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kooday 's review for:
Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Tennis, addiction & dysfunctional characters.
It's a very challenging book in my opinion, especially the first 20-30% where DFW uses so many niche words. So much time is spent looking up words in a dictionary or flipping through the endnotes, which can be very jarring.
I don't think it's much fun for people who tend to zone out while reading, but it's a one of a kind book for sure. It's a very unique novel, which I always appreciate, so I don't regret reading it. Like a Shakespearean comedy, readers will likely begin the novel with a lot of confusion that is later, somewhat, resolved. I say somewhat because there is no conclusion...which is kind of annoying but I wasn't that kncested in the bokm anyways. I give it a 4/5 for that reason...it wasn't that entertaining (which is an ironic sentence considering the premise of the book - finding The Entertainment).
It's a very challenging book in my opinion, especially the first 20-30% where DFW uses so many niche words. So much time is spent looking up words in a dictionary or flipping through the endnotes, which can be very jarring.
I don't think it's much fun for people who tend to zone out while reading, but it's a one of a kind book for sure. It's a very unique novel, which I always appreciate, so I don't regret reading it. Like a Shakespearean comedy, readers will likely begin the novel with a lot of confusion that is later, somewhat, resolved. I say somewhat because there is no conclusion...which is kind of annoying but I wasn't that kncested in the bokm anyways. I give it a 4/5 for that reason...it wasn't that entertaining (which is an ironic sentence considering the premise of the book - finding The Entertainment).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction