“The Depressed Person” by David Foster Wallace (1998) [pdf]

Re:“The Depressed Person” by David Foster Wallace (1998) [pdf] by phillmv on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @11:51AM (#12744878)

I am an advocate of ditching books you don't enjoy BUT

After the first ~300 pages, I began to understand how all the stories fit together and the book went from feeling like work to being a page turner I just had to devour.

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Re:“The Depressed Person” by David Foster Wallace (1998) [pdf] by krylon on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @01:07PM (#12745571)

My sister gave me IJ for christmas a few years ago, and I basically started reading it out of guilt. I will read 100 pages, I said to myself, and if I don't like it by then, I will drop it. I really expected to hate the book and drop it, but after 100 pages, I was completely hooked.

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Re:“The Depressed Person” by David Foster Wallace (1998) [pdf] by corecoder on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @12:39PM (#12745309)

After the first ~300 pages, you also finally start getting endnotes that explain the obscure terms used so far, like TP, EWD, etc.

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