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I don't read much but I just read the first 200 pages of this. Why does Richard use the possessive gerund in casual conversation when he's supposed to be a scruffy punk rock college bad boy. I mean, the possessive fucking gerund? And am I seriously supposed to sympathize with this Patty? What a cunt. I can't believe he made me read 150 pages of that autobiography. And then I looked ahead and there is still more to the autobiography later on? What the fuck?
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>>8324185
The answer to all of these questions is that Franzen's a hack.
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>>8324185
time ill spent: reading Franzen. Fuck me the man has less soul than a corporation.
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>>8324185
Franzen is notorious for making characters that are hard to sympathize with. It's part of the whole thing. Most people don't like most people. It's okay to dislike characters for their personalities. Don't disengage because of it. That's just the sign of an incompetent reader. It would be one thing if the character(s) was flat or poorly written/developed. Not the case with almost all of Franzen's latest efforts. If there's one thing he can do, it's write characters. His plot structuring is also pretty fucking great. Just keep reading it.
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