Well?

>>8713522
ah well.

Nah literature isnt really for that
Try music

>>8713611
i can't cheer for an underdog in music. i really don't think you understand, but that's okay.

Literature is not escapism you stupid idiot. Literature is serious, dangerous stuff, if you dont get it, then go back to your "cinema - la vie", you cancerous retard

>>8713742
Sorry, i think i got panic attack at peeling peas. I have nothing against you

>>8713752
well, I have a shitload of shit against you

>>8713522
>Will I ever feel the artery in my neck throb with excitement while in the midst of a well written novel
Happened to me once when I was reading The Count of Monte Cristo. The Cavalcante/Villefort trial scene.

>>8713793
same, that book introduced me to classic lit. i dearly love dumas. i'm also a huge lover of the russians, it's just hard to find extreme action and adventure that's the same level of some of the instant gratification in modern entertainment.

>>8713752
hey, no hard feelings. i know that literature is not for that, and it's not really escapism, i get more of that from the more thoughtful novels i've read, no, i want to feel alive and afraid and excited, and introspection can't always deliver that to me. like i said, i'll probably just end up reconciling and appreciating supercharged cathartic violenceorgies when i have the tooth for it, and stop trying to force literature to strike that chord for me.