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Dec 10, 2010
Bethany Miller
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Someone please hand me a trophy, I'm finally finished!
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This is probably the hardest book I've read to date. It definitely took me the longest. Infinite Jest is a lengthy and complex work that takes place in a semi-parodic future version of North America, and touches on tennis, substance addiction and recovery programs, depression, child abuse, family relationships, advertising and popular entertainment, film theory, and Quebec separatism, among other topics.
The novel includes several hundred endnotes that explain or expound on points in the story. I ...more
The novel includes several hundred endnotes that explain or expound on points in the story. I ...more
Two outta five stars because I only got about 2/5 through the book. It was difficult to read and not interesting enough to keep my attention. I have a feeling that this is a very good book, but I am not ready yet to try again and see.
I'm never going to finish reading this book. I keep trying, and every time my eyes glaze over and I find myself reading the same paragraph over and over because my mind keeps wandering.
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