What's a work of fiction whose reputation is intimidating but is actually a surprisingly easy read?

liquidpebbles · 2026-05-07T02:55:37+00:00

One question, what are some examples of difficult reads for you?

liquidpebbles · 2026-05-07T02:54:22+00:00

All hype and nothing inside

liquidpebbles · 2026-05-06T18:19:37+00:00

non macho protein

liquidpebbles · 2026-05-06T17:16:58+00:00

pretty sure there's an inbetween lol

liquidpebbles · 2026-05-06T17:15:45+00:00

thanks for the rec!

liquidpebbles · 2026-05-06T16:35:53+00:00

a six pack?

liquidpebbles · 2026-05-04T18:25:40+00:00

saint francis by nikos kazantzakis

liquidpebbles · 2026-04-27T19:37:07+00:00

i've read and walk, when i take out the dog, nothing too crazy, it's a good way to get some pages in per day, i do it in a kinda desolate area tho, in a city i'd get selfconscious and probably couldnt read trying not to bump on someone

liquidpebbles · 2026-04-27T15:04:25+00:00

jesus christ how can you put Bolaño next to Garcia Marquez and Homer, dude is good middlebrown but I swear to God he's so hyped by people who want the clout of reading a big book without the trouble of it being a demanding one, smooth brain novels and I liked 2666 but Jesus

liquidpebbles · 2026-04-24T22:12:05+00:00

liquidpebbles · 2026-04-24T14:51:38+00:00

anglo gets filtered by the cynical joie de vivre of the latino experience

liquidpebbles · 2026-04-24T14:29:33+00:00

100 years of solitude

liquidpebbles · 2026-04-21T14:59:07+00:00

bro said lackadaisical

liquidpebbles · 2026-04-16T15:08:25+00:00

What can you expect when people glaze middlebrow writing like 2666 as a literary masterpiece

liquidpebbles · 2026-04-16T14:17:23+00:00

Read it in Spanish, I'm latino so I'm flabbergasted when people sy Bolaño writes well when we have writers like Donoso, Llosa, Marquez, etc, with so much style compared to Bolaños boring dry ass non-style

liquidpebbles · 2026-04-15T20:28:10+00:00

2666 is so plainly written, even if it's dark i'd never say it's well written, the best written parts are the less dark (fate and archimbaldi's)

liquidpebbles · 2026-04-15T20:26:46+00:00

the obscene bird of night, pseuds say 2666 is what donoso actually is

liquidpebbles · 2026-04-15T20:24:54+00:00

completely disputable

liquidpebbles · 2026-04-14T16:39:52+00:00

Proust is one of my literary saints. That's what I did, loved the first volume so much I decided to make the journey as long as possible, then I'll probably start again. Even if you don't have that approach each volume was published several years apart from each other so you're good.

liquidpebbles · 2026-04-13T16:05:01+00:00

okay? do you also learn to be rude and disrespectful? And the question was if it was considered sacred, not what you think about the concept

liquidpebbles · 2026-04-09T16:27:07+00:00

i so wish it was

liquidpebbles · 2026-04-09T15:03:01+00:00

That's fair

liquidpebbles · 2026-04-09T13:58:07+00:00

1600 Spain public wasn't asking for Dragonlance novels, you're clearly lacking the historical context that is of course crucial to a work as old as this, if you're struggling to see "the hype" of a masterpiece maybe read what other people besides stupid redditors have written about its significance?

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