Why is this so fucking depressing? I have nothing to take away

>>9309634
did you not read to the end?

>>9309634
>I have nothing to take away from this book except fear, fear that I'll make the same naive decisions and end up as unfulfilled as William.

Welcome to life in the middle class fucko :^)

>>9309634
Im halfway in.
If it doesnt turn in a complete shitfest in the second half I think it's prety emblematic for how life goes for everyone: there's some happiness and there's some misery and If you look it from afar it's all pretty much "in the middle"; it's quiet and kind of sad and kind of serene

>>9309741
Nope, that's the whole book. Stoner led a decent life

>>9309993
Then you guys should really read some Pavese.
Comfy novels

>>9309741
This is the same way I felt, but it serves as a startling realization of the utter mediocrity of life, passed by in a couple hours of reading.