Infinite Jest in Around the World in 80 Books

Oct 27, 2007 Patty rated it it was amazing

My second read of Infinite Jest, still 5 stars, but it affected me differently this time around. I'm not sure how to review it, so I've compiled a list (from various internet sources) of events from 1996, instead.

Blizzard buries eastern U.S. causing at least 50 deaths
Israel frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners
Lisa Marie Presley files for divorce from Michael Jackson
Germany celebrates it's 1st Holocaust Rememberance Day
Publication of Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace
IBM's Deep Blue defe ...more

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Jun 29, 2012 Sera rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, 1001-books, own, literary-fiction

This book took me forever to read. I read 25 other books during the 6 months that I worked my way through this book. Reading this book was really an experience and not a passive one either. Just carrying this tome around made my upper arms more tone, not to mention how nimble my fingers became in flipping back and forth from the book text to the footnotes.

DFW really did something different with this book, and I appreciated the devotion that he gave to the book and to the development of his char ...more

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May 25, 2025 Ann marked it as dnf

Shelves: hardcore-lit

DNF at 50% for now since I just feel guilty seeing this on my Currently Reading shelf.

I didn't understand parts of it but those that I understood were either funny or profound. The narrator did an excellent job. ...more

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