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rereading because i've been lacking inspiration recently and this book is imbued with some sort of mystical power

people died!

what the FUCK is going on?????????

reading more before bed to help me fall asleep hnnnk zzzzzz mimimimimi

i was expecting this to be really dense and super serious but honestly so far this is just very very funny

he's so cool bro

only had time to read for half an hour but so far i just love the viscerality of the writing. very enthralling stuff

good googly moogly!!!!

not very far in the book obviously but i can already tell this is gonna be an all-timer. frankly mind-boggling prose on display here at several moments i just had to pause and let it all wash over me. goodness gracious

I KEEP FORGETTING ABOUT THIS APP SORRY GUYS

mid so far

this book has confirmed my belief that mao is probably the coolest person to ever live like what a guy 😭😭😭

finished franny, will probably finish zooey over the weekend

finished franny, will probably finish zooey over the weekend

finished franny, will probably finish zooey over the weekend

i definitely think i'm coming around on this it's just that frequently it feels entirely adequate. not bad but just not that incredible either 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

still just kind of okay, with occasional passages of brilliance. nothing quite like the heights of infinite jest

honestly, not sure how i'm feeling on this one so far. on the other hand, it's by DFW so of course it's good (albeit in the way that, say, a movie by david fincher is "good"). i think i just need to give it a little more time, hopefully it'll be like infinite jest and start picking up in the back half

got fed up of runaway horses because it's so boring honestly i got let down so hard. refreshing myself by reading this novel which is SO good!!!!!! the main character is flipping epic sauce and the satire doesn't feel cringe which is rare. will have to see how it unfolds though

this is unintentionally one of the funniest books i've ever read because it's so obvious that isao is a self-insert for mishima and therefore he is one of the gayest characters in literary history

am i just a masochist (yes 🤭)? i tried reading white noise but i kept daydreaming about reading this book while doing so. man i really hate mishima most of the time but what can i say, when he's good he's good.

this book feels like it was written by aliens sometimes but it's fire tbh

girl make up your damn mind already 😭

uncalled for 😭😭

gosh darn it this is well written, and very easy to read too. the use of metaphor in this novel might as well be unmatched, and although very little has happened so far by way of plot, i found the story and it's miasma of asides and mutterings to be much more impeccably charming than the other mishima i've read. really excited to see where this goes and kiyoaki is a really strangr character

yeah it's neat i suppose