I picked it up on the assurance that it was among the funniest books ever written, but I'm 150+ pages in and I haven't laughed once.

The plot is okay but I'm carrying on mostly because of sunk cost.

  • HiImThomasPynchon [des/pair, it/its]
    hexagon
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    1 month ago

    IDK all the (alleged) jokes I've come across feel too mean spirited to be funny.

    The bit where Reilly considers his commonalities with the black community and tries to 'unionize' the factory have my critical support, though. And while Jones feels like an unkind charicature, I do like him.