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So difficult and dense to an extent that reading is becoming frustrating. This man is clearly a genius but this Ouilipo madness is not very friendly. Perhaps I’m not a talented enough reader. Definitely an impressive underrating but this reader is lost and it’s feeling like a slog. Too many digressions, too little story.
— Jul 25, 2026 11:53AM
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Paul
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My daughter is now about 5 weeks old. I have never been so sleep deprived, nervous system completely fried, hearing phantom cries, meaning she’s gone down for a nap against her will, as always, and I can hear a distant scream of hunger only to realize it’s a hallucination. It’s a lot of work, but there is downtime, so I try to read. This is the absolute worst book to try to complete under these circumstances.
— Jul 31, 2026 01:29PM