Do you agree a major book has to digest for 1+ year before you can have an actual real opinion on it?
>>24695765Kek, that's an embarrassing opinion. How slow is this guy's mind, how limited is his frame of reference, that it takes him multiple years to come to an opinion about a McCarthy book? I hope he's being ironic.
I loved The Passenger.
>>24695765I usually form my opinion on a book within the first quarter of it. You shouldn’t need a year to form an opinion on a book, unless it’s extremely complex. Certainly not the passenger, one of McCarthy’s worst.
A year after I have read a book, I’ve forgotten 90% of it (at the very least), so no, makes no sense. I only retain more than 10% if I form reflections on the the material, otherwise my brain fails to register them as relevant dataOpinion on a book should be formed as you read it, if you expect it to leave a lasting impression
>>24695788That’s what I was thinking. I could understand Blood Meridian or even The Crossing. Those are probably the only novels where McCarthy blatantly outlines his vision. But the Passenger…..Is Lawton a pseud?
>>24695765more like 1 page
>>24695765/lit/izens are too insecure to read anything written in the last twenty years so whether they'd like to admit it or not they're even worse than this guy.
>>24695765If it's genre slop, no
not necessarily, but honestly a lot of the time is can take weeks for me to digest something, then a second read through to truly 100% appreciate there have indeed been times when i've left a book feeling disappointment, or at least uncertain/unsatisfied, only to come back and love it after mulling it over in my head for a few weeks
>>24695765>>24695836>Is Lawton a pseud?>A long book by a MAJOR writer demands...He admits to, borderline brags about, judging books by the fame of their author and not on their own merit, so, I'd say yeah, absolutely.
>>24696012Some books you immediately love. Some books you immediately hate. But the best kind are the ones you have a complex relationship with. The ones you grow to acknowledge, or even love.That said, the twitter tranny OP is quoting is a fag. You WANT to form an opinion early to see how it evolves over time.
>>24695765He couldnt crowdsource his opinion yet so he had to defer it until consensus was established
John Cowboy dives into deep sea at dead of night. One passenger missing from submerged plane and yet how. X-Files theme plays.Alice in Lalaland talks to Machine Elf Billy. He talks plain nonsense, occasionally summons his infernal buddies for looney tunes vaudevilles.John Western walks around a lot, goes to bars, talks to his buds. Witty dialogue, erudite references. Sheridan was the cool guy's name I think.CIA guys after John. Or was it FBI. Brief mention of aliens. John drifts from place to place, fleeing his persecutors. Keeps talking to people at bars. Long dialogues, colorful characters. That one guy in the filthy trailer with the obese girlfriend.Alice talks to ghost midget. Names renowned mathematicians. Works on her math shit. Midget bumbles around, babbles nonstop.The gold in the basement. The logistics involved. Scifi mystery never resolved. John wanders aimlessly. A McCarthy novel after all. The implied incest. Or outright stated. And so on.
