jojo answers “I have tried reading this book twice but...”

Deepak Pitaliya asked this question about Ulysses:

I have tried reading this book twice but could not get past 30-40 pages. I even read Iliad and Odyssey before starting this book as the book is supposed to draw some parallel with Odyssey. Is it readable?

jojo This is for anyone who reads this question and finds Ulysses daunting: Read it. Just read it. Just do it. Use a summary after every chapter if you're …moreThis is for anyone who reads this question and finds Ulysses daunting: Read it. Just read it. Just do it. Use a summary after every chapter if you're dying to know the plot; otherwise JUST READ IT. Once you get past the mindset of this book being "one of the hardest books to read" you can really get into the prose and the themes and the ideas that this book is overflowing with.

Yes, it reads like trying to walk through a flood of molasses. Yes, it is going to take up the next few weeks of your life. Yes, sometimes the obscure references to some dead Irish dude is going to fly directly over your head. Who cares? Continue on in spite of that.

In conclusion: JUST READ IT.(less)

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