This book always manages to cure my depression
>>25584598Should've told David to read it
Mostly fails removed from context.
>>25584655No, it works as its own novella
>>25584598>normalfag from an external site who found 4chan post-2016 who has never experienced hardship or struggle
>>25584777kill yourself
>>25584606got his ass
>>25584824>hateful normalfag who would be killed anytime he assaulted anybody IRLsasuga
>>25584772Mostly failing is not the same as failing. Learn to read.
>>25584843kill yourself
>>25584910kill yourself
>>25584598I think people who believe they have generalized depression are suffering instead from repression. You'd benefit more from a nervous breakdown, let everything come to the surface.
>>25584598Alright, I'll read it. I've been sort of languishing and failing to break out of it for over a month by now, so why not.
>>25585088>I've been sort of languishing and failing to break out of it for over a month by nowLet me know if it helps, I went through something similar recently and it lasted something like 3 months.
>>25585098I just finished. I'm not sure if it's what I needed, but I definitely appreciate the perspective of total freedom as inert and essentially meaningless, which I agree with, and of being present in one's own life—I don't know. If nothing else, I'm glad to have read it in one sitting, since I've been reading far less during this listless slump. The point about authority and credibility was very interesting.It's pretty surprising how different the style is from IJ, despite a similar kind of sentence-level feeling of nervousness. Much less "acrobatic" prose.I feel like I'd get more out of that speech about the heroism of boredom in the broader context of the whole novel, but... The Tartar Steppe didn't break me out of a depressive slump, so you'll excuse me if this doesn't, hah.(Note, I read chapter 22 of TPK, not the standalone novella; unsure of any possible differences.)
>>25585076big if true
>>25585370It and chapter 22 are the same. The speech and boredom are much more well developed in context of the novel, especially boredom, which we only understand in context of Fogle in chapter 22. The speech draws heavily on This is Water and all the people who "wandered" in on it and lack everything required to understand it. It is interesting how he pulled that into the novel and worked it towards his goals.
>>25584606GOTTEM LMAOOOOOOO
>>25585370OP here. It's okay that you didn't enjoy it as much as I do. Part of it might be that Chris's father is so much like my own, and that's why I have a strong reaction to the novella. So if our situations are different, it's understandable why the story moves me more than it does you.
