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What Members Thought

Chloe
Okay, I'm still reading this book and I probably will continue to read it for another few weeks. It is dense. There is just so much packed into each sentence that I find myself reading and rereading passages to make sure that I can keep up with all the acronyms and in-world inventions that Wallace keeps introducing. This is easily the most challenging book that I've read in years, which is a good thing. I like a challenge.

I can see why so many hippies have recommended it to me. Like The Illumina
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Elizabeth
Dec 25, 2007 marked it as to-read
Shelves: wishlist
Is this book all that they say it is?
Pixelsalt
Jul 17, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Mind blowing. Rapidly becoming a title I thought I would never bestow on a single work: MFBOAT (my favorite book of all time). Only downfall, as a friend says, "Makes my fingers fall off," i.e. I never want to write again. ...more
Otis Chandler
Aug 06, 2013 marked it as to-read
josh
Apr 08, 2007 rated it liked it
fascinating, but I just couldn't shake the feeling that this one long exercise In the author trying to prove to you how smart he was. Sure you're smart, but come on, just tell the freakin story!!!. ...more
Allyson
It's going to be an Infinite Summer!
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Apr 28, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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