So I'm about to start Ulysses. I'm assuming it's fairly overrated but I still have high hopes for it...

So I'm about to start Ulysses. I'm assuming it's fairly overrated but I still have high hopes for it. What am I in for Veeky Forums

pretty much stunning genius at every turn. i wish i were meming, could tell you it's trash and that you shouldn't bother, but this is definitely non-trash bothering material.

definitely got me excited now, it's gonna be hard to read with a massive workload from school but I'm sure I'll survuve

canon of western literature condensed into one book

I wouldn't say it's an entertaining book, nevertheless it will change the way you read all post-Joyce 'high literature'

>I wouldn't say it's an entertaining book
Read it again. First time can be a slog, but the second time's the charm. It's one of the funniest, most entertaining books out there.

Be prepared to not understand it, or really even follow the story for that matter.

>Read it again.
Will do.

first post guy here, what he says is true. you might get a small summary of what's taking place (no more than a paragraph or two) as you go through each chapter. it doesn't hurt the reading experience like reading an incredibly detailed analysis of the allusions on each page would, but it lets you appreciate more than you would just diving in blindly. it's incredibly fun though, i thought so anyway.

The chapters were designed to be read in a shuffled order.