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[livejournal.com profile] do_not_lick reminded me of a favorite Internet book reviewer, and linked me to two of his critical pieces I had not seen.
  1. Moby-Dick "The plot could be wholly told in about 15 pages, none ommitted. The rest is philosophy and whale-encyclopedia."

  2. Mrs. Dalloway "Just WTF is this book about ? Making fun of the London "drawing rooms" society of 100 years ago ? M...kay, whatever."

  3. The Odyssey "The style is heavy, but there's no other way out, I guess. They spake (hehe...) this way back then..."

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Date: 2008-03-06 10:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] halfjack.livejournal.com
My favourite book review is of The Iliad. It goes something like, "a litany of groin injuries, listed in verse."

I wrote it.

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Date: 2008-03-06 10:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eyeteeth.livejournal.com
ONCE I HACK THE GREAT GATSBY LITERATURE WILL BE A SOLVED PROBLEM!!! blam dead forever

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Date: 2008-03-07 12:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] loose-joints.livejournal.com
This is why I don't like Moby Dick. Dude just summed it up in two sentences. Bam. I like that guy.

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Date: 2008-03-09 11:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fimmtiu.livejournal.com
Yeah, the other two are kind of spurious, but I can't disagree about Moby Dick. Bleah.

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