maroon58 's review for:

The Pale King by David Foster Wallace

5.0

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This is a largely philosophical but humoristic work in my opinion. The main themes of the said book is dullness and boredom. It would be a lie to say that it is boring. But it is dull indeed. There are some events which can put this book into fantasy or scifi genre. But those are of few. Thouhg despite those premises they never delivered. Probably because of the fact that author died before finishing the book. Or as I believe more likely that it is one of parallels to life. In your life you have a lot of premises which can lead you to many places, possibilities and opportunities. The list goes on and on. But practically you won't have much interesting going on in your life like in the life of others. Which makes the said book even more realistic and philosophical