>>7983487
>but the fact of the matter is, the town is ugly, claustrophobic, and i don't quite care about plague in this context.
Go read some genre schlock if you want something nice m8. Or Proust or something I guess. A big part of the plague is its dirty scurrying decrepit descriptions.

>>7983487
I enjoyed the fact that The Plague is a look into how people cope with their morality once confronted by death.

>>7983487
Later in the book the doctor and one of the other main guys (forget his name) go onto a rooftop to overlook the town and have a very nice, meaningful chat about what keeps them going. If I remember correctly it was Camus' usual 'it might be a futile losing battle, but there's importance and value in the struggle' vibes. That was my favorite part of the book.
The way they fight against death is the point of the novel, it's not about creating an atmospheric seaside town for escapism. I don't really know what you expect.

>>7983530

It's not that I wanted something nice, I didn't know what to expect, I just read the stranger a year ago and had this sitting around. I liked camus's atmosphere/nature descriptions quite a bit.

>>7984116
>>7983870

I'm about halfway right now it's picking up, its not that it's a bad book by any means, maybe i'm just not in the mood for it. Or to be frank don't care at all about the environment/scenario etc.

I get what you're saying, It's not my favorite at the moment but maybe by books end with the panic picking up and seeing it all come together i'll change.

>>7983487
I was thinking about reading it after reading the Stranger in high school but my high school english teacher said I should adopt a more pragmatic way of looking at life.