I can't think of anything interesting to say about this book. This is unfortunate not only because it is going to make writing this post difficult, because it is entirely possible I will have to write about it on my English final as well. At least the people reading this (all three of you) aren't going to give me a grade. Unless you are weirdos*.
I normally shy away from reading anything regarded as a classic. This is partly because I am exceptionally lazy and in my mind classic = difficult, but also, secretly, it is because I am a little bit afraid that I just won't get what is so great about the classic in question and my dull-wittedness will be revealed to the word at last. Reading The Sound and the Fury** did nothing to assuage these fears. I'm glad that I had to read this for class. If it hadn't been for that I don't think I would have gotten through the first two parts (which are kind of incomprehensible), and I did end up... I think "enjoying" might be the wrong word for how I feel about this book, but I found it satisfying and the class discussions have been really interesting. This is the kind of book you really have to work and I appreciate the opportunity to talk about it with a bunch of other people who found it as perplexing as I did at the beginning.
Page count: 328
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*A possibility that I certainly haven't ruled out.
**What a great title, huh? I think it is a line from Macbeth, but I'm not going to check. See earlier comment re: my laziness.
1 comment:
Well played with 'assuage'.
... B+.
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