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This book is my nemesis.
No, seriously: I've been trying to read it for almost six years. I've tried to read it in the spring, the summer, the fall, the winter -- on planes, on the bus, on the El, in Chicago, in Baltimore, in North Carolina. And every single time, I stall out about 60% of the way through.
Stargate: Atlantis fans think that John Sheppard's still trying to read War and Peace after three years in the Pegasus Galaxy; I canonically can't finish Look Homeward, Angel.
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No, seriously: I've been trying to read it for almost six years. I've tried to read it in the spring, the summer, the fall, the winter -- on planes, on the bus, on the El, in Chicago, in Baltimore, in North Carolina. And every single time, I stall out about 60% of the way through.
Stargate: Atlantis fans think that John Sheppard's still trying to read War and Peace after three years in the Pegasus Galaxy; I canonically can't finish Look Homeward, Angel.
I know it shouldn't ...more
I adored Thomas Wolfe, and this novel in particular, when I was in my teens. Alas, now I find him practically unreadable. This is a novel for the young -- and I mean that in a good way. It's a superb novel of angst, longing, and discovery.
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I finished it out of a sense of American Lit. 101 duty. There's some beautiful passages, but it can really wear on you. This is a "classic" I'll not be re-reading.
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