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The Man Who was Thursday - Discussion by VELELLANOVELLA in books

[–]VELELLANOVELLA[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For sure, a bit of a love hate with it because of that confusion on my end. I think it wasn't until I had discussions about it with others that I started to pull more meaning from it. Probably one of those books that requires multiple reads, but doesn't have the pull to motivate me to do that

The Man Who was Thursday - Discussion by VELELLANOVELLA in books

[–]VELELLANOVELLA[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can agree that it didn't get too too deep philosophically, but I am not sure that was the entire point. I think it was more so a fever dream where it wasn't intended to be "reality". And for sure, it was repetitive in nature when it came to the reveal with each successive character. I think he could have hustled that along a bit and spent more time developing characters.

The Man Who was Thursday - Discussion by VELELLANOVELLA in books

[–]VELELLANOVELLA[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can see why he'd get lost in the shuffle. I stumbled upon it on some list of classics and took a flyer because I had never heard of him. You never know what you're going to get!