Time to brag: what’s the hardest book you read? (literature.cafe)

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By this I mean, a book you had to brace yourself to read, and you feel proud for having read. Did you enjoy the process of reading it?

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[-] Cherenkov_Effect@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Anathem by Neal Stephenson is a tough book to get through, but extremely rewarding if you do.

I found Blindsight by Peter Watts to be a hard read mostly because a lot of the philosophy went right over my head. Good book though.

[-] Eq0@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago

I loved Anathem, but the ending was a bit too much all over the place for my taste. I honestly enjoy random philosophical discussions, so the first third of the book was my bread and butter.

Stephenson is a weird author, Anathem is great, I enjoyed the Criptonomicon but really did not like Snow Crash.

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