I finally finished Anna Karenina and Flowers for Algernon in June. Sometimes I like to torture myself with these types of classics that one “should” read. Neither was a bad read, but didn’t really end up being my cup of tea. Nevertheless I’m happy to have read them.
I started House of Leaves and I gotta say, it’s not great. I feel like a lot of the proponents of this book really advocate for the unique narrative style over the actual substance of the book but, in my opinion, it’s kind of poorly written and boring. I find myself skimming more and more as the book goes on just to try to finish it and I’m completely disengaged with all of the wacky notes and errata at this point. I could tell where the story (stories?) were headed about a third of the way through, so at this point finishing just seems like a tortuous, lengthy exercise. Maybe that’s “the point” if the book though
Haha I do the same! I mix classics in with my preferred genre. I read Flowers for Algernon in June too and really enjoyed it. My other classic was Pride and Prejudice, which was fine, but not for me.
I finally finished Anna Karenina and Flowers for Algernon in June. Sometimes I like to torture myself with these types of classics that one “should” read. Neither was a bad read, but didn’t really end up being my cup of tea. Nevertheless I’m happy to have read them.
I started House of Leaves and I gotta say, it’s not great. I feel like a lot of the proponents of this book really advocate for the unique narrative style over the actual substance of the book but, in my opinion, it’s kind of poorly written and boring. I find myself skimming more and more as the book goes on just to try to finish it and I’m completely disengaged with all of the wacky notes and errata at this point. I could tell where the story (stories?) were headed about a third of the way through, so at this point finishing just seems like a tortuous, lengthy exercise. Maybe that’s “the point” if the book though
Haha I do the same! I mix classics in with my preferred genre. I read Flowers for Algernon in June too and really enjoyed it. My other classic was Pride and Prejudice, which was fine, but not for me.
What do you typically read?