so... i started this
not nearly as hard as I expected but...i'm honestly just bored
just reading about bloom's love for eating innards
when does it get good
congratulations, senpai, you fell for a meme
It gets much more confusing, don't worry. ilymtaf
it doesn't.
that's kind of the point.
but i would urge you to read on, if not for the personal reward of reading what is considered a masterpiece of modern literature, then for being in a truly small percentage of the reading population that has actually read this book back to front.
the book does have many interesting thoughts/sentences in it, further down half way, though.
>>7335483
Drink a lot while reading it.
It doesn't, why do you believe it was named after a character from a never ending Hell trip?
>>7335483
It gets more weird but if you're not finding it pleasant to read already you're probably not going to like it
>>7335483
But, muh literary references
The chapters don't start getting insane until halfway through. I have mixed feelings about the book as a whole (it is obviously a titanic achievement) but a lot of the later chapters are wild. Circe is a personal fave.
Every single page this book references something I just don't know a thing about and end up reading pages of wiki entries just to understand one or other sentence. So what do I need to do or read in order to better appreciate this book?
>>7335483
You might not be well-read enough.
If you haven't read Homer and aren't familiar with the basics of Irish history and the tenets of Catholicism and Judaism, a lot will be lost on you.
>>7336516
The entirety of the western canon.
