I hated The Corrections with a passion, it felt like he was taking pot shots against an old man who couldn't defend himself. Years later, I'm ready to give him another shot.

Dreadful writer who, thankfully, kind of receded into nothingness. Nobody even mentions him anymore save for your odd /lit/ post every couple months.

>>25190755
I have heard Freedom is better

>>25190751
The Corrections and Freedom were great, all I read so far. Crossroads is on the shelf and I will probably read it in the next month or two. He is amazing at developing families and all the ways a family influences each other's personalities, never read anyone who even comes close to Franzen at this.
>>25190755
Did you actually finish it? Feel like you didn't and maybe got halfway. Also, you conflate author with character, Franzen doesn't take pot shots at his characters.

>>25190751
I've just read his essay on DFW's suicide. I own a copy of The Corrections but haven't read it yet. Both love and loathe his pretentiousness

>>25190751
What a tryhard. Completely misses the heart of the matter on most things.

>>25190751
FAS baby proselet. Asset flipped DF Wallace. Marginally less vulgar Updike reincarnation. Insipidly 'bourgeois'.

I'm endlessly amused by everyone's cutting remarks; we're all just waiting to gush over your blog posts junior.
From the slush pile to tennis with DFW to Oprah's couch, he's making shit happen out there anon, try not to choke on your impotent rage.
Hey, if he's as shit as you say, then that means it must be easy to eclipse his sad output.
I'm just being harsh cause I'm trying to work his lit agent, every bit helps.
If Mailer called me 'an intellectual threshing machine's I'd take it and run.

>>25190819
Less of a tryhard than 99% of /lit/ posters despite being more well read and being a better writer than any of them will ever be