The Greatest Behinds in Literature
Books Left: 96
Days Left: 671
Current Book: Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
I’m behind in my reading and Sophie’s Choice by William Styron isn’t helping. The book is nearly 600 pages of small font that decreases in size whenever a letter or a piece of writing by the main character is included, which happens frequently. The writing is dry in a way that makes it difficult to read yet it fits with the main character who is an aspiring novelist. I can see why he would want to use obscure words whenever possible and how he might think that every tiny detail of his life is worth being memorialized even when it doesn’t relate in any way to the plot.
Although I don’t know exactly what the plot is. I’m only on page 58.
I left my ride in the car while I went grocery shopping, giving him the book as entertainment. He managed to get further into it than I did and had a couple choice things to say via text message:
“This book is awful. It’s all over the road. Hope you can read German, French, and Polish. Sophie’s already made her choice.”
Later he asked me how the book was going and I confessed that I hadn’t even met Sophie yet. “She’s mean and obnoxious,” he said.
“What do they see in her then?” I asked.
“I have no idea. They say she has a really great bum. They mention this several times.”
Lovely. I think I might need some encouragement to help me get through this one.
[I must include a quick plug here for my newest literary project, perhaps a bit more lowbrow this time: Hot Guys Reading Books.]
Tags: aspiring novelist, bums, comments from friends, plot, Sophie's Choice
Sounds like a bummer of a book, hope you make it through if that is what you want to do. I hate small type, it gives me horrible headaches. I used to buy books with small type because they’re normally cheaper but I just can’t do it anymore.
I just recently saw the movie, and despite my love for Meryl Streep, thought that it was pretty awful. I don’t think I could handle 600 pages of the same story! lol
My mom called me to tell me that she loves the book and that it just starts out slowly. Let’s hope it gets better!
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Yes me too. I think her so called advise is c##p. I will be asking for a refund also. If I don’t succeed I will be contacting my credit card company. Good Luck.