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I’m giving up on this book cause I find it boring and there’s other things I want to read.

A dark read so far, but an easier read which is what I need with all the business of my life at the moment.

This writing is seriously fantastic. David Foster Wallace isn’t a great fiction or non-fiction writer. He’s just a great writer point blank. His prose is able to describe in great detail settings that might just be banal to others, then dive into those settings in a humorous and philosophical manner. “Consider the Lobster” and the Tracy Austin chapter are masterpieces in short essays.

I’m reading this non-linearly since it’s a collection of non-fiction essays, but the two I’ve read have been super interesting and I highly recommend checking some of these essays out. I’m not sure if I will read them all, but I know I’ll enjoy them just from DFW’s writing style.

Getting through it. Some of the extended footnotes that convolute the “plot” and more academic-Esque sections are tough to get through, but the themes and general story are what is keeping me going because it is so universal and thought-provoking (the themes) as well as so unique (the general story)

I’m struggling to follow at times… honestly having a harder time reading this then I did infinite jest… but I’m still engaged by the premise of the house and the sense of dread this all gives me.

Very interesting. More academic-Esque than I thought. The introducing brought into me this constant dread as I read the chapters…