Adventures in literature: what's with all the big words?

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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..."

Comments

[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.

[eyeteeth.livejournal.com]

ONCE I HACK THE GREAT GATSBY LITERATURE WILL BE A SOLVED PROBLEM!!! blam dead forever

[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.

[fimmtiu.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the other two are kind of spurious, but I can't disagree about Moby Dick. Bleah.