What do you want most out of the literature you read?

Mixed entertainment and reflexion.

Plot.

I read for it

>>7493617
To feel a deep human connection to the characters or the author.

>>7493617
>>7493617
New ideas and perspectives from which to view the world. New concepts that I can extract from the book and apply to my own life. Emotional satisfaction from well conceived character interactions.

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To escape the real world.

>>7493743
I do that too, but given what I read I don't think it's better than the real world.

>>7493753
At least it's not happening to you in the books, though.

>>7493756
Good point. But it doesn't improve my vision of people or life. At all.

social capital

To be tickled.

To kill time on my long subway commute and look smart.

A better repertoire of ideas and clever expressions. Escapism. To be closer to senpai.

>>7493617
a smile. not a laugh ...