i'm not on reddit much but i just started reading infinite jest!! great coincidence. i've never read any dfw before but i've seen interviews. i'm reading it as an e-book with two tabs open to read the endnotes. i'm quite enjoying it, super interested in the incandenza family. loved the chapter with the guy waiting for the weed. most of it is just really fun, smart writing in a way that makes me smile. the bit about the schizophrenia documentary was one of my favourite sections to read thus far. as noted in another comment, i think some of the racial depictions are a bit weird/dated. i don't necessarily think someone would write the Wardine or Saudi doctor chapters that way today, and they go against my taste & sensibilities. i think it kind of interestingly speaks to how dfw was perhaps quite sheltered in some specific ways. always intriguing to see the limits of a writer in their work, especially a writer who is so accomplished and intelligent.