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I.E. have you ever struggled with an author initially, but then came back later and really enjoyed and better understood their work?

I had this with Borges and in particular Labyrinths. First time trying to read it, everything went above my head and I understood nothing and I found it tediously written. I wanted to like it but couldn’t. I came back a year later, much better read, and suddenly it clicked. I found it to be a truly great experience, things felt ‘clearer’ in a sense, and the stories went from tedious to fascinating surrealist writings. I can safely say Labyrinths became one of my favorite books, though I admit I didn’t touch the essays.

>> No.14514705

>>14514679
>Have you ever beaten a pleb filter?
no, unfortunately i still read /lit/

>> No.14514938

>>14514679
The real pleb filter is the feeling that you need to finish every book

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Got filtered hard by pic related. Hated it so much it made me angry, wouldn't believe it might be that I was a pleb. Tried again about five years later and it's brilliance, and my past plebdom, became clear

>> No.14515803

>>14514938
If you don't, you've wasted time. What's the point, then?

>> No.14515821

>>14514679
>First time trying to read it, everything went above my head and I understood nothing and I found it tediously written. I wanted to like it but couldn’t. I came back a year later, much better read, and suddenly it clicked.
This was me with Borges, too.

>> No.14515833

>>14514679
the real pleb filter is reading the original version

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>>14515833
What do you mean?

Pic semi related.

>> No.14515967

>>14514679
What's your favorite OP?

>> No.14515988

>>14514679
im reading it rn and being bored out of my mind with every chapter. can you explain a little bit more on what 'clicked' for you?

>> No.14516005

>>14515988
are you black?

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>finally finish Benjy’s section
>Quentin’s section is even tougher

>> No.14516066

>>14515803
What is "the sunk cost fallacy"?

>> No.14516095

>>14515967
Deutches Requiem

>> No.14516149

>>14516028
yeah what the fuck is up with people saying Benjy's section is even hard at all in comparison to quentin's? just because of 'muh, time flashforwards/backwards' benjy's is considered harder, but thinking quentin's is simpler is the real pleb filter.

>> No.14516199

>>14516005
no