Thread: Books only lying poseurs could claim to like
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Old 03-04-2022, 04:12 PM   #120
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Originally Posted by the_callant View Post
I don't know if it counts as a classic, but the book where I had to admit defeat was Catch-22. I got a quarter to half way into it and ended up throwing it in the waste bin. I kept waiting for it to make sense, it never did, and frustration won out.
If it had made sense by 25% in, there would be no need for the rest of the book.

Things that don't make sense that are firmly entrenched is the point of the book.

I read it when I was young, liked it a lot, and am not lying.
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