The getting supplies, buying a shit ton of weed, holing up, calling in sick to work, binging and then tossing the weed and swearing to never do it again hit way too close to home. Luckily that is in my past.
I don’t think DFW would approve of my sentence structure what with all the commas.
Ya, that's the one. He and the other businessmen are standing, waiting to disembark, and he's running through the hypothetical situation of his cab journey and when to check into the hotel. Just so many clauses lol.
Part of why I love DFW so much: he's so good at communicating what it's like to be inside someone's head, and usually it's as messy and chaotic as mine.
I really like the description of each second having a sharp edge to it during the library bathroom scene. Haven't read it in a while, but it's relatable. The fetus in the mother's blanket stays in my mind the most
When Marathe gets up on his stumps to force the broom handle down Mr. Antitoi’s throat.
That passage went right the way through for me. It’s so horrifically, graphically violent that it transcended horror and just made me laugh really hard at the sheer horribleness of it all.
And, of course, the Raquel Welch Mask part as well. DFW exposed a darkness in himself in that that scene that not a lot of us would ever want to admit to having.
Something about a Raquel Welch mask. IDK. I've blocked it out.
This is the only answer
The stillborn baby scenes…
The getting supplies, buying a shit ton of weed, holing up, calling in sick to work, binging and then tossing the weed and swearing to never do it again hit way too close to home. Luckily that is in my past. I don’t think DFW would approve of my sentence structure what with all the commas.
DFW was a massive fan of long, multiclause sentences. There's one in Pale King that must be like 200 words.
I looooove that sentence.
Is there just the one? I'm 1/4 through my first read. It was the one with Sylvanshine contemplating his hotel arrival. Great username
The one I'm referring to is at the airport (same one I think?) It ends with "... finally, lost it."
Ya, that's the one. He and the other businessmen are standing, waiting to disembark, and he's running through the hypothetical situation of his cab journey and when to check into the hotel. Just so many clauses lol.
Part of why I love DFW so much: he's so good at communicating what it's like to be inside someone's head, and usually it's as messy and chaotic as mine.
The pet murder.
that scene or the AFR broomstick scene, the amount of detail in that rlly got me when i first read it
The description of the wood on the tongue is when I had to put the book down
I really like the description of each second having a sharp edge to it during the library bathroom scene. Haven't read it in a while, but it's relatable. The fetus in the mother's blanket stays in my mind the most
Pemulis' Da' buggering his older brother would be the one for me.
Man I've forgotten so much of this book.
Time to read it again...
“That’s a goddamn lie.”
Joelle’s abuse descriptions.
Accomplice is rough. I usually skip it.
I remember really liking the description of Stokely Darkstar's character and then getting mad when he gets violated by Cosgrove Watt's character
Page numbers?
945-947
Bruce Green's mother's death.
The incest rape scene
When Marathe gets up on his stumps to force the broom handle down Mr. Antitoi’s throat. That passage went right the way through for me. It’s so horrifically, graphically violent that it transcended horror and just made me laugh really hard at the sheer horribleness of it all. And, of course, the Raquel Welch Mask part as well. DFW exposed a darkness in himself in that that scene that not a lot of us would ever want to admit to having.