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Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
5.0
challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

"YES I'M PARANOID- BUT AM I PARANOID ENOUGH?"

How do I go on reading after a book like this? How do I go on living?

This is my favorite book and I knew that long before I finished it. And yet I cannot synthesize my thoughts coherently. The experience of this book is like nothing else and fuck, man, I just really loved it. It's the postmodern world laid bare. It's fucking horrifying and underlying all of it is addiction: addiction to everything that gives us pleasure. I've never read a more American book and I doubt I ever will. Holy shit I really just... I loved it.