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LH is on page 200 of 706

Ohwow, I think I'm enjoying this? It's still much too morbid and sad. It puts everything into perspective: your time on this Earth, the certainty of death, diseases, the body which carries us through this life and its frailness. All of that. I'm warming up to Berghof, to the Sanatorium; I'm understanding more of what the book is telling me, what I should be taking from it, and I'm even noticing the 7s all throughout

— Sep 23, 2026 07:06PM

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LH is on page 660 of 706

Elly Brand appears... So does Holger.

— Oct 17, 2026 07:06PM

LH is on page 616 of 706

RIP Pieter, thou wilt be missed

— Oct 15, 2026 06:57PM

LH is on page 590 of 706

Oh yeah, romance subplots take the cake! I would never read a romance book, yet here I am gushing over Clavdia and Hans and the way they kiss by the firelight...
Also Myhneer Peeperkorn? Man's got personality. He is personality according to Hans.

— Oct 14, 2026 07:14PM

LH is on page 576 of 706

Cult of personality!

— Oct 12, 2026 06:17PM

LH is on page 538 of 706

Can I just say? I'm crying on the inside (gross).
This book makes me so happy/sad. It's like listening to the Smiths or graduating from college.
This book answers so many questions I have about the meaning of life, and how that is intrinsically related to time. This element, the element of our experience. This book hurt me in its beginning and I gave up on it. Boy am I glad I picked it back up.
Only I know my pain.

— Oct 11, 2026 07:02PM

LH is on page 496 of 706

Who should be put in a dunce cap for having doubted this is the best Bildungsroman ever written? Me, me, me!

— Oct 10, 2026 01:20PM

LH is on page 467 of 706

The ambience of this book... God! Masterpiece!
Chapter Snow, for reference.

— Oct 08, 2026 06:11PM

LH is on page 448 of 706

What a pleasant day of reading! I read a lot and plan to knock out a few more pages before I inevitably fall asleep. Book's been great, especially the chapters where Naphta isn't in them. I'm much more interested in the plot than in the philosophical discussion. I like the latter, but the former is what I'm here for. Other than that, the future's looking grim. No plans for the future, ladies and gent, no plans at all

— Oct 07, 2026 06:28PM

LH is on page 425 of 706

This book is my life. If all goes wrong, I'll take a whole year to stay in bed and just read.

The world's a mess, don't you know?

— Oct 06, 2026 06:38PM

LH is on page 392 of 706

I'm loving this debate between Naphta and Herr Settembrini!

— Oct 05, 2026 06:47PM