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>300 pages into The Idiot
>realize it's never going to pick up and this is just the pace the whole book is at
>there's still over 300 pages left
I guess I was the idiot all along

>> No.18410875

>>18410867
the end's sublime, stick with it

>> No.18411135

>>18410867
>I guess I was the idiot all along
Yes but not for the reason you think

>> No.18411173

>>18410875
It's really not. The first ending was better and even Dostoevsky admitted he had no fucking idea how to end the thing so he just... did.

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>>18410867
>pick up the idiot
>10 pages in its just an inane conversation on a train
>already forgot all the names

>> No.18411346

>>18410867
I feel you, anon. Just finished it yesterday after almost two months of fighting through the monotony. It's got some interesting themes and characters but then story itself is meh

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>>18410867
>287 pages into Infinite Jest
>realize it's never going to pick up and this is just the pace the whole book is at
>there's still over 800 pages left
I guess the joke was on me all along