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Evan
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Just the tiniest sliver of pages left between my bookmark and the back cover and yet I am slogging it, not racing for the finale like I normally do with the goal in sight. This thing has sucked the life out of me; the will to ever read again or to live. OK, it's not so dramatic as that. I live life with love as never before and no Pynchon is going to change that. But gawd, anyone who finishes this deserves an award.
— 19 hours, 39 min ago
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Evan
is on page 730 of 776
This has gone positively Salo. I was losing my breakfast almost.
— Aug 29, 2026 09:41AM
Evan
is on page 710 of 776
The digressive jags are coming hot and heavy now and I can't help but admire the audacity of it. Who else but me is going to laugh at a reference to "Norma Shearer's closet" unless you know minutiae about the history of MGM studios in the 1930s?
— Aug 22, 2026 10:15AM
Evan
is on page 700 of 776
There's something to be said for knowing historical and pop-cultural references of the early 20th century to get lots of the laughs in this, and luckily through life-long study of these things, I do. But I can't imagine a neophyte tackling this and just having all this wash past them. Anyway, we are so close.
— Aug 21, 2026 08:29AM
Evan
is on page 682 of 776
Up till now I've been a good boy and have read the text only but I think I'm going to employ Mr. George Guidall's audiobook in tandem to help me make it to the finish line. I decided not to use him for most of the book because he reads it very fast, but now that I have my bearings (as much as one can in this) I'm amenable.
— Aug 20, 2026 02:15PM
Evan
is on page 676 of 776
100 pages out. Def gonna be taking a break from maximalism after this -- in this year of maximalist novels -- because I'm bloody right exhausted. Just read a whole chapter about the history of a light bulb named Byron. Yeah.
— Aug 19, 2026 10:44AM
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I loved it. Both times :-)
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I don't hate it entirely. There's some great prescient wisdom in it, but, well, I guess I'll have my say shortly.
This book shaped my worldview. I've read the whole thing through twice, and some passages umpteen times. I'll probably give it another read-through at some point. It's the first thing that comes to mind if I'm asked about my favorite novel.