The recommendation would be “Tolkien used to challenge people to read this out loud without laughing”. It’s not intended as comedy. People laughed because the writing style is very bad.
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The Sound and the Fury.
Consistent-Dingo-101 on
A Little Life, but also agree with The Sound and The Fury AND Infinite Jest
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Jude the Obscure
The Rape of Nanking
A Separate Peace
Infinite Jest. It pisses me off that i have tried to get through it multiple times and just can’t.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I know some people love it but I found it punishingly bleak
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Irene Iddesleigh by Amanda McKittrick Ros
The recommendation would be “Tolkien used to challenge people to read this out loud without laughing”. It’s not intended as comedy. People laughed because the writing style is very bad.
The Sound and the Fury.
A Little Life, but also agree with The Sound and The Fury AND Infinite Jest
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