fleeceknots's reviews
12 reviews

2666 by Roberto Bolaño

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A book that captures the act of falling down a Wikipedia-hole well before you could do that.

Most things people say about his one are true, but I still came away from it mostly a fanatic.

I can talk endlessly about All This Stuff. It’s packed with great sitting on maa sad by things in more formats than I’d ever expect. A few parts are exquisitely Awful to Read (the awful Black dialogue, some needless sexualization of the women characters), but the quality per page remains very high despite this.

The greatest accomplishment here is that despite being actual work to read, I’m incredibly tempted to read it again some day.