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lisa_setepenre 's review for:
Paradise Lost
by John Milton
I'm giving up.
For me, the biggest struggle with reading is that it's a) an epic and b) written in old-timey English. I can handle B in small doses, but when it's combined with A? Nope. For me, it's like reading Shakespeare: I have to listen to it to "get it" and so I'm just skimming the pages and occasionally being impressed by bits of imagery or prose that jump out, but without any clue of what's going on beyond the summaries.
Maybe, in a few years down the road, I'll buy an audio book and enjoy the experience of listening to Paradise Lost, but for now I'm giving up. It feels so good.
For me, the biggest struggle with reading is that it's a) an epic and b) written in old-timey English. I can handle B in small doses, but when it's combined with A? Nope. For me, it's like reading Shakespeare: I have to listen to it to "get it" and so I'm just skimming the pages and occasionally being impressed by bits of imagery or prose that jump out, but without any clue of what's going on beyond the summaries.
Maybe, in a few years down the road, I'll buy an audio book and enjoy the experience of listening to Paradise Lost, but for now I'm giving up. It feels so good.