I'm not enjoying this.

>>8732499
If you didn't get the original scroll you fucked up

>>8732499
I dropped it at about that point. It was such a chore, it took me a week to get that far in because I was avoiding it. I regret nothing.

>>8732499
JUst read the road

>>8732499
>I hate the 50's. I hate milkshakes, and 'bop', and 'digging' and 'jalopies' and 'necking'. Makes me puke a little in my mouth. I fucking hate this god damn book, and I hate Jack Kerouac.

this is what happens to "voices of their generation", they become irrelevant because after your self indulgent generation croaks nobody else really give a shit about what slang you used, it has no lasting value, every time i see some moron posting anything about "voices of generations" i just think oh look another pleb with no taste

>>8732514
I already have, and as depressing as it was, it was a better book than this one, and On The Road is recommended all the time

The final section is really well-written. In general I found the relationship between Jack and Neil to be its most worthwhile aspect.

>>8732527
it's like dfw and his shit about teevee, dude hasn't even been in the ground a decade and already tvs are obsolete, no one gives a shit

>>8732547
Should I tough it out then? Tbh unfeeling pretty guilty about setting this down

How is dharma bums?

>>8732579
Sure. It's hardly a tome. What's another day or two spent on it?

I tried to read it for the first time on a cross Atlantic Flight. Read about 20 pages and decided I'd rather just sit and stare at the back of the seat in front of me. I've read it since then though.

I think it's mostly just valued for its historical perspective on the culture of the "beat generation" and the society that saw the rise of the counterculture in the sixties.

I liked the first time he hitchhiked his way to the west coast. The rest was really repetitive and the trips no longer mattered.

>>8732591
I found it even more self-indulgent than OTR. Maybe its because I read in when I was older, but it was just Kerouac getting pissed with his mates, climbing mountains and waffling about Buddhism.

I enjoyed OTR but haven't reread it.

I liked it. The first time I read it was when I was a sophomore in high school. Twas a fun experience. It was one of the first books that made me think "Wow, I like to read. I may even try to write." Those sentiments are with me to this day.

boring-ass insincere literature

>>8732499
I might have gotten about fifty pages in before I gave up. It wasn't my style either.

>>8732499
Fuck I got giving this as a gift recently. I have to finish every book I own and this is next. Hopefully I am someone who enjoys it.