I resent the five weeks of my life I gave over to it; I resent

You *knew* what you were in for. Above all you should resent yourself for not dropping it 1/4 way in if you weren't enjoying it.

>>8640554
Pretty much. You either like Wallace or you don't. If you don't, don't commit yourself to a thousand pages of him.

>the dozen pages on the teenager who won all his tennis games by playing with a pistol held to his head
That was the highlight of the book for me. What didn't you like about that?

>>8640572
I thought it was an interesting thought experiment ethically

>>8640547
>there are people on this board who don't recognize this

>which make the novel a two-bookmark experience.

is it possible to read the kindle version of this comfortably? If I don't have a touch screen one

>>8640660
aye

>>8640547
I'm about 300 pages in, if I recall correctly, it's been resting for a few weeks now, and I feel the resentment too, it just feels particularly a pointless book to read.
It's as if I can imagine him sitting and writing it, taking delight in describing things, that shines through at times, and other times it just feels like OCD writing, just writing for the sake of it, with complete disregard to any pleasure of a reader.

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>>8640572
I've not read IJ, but if this is the highlight for some people, I'll steer well clear of this book.

>>8640923
*tips fedora*

>>8640960
Nice fedora lmao

It managed to make me more aware of my substance problems and how they have hindered, or at least altered, my development as a person. I'm still working to get them under control but reading this made me feel less alone in that struggle

>>8640986
I found that as a responsible, functioning adult with a good career, work life balance etc the seemed like it would only appeal to unwell people. I could also hear Nabokov's criticism of Dostoevsky in everything I read.

Finished it last night. Loved every minute of it. It ended pretty abruptly and I admit I had to spend about 9 minutes reading up on the real conclusion of the story.

>Favorite part
Either the Eschaton scene or when Hal went to that men's therapy group with the teddy bears.

>>8640623
It says Infinite Jest right on the cover. . .

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