tech and social, especially given my trade, but I doubt it will be anything but hype. The Amazon comments are pretty funny.

rhizome 13y ago
Do you have to empathize in order to like it? Have you read "Lolita?"
- base698 13y ago
  No, but i would have expected empathy given the proximity to my moms death. It was so self absorbed even that wasn't enough for me to like it.