I remember how excited I was to read about Sherlock doing battle with James Moriarty, only to find out he was half-assedly shoehorned into all of four stories.
>completely regular mystery
>it was a Moriarty all right!
Whenever a book builds up to the protagonist achieving his sexual desires only to dismiss the action with "we had sex" or "afterwards we..."
Just... Leaves me empty. I don't know what I even expect.
>>8142280
Yes. Still, i can't hate Arthur; The Mark of the Four and the Baskervilles's Hound are two great stories
pynchon
People act like post/modern shit is so deep or whatever and you read it and its just the author having a giggle with themselves at being disjointed.
>>8142280
The entire genre of cyberpunk is a disappointment
the aesthetic has a ton of potential but all the writers are shit
>>8143052
read vurt
>>8142280
Reading the Iliad as a kid to find out about the judgement of Helen and the Trojan horse and the sack of Troy: "Getting awfully close to the end, but maybe in the next book..."
Fishing book 12 of the Odyssey: "Gee, I wonder how many crazy adventures in new, unexplored lands he will have in the second half!"
Still loved that blind, illiterate old pederast, and I love him even more now.
J.G Ballard. I've started three of his books, dropped each one.
