It is but very disturbing. I got half way through and thought it's not that disturbing... people must be soft. But God, by the end I was traumatised. Im glad I read it though. I think the movie was a great adaptation.

Mine isn't exactly anxiety but I struggle with choosing books and so I end up with horrendous ones a lot of the time

One strategy is that I read 2-3 books at a time. In case one is boring you have a second one to not drain your reading desire. (this help if you dislike DNFing as well)

My newly developed strategy is that I write down a number of titles I'd like to read this year. The number is my reading challenge of the year. This help reduce my 1000+ wishlist to a manageable number (this year it's 40 for example)

The thing with the list, is that I don't stick to it like gospel. I update it once a month or so based on new recommendations, so it doesn't become a job. Most of it stays the same, but aroung 5 change and so your list becomes more targeted towards favorites, but it also gives that sense of accomplishment as you see the list shrinking as you go through it. (unlike my wish list wich keeps growing infinitely.)

I hope this helps somehow.

Oh how cool, that must've been amazing! You'll have to report back on your thoughts on the book!

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Wow that is a real reddit moment bruh

She has some books I like, some I'm not interested in. I am a chatacter reader, if you can make me like one chatacter, I will probably be invested. I have read lots of "bad books" and enjoyed them. Reading, I think, for the most part, is for fun and de-stressing, at least for me it is. There was also some controversy with her son and allegations that she allegedly covered up, which once the internet caught wind, it made it even worse to be a fan of hers.

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I think music is the only thing he truly understands, he's confident and knowledgeable about every bit of music he listens to. It cements him in reality, even when his sanity is floating away into the void

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Definitely try "Everyone in this room will someday be dead" if you haven't already.

I didn't realize that "The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs" was by the same author/illustrator duo! Also an iconic book when I was growing up.

I loved that book when I was young, and my son loved the truck book when he was little. It's so awesome to be able to share the same author who you loved with your kids.

Back story—manuscript found under author’s bed after he committed suicide. In the book, He is a ne’er do well living in New Orleans with his mom and the book is laugh out loud hilarious.

I've only seen the film but that was my take too. He was reciting reviews in order to make himself look insightful and cultured.

I don't necessarily love reading her, but I know her books will burn some hours if I need to wait for something. Sort of like putting my brain in standby mode if I have important meetings going on later in the day, or I'm trying to wait out something.

Like, I'm not gonna regret spending a few hours reading her weirdass names. I'm a sap at heart, and I enjoy a decent romance. Her books are cookie cutter, digestible, and while they have some WTF moments and decisions, they aren't exactly fighting my suspension of disbelief too hard. Except for that one book. That we all know of. But as soon as she snapped my suspension of disbelief, I read it as an attempt at comedy, and it turned wonderful

Also, her characters are chaoticly named, and while I find some of them ridiculous, I admire her brazen uncaring efforts

Both of mine are in webcomics, unsounded and order of the stick. Both have had several such reveals many, many years after they were seeded.

I feel like A Gentleman in Moscow pulled this off pretty well.

No one ever brings up the idea that the character is on the spectrum and desperate to pass for non-divergent.

LOL there is so much non-fiction that is actually good …

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I thought it was to lull the reader into a spiral of boredom just before throwing you back into a super-mega-ultra-violent scene. It takes place in the MTV era as well as music magazines being pretty popular. Having an “intellectual” conversation about music in order to have one toe in mainstream pop culture seemed to fit the character for me. Bateman had obsessive compulsive behaviors which included hygiene, working out, music, and killing. The first three are pretty mundane, but the last one is so inhumane and absolutely intolerably extreme. It’s one book I’ve not wanted to read a second time. I haven’t seen the movie (except for a few scenes that end up on social media a lot) because I couldn’t see how a movie could possibly be made to be anything like the book yet still be watchable.

I remember picking this out of the lineup of books at our schools book fair when I was in 5th grade. I thought the stinky cheese man drawings were so cute I just HAD to have it haha I still own that book to this day. What a classic! So glad to see others who have loved it as much, never really met anyone else irl who has read it

Can you save us the time and give us his main points lol....? I tried reading it one time and got bored after a page.

Yes exactly, like i said barring a few parts of a few chapters. So the second part is also the same?

I'm reading it with the help of podcast / audiobook. Hard to concentrate man.