>getting near the end of the book, last 20 pages
>nothing has been resolved yet
stay hyped, friendo
>>7996936
the ending is great holy fuck
>>7996941
what book?
>>7996921
>getting near the end of the book, last 50 pages
>don't see what all the hype is about
>Images of the author's penned manuscripts placed in between third and fourth parts of a novel.
>Glance over them.
>One page talks about the death of a character at the very end.
>>7996962
What book does that? Never seen that before.
>>7996956
>and then in the weeks following finishing the book it all hits you on the head
>author goes into longwinded description
>start to get nervous and sweat sometimes.
It happens with nature all the time even though i strive to appreciate nature more in reading i just really am climbing an uphill battle.
>the ending of Woman in the Dunes, the Trial and the Metamorphosis
>>7996983
is that zyzz at the left?
>reading for plot
Surely this is covert bait?
>>7997003
u bully
>>7996994
No dude, its a sign that some serious shit is about to go down with only 20 pages left.
>>7996983
>read the metamorphosis
>realizethe entire story wasn't about Gregor but Grete
The ending made so much sense when I put it this way.
>>7996976
This happened to me with The Castle
>>7996921
is that a good thing for a book?
>>7996994
Is this a commonly held belief? I remember some nerd was trying to question me when I said that I thought short stories existed as a better, and more enjoyable form of storytelling (read: purely the plot is better) and then when I said I enjoyed novels more he started saying, "But I thought you said short stories were better anon?" very condescendingly. I told him that I read books for things that exist in the writing beyond the plot.
>>7997084
it is a very commonly held belief for lit fic
>>7997084
There's nothing wrong with it. It's just not /lit/. Pure entertainment.
>>7997094
It can be both /lit/ and entertaining though. You can find entertainment in anything if you try.
>>7997101
There's no reason to.
>>7997066
Maurice Blanchot claimed the final sentence was the most unsettling of the entire work.
>>7997112
that would be not reading for plot, you ass.
>>7997106
There is a reason. It's a good feeling to be entertaining and if you love what you're reading then you feel good reading. Good feelings from reading are far better than no feelings from reading or reading as though its work.
>>7997119
There's no reason to combine them.
Setting "good feelings" as an ideal is what demeans the good stuff.
>reading the The Death of Ivan Ilyich
>first 2/3s are pretty boring
>mfw I read the last couple of chapters
>>7997123
There is a reason to combine them. I feel good when I am able to enjoy a book and if the book is good literature then it usually has a pay off and something I can take from it. So not only do I enjoy the book but as I said in another post I am rewarded for reading it. Good feelings isn't an ideal, I never said it was. I am just saying that enjoying the work and reading because you love to read and really getting into the book is much better than just reading it because you think reading makes you smart or knowledgeable.
>>7997118
it's finding a /lit/ reason to read for plot
Reading Don Quixote just for the subversion of the typical chivalry story plot is worth it
>>7997137
Difficult can be entertaining and fun if you see it as a challenge and something to be overcome instead of something to be confronted.
>>7997138
How very National Enquirer of you.
>>7997138
that is literally not reading for plot you dunce.
and there is nothing wrong with reading for plot when the work demands it, like DQ.
>>7997145
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r3Xs9sBEVg
>>7997140
The plot of your logic is rather obvious, but childish.
>>7997151
>literally
>dunce
>"well it's okay in the right situation"
son you been DROPPED
>>7997157
Childish isn't necessarily wrong in the context of learning. You're a child in certain fields to people who have advanced knowledge in those fields. In literature I am still child. I'm young and proud to try.
>>7997162
what the fuck are you talking about?
reading a book (yes, it's a book you're reading when you're reading the plot of the _book_) for philosophical reasons is not "reading for plot".
>>7997164
The plot of your life is that of a champion, Mr Gump.
I feel like reading any great work of literature for purely the plot from an entertainment perspective will leave you dissatisfied. When reading from a literary perspective, you observe the intricacies of the work and how they contribute to the development as a whole. There are books, short stories, and movies all created for pure entertainment- I just don't see novels as being in that realm for the most part.
>>7997186
There is, also, the interesting aspect of the nature in the relationship of a newly read work of literature to the entire world of literature. The medium, as a whole, is of a unique artistic community.
>>7997138
That's getting into the field of analysis. Reading for plot would be only caring about what happens next with no insight or analysis of what you're reading at all. Someone who reads for plot wouldn't even realise the subversion of the genre or whatnot.
>everything get resolved in one scene
is op referring to infinite jest?
