/lit/ - Literature

>>15906838
Bro, the problem isn't reality, it's your interpretation. How the fuck could you be so insolent as to be bummed about a world with
>hot Asian girls
>deadlifts
>waterskiing
>fretless bass guitar bwaaaaahh
>thicc blacc queens
>overhead press
>wrestling
>Botticelli's Venus
>mountain climbing
>Beethoven's Sixth (my personal fave, everyone says ninth)
>big tiddy blondes
>the Taj Mahal
>Lake Tahoe
>shoegaze
>spaceships to the moon
No value? No fucking value? Because you can't have a fucking unicorn? Have you tasted all life's pleasures and found them wanting? You couldn't in a thousand lifetimes. You're calling me valueless? And your friends? And your oneitis? And Shakespeare? You impudent worm! Who the FUCK do you think you are? You insult EVERYBODY! EVERYTHING! What beauty have YOU created? The only shittiness is in yourself. Life is beautiful. Git gud.

>read previews of books im interested in
>Infinite Jest, Don Quixote
>long drawn-out spiel about how the author/translation is the best shit ever/the worst shit ever
>feel my eyes glazing over as i delve into the contents of the book
>begin skimming and flipping through for anything interesting
Nothing. What's going on?
I thought books were meant to be equal to films, anime or video games. This medium seems terrible in comparison.