MountainAshleah’s Reviews > Infinite Jest > Status Update

The end is in sight. Thank goodness.

The Gately fever dream is rough going, especially this late in the novel. I'd be more tolerant of a multi-page fever dream earlier on. But by this point..eager to end this overly-long and rocky journey...no.

Dated, dull, slapstick with about 10% at best any real insight into anything.

This is even more slapstick and trite than I "feared" it might be. So disappointing.

Like sitting through a very long and not funny comedy sketch.

If ever a novel needed an abridgement, it's this. It's just too bombastic, too overwhelming, too much laughing at its own jokes and admiring its own superficial brilliance. Very disappointing, even given the 2% that is outstanding. Too much performance, not enough substance.