Currently Reading and Book Recommendations
chrisgonzo posted: Really?!  I honestly thought that was one of those books that nobody could like all that much, much less think it is "brilliant"! But i guess people gotta like him if he keeps writing books.
I just hated like the detachment of the main character. J.D. Salinger did it right in Catcher in the Rye. And Confessions of a Wallflower (I forget who writes it) is another good book with the same kinda main character. I just couldn't get into Less Than Zero i guess. The lame ass main character was obviously hating every aspect of his life back at home, but didn't do anything about it. Kept hanging out with the people he hated, doing the drugs and parties that he hated, ect. All the while gloomily sulking about. I just wish he woulda grown some balls.  | |
djnixon posted: You've hit the nail on the head why a lot of people don't like Ellis. But for me, the detachment is kind of the point. People who have everything, except a soul. Numb to their surroundings, it's not hate, but indifference. They're doing all the drugs/sex etc in an effort to feel...something. Sorry, didn't mean to go all chin-stroking-academic on you. 
Strangely enough, Ellis is often compared to F Scott Fitzgerald, yet I can't stand Scotts work for the same reasons you can't stand Less Than Zero. | |
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Recently finished:
I, Robot, by Isaac Asinov: Pretty good piece of sci-fi. Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi: A good memoir in comic form that got some occasional good laughs. Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow: An amazing book, one of the best I've read in years. Very few books ever really SPOKE to me while showing me other interesting things. Makes me wanna build a laptop and bring back some fuckin' democracy. 
Currently reading Haunted, by Chuck Palahniuk. So far, not as good as Fight Club, but not too bad. "Guts" was as horrific a story as I heard it was going to be, though. | |
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Finished reading Cat's cradle, by FAR, Vonnegut's best novel. Started reading Invisible monsters this morning, so far seems alright but as I've been going through Palhaniuk's books, I've found they can be a little hit/miss at times (not to mention a trifle formulaic)
deboralct posted:Do it, you owe it to yourself | |
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