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Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace
challenging
inspiring
ok this is the biggest cope of my reading life making this as finished after reading and giving up at the 2/3 mark. i started it 5-6 months ago, with a biiig break at some point.
deciding today to finally put it to rest, part ways with it, because i simply can't drag it on with everything that has added itself to my plate. having some sort of reading burnout, which feels very in tune with this fucking book.
initially not knowing much about it except for its status, i have to say i didn't get what was happening in the first quarter; i was nonetheless somewhat enjoying myself, especially after another quarter in (vague proportions). rather smooth sailing up until somewhere at the 2/3 mark (which is an ocean in itself). guilty to say i did skip some stuff, notably some (lol) footnotes.
i did not dislike this book, on the contrary (so many great lines, and cunning observations that evokes a modern Proust, if I do say so myself).
getting down to it brought much to me as a reader. being such a challenge, anything compared to it is now accessible.
this is not an adieu, just a goodbye. next time (however far in time that is), i will be more prepared: I'll make sure to be. in the meantime, i will explore DFW's other works — the nonfiction extracts of his ive seen where a big reason as to why i even undertook Infinite Jest.
deciding today to finally put it to rest, part ways with it, because i simply can't drag it on with everything that has added itself to my plate. having some sort of reading burnout, which feels very in tune with this fucking book.
initially not knowing much about it except for its status, i have to say i didn't get what was happening in the first quarter; i was nonetheless somewhat enjoying myself, especially after another quarter in (vague proportions). rather smooth sailing up until somewhere at the 2/3 mark (which is an ocean in itself). guilty to say i did skip some stuff, notably some (lol) footnotes.
i did not dislike this book, on the contrary (so many great lines, and cunning observations that evokes a modern Proust, if I do say so myself).
getting down to it brought much to me as a reader. being such a challenge, anything compared to it is now accessible.
this is not an adieu, just a goodbye. next time (however far in time that is), i will be more prepared: I'll make sure to be. in the meantime, i will explore DFW's other works — the nonfiction extracts of his ive seen where a big reason as to why i even undertook Infinite Jest.