I'm trying to get into literature but everything I read is awful. The Old Man and the Sea, a supposed classic, reads like it was written by a high school student. So much repetition and awkward sentences.
>He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish the boy’s parents had told him that the old man was now definitely and finally salao
What a weak, vague opening paragraph. The dialogue is awful to read as well. Meandering, pointless mess.
I had enough and moved onto The Dark Tower.
>The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed. The desert was the apotheosis of all deserts, huge, standing to the sky for what looked like eternity in all directions. It was white and blinding and waterless and without feature save for the faint, cloudy haze of the mountains which sketched themselves on the horizon and the devil-grass which brought sweet dreams, nightmares, death.
The desert was the apotheosis of all deserts? A professional writer wrote this garbage sentence? Who writes this shit?
Don't get me started on Infinite Jest.
I want YOU to recommend me a competently written book that isn't full of flowery dialogue or nonsense Veeky Forums. Every page has to be worth reading. Something with a point to it, you know?
Brandon Johnson
That's actually a pretty gud description for King. He must have been reading McCarthy
Matthew Murphy
stoner is all prose. no fluff but all direct emotional expression. best book i ever read
Ian Cox
You know what all great authors have in common?
None of them sound the same. There are no rules to writing. Get good and develop a taste. Figure it out on your own.
Carson Allen
>Every page has to be worth reading You will never find a book that meets your expectations.
Jaxson Campbell
Is gemingway actually bad
Angel Wilson
no
Austin Powell
Real talk. It would seem as though only the author would find meaning from every page. For us readers it’s just a matter of how much of it works for us.
Camden Edwards
Every word has to have a meaning and there must be meaning in the way each word is arranged.
Liam Rivera
>I want YOU to recommend me a competently written book that isn't full of flowery dialogue or nonsense Veeky Forums. Every page has to be worth reading. Something with a point to it, you know? Read a science textbook.
Kevin Harris
yes
Christopher Carter
Blood Meridian. Dostoevsky. Fuck if u don't like fiction learn math and philosophy.
Andrew Richardson
You are really bad at reading
Matthew Nguyen
get ready homo
Charles Rodriguez
What a shitty rec thread. I wish I made shitty rec threads instead of reading anything.
JR The Recognitions Darconville's Cat Ulysses As I lay Dying Pale Fire The Trial East of Eden Gloriana The Sound and The Fury Invisible Man To The Lighthouse Heart of Darkness Wise Blood Blood Meridian
Asher Bennett
>Stephen King
What's the difference between Stephen King and an axe? One's a tool for hacking, the other's a hack tool.
Henry Brown
>hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy >e=mc2: a biography of the world's most famous equation >war and peace >beasts and superbeasts >the fist of God >not a penny less, not a penny more >thus spake zarasthura >mein kampf >Gerald's game
they're all totally different kinds of books, read them and see which you like, if any.
Carson Peterson
what did he meaning by this?
Luis Harris
gay
Jason Wilson
The Gunslinger is the only King novel with genuine artistry to its prose
Jacob Martinez
Get off the board if you can't understand basic English. You're an embarrassment to the language.
Xavier Moore
If you focus primarily on style and technique you're gonna have a bad time getting into literature. Even the strongest writers suffer or have weaker works, and if you cant go through those, then you might as well quit now. Not trying to be an asshole, but it doesnt look like you have the mental capability to go on if you're gonna be turned off by a book that has a "weak, vague opening paragraph" That's shit that MFA english professors say to their pseud students because they think a book is going to be good because it has to impress immediately. It just screams low attention span and inability to dig deeper and see what the writer is writing ABOUT instead of how.