I just finished Infinite Jest for the first time. I stayed up late to finish the last 100 pages and couldn’t fall asleep afterwords because there were so many lines to connect. Really cutting-edge insight into the damaging effects of American culture and entertainment as a hobby. In my StoryGraph review, I stated that it’s “secular scripture for the modern age”. I’m pretty proud of that — I think it is the most concise way to convey what I got from the book.
I also just started reading You Sound Like a White Girl, a short book about America’s historic and current-day battle against Hispanic culture and why assimilation should be rejected. It does a great job at blasting a hole through the wall of lies erected for centuries by white Americans. If you think the selective way slavery and the civil rights movement are taught is bad ( it’s terrible), just wait till you see how much Hispanics have been fucked over and how literally none of it is taught.
Oh wow those both sound really interesting! I’m gonna go add those to my ereader. Infinite Jest sounds really interesting, and You Sound Like A White Girl reminds me of when I read The Hate U Give
What literature are you analyzing?
I just finished Infinite Jest for the first time. I stayed up late to finish the last 100 pages and couldn’t fall asleep afterwords because there were so many lines to connect. Really cutting-edge insight into the damaging effects of American culture and entertainment as a hobby. In my StoryGraph review, I stated that it’s “secular scripture for the modern age”. I’m pretty proud of that — I think it is the most concise way to convey what I got from the book.
I also just started reading You Sound Like a White Girl, a short book about America’s historic and current-day battle against Hispanic culture and why assimilation should be rejected. It does a great job at blasting a hole through the wall of lies erected for centuries by white Americans. If you think the selective way slavery and the civil rights movement are taught is bad ( it’s terrible), just wait till you see how much Hispanics have been fucked over and how literally none of it is taught.
Oh wow those both sound really interesting! I’m gonna go add those to my ereader. Infinite Jest sounds really interesting, and You Sound Like A White Girl reminds me of when I read The Hate U Give
For a contrasting opinion, Infinite Jest is pretentious drivel…
You should totally read Infinite Jest, just make sure you understand what you’re getting into. It’s really long and verbose.
The author kertwangs you all the time and some of the scenes will definitely give you the howling fantods.
Ooh alright!
I’m guessing these word choices have something to do with the book lol
Yeah, they’re terms invented by the author.
A kertwang is basically a prank of misdirection. The howling fantods are the spooks/dread or general bad vibrations, essentially.