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machobiscuit OP t1_jdiraxb wrote

Reply to comment by HildaMarin in I read Finnegan's Wake so you don't have to by machobiscuit

It is fun to read, but only if you're into that kind of thing.

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Unusual-Wash4227 t1_jdkl5ui wrote

that's literally anything. "Is this book fun?" "Yeah, if you're into it"

literally how likes and dislikes work. Entirely subjective

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bleakFutureDarkPast t1_jdl8qem wrote

no. some things will he very generally fun and good because they touch on general things that apply to everyone. fun if you're into it describes only things that are good, but not through their own value, but in the context of a niche. it's just like how many reviewers will consider anything between a 6 and 7.5 as 'good for the fans of this specific genre' or 'good for fans of the topic the story is based on'.

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That-Soup3492 t1_jdl2nlv wrote

As long as you can define what the it that you are into is.

For Finnegan's Wake, the it is not novels.

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HildaMarin t1_jdiydsv wrote

Exactly 100%

No one should ever be forced to read this sort of thing. You need to hear about it, look it to it, possibly train for it, do it, then you have something you can talk about with a small number of similarly minded people who become instant friends.

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Disparition_2022 t1_jdn6597 wrote

>No one should ever be forced to read this sort of thing.

Has this ever actually happened? Is there some danger of it happening? I know that Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is occasionally taught in high schools but I don't think FW is likely to show up as required reading anywhere.

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Joe_Doe1 t1_jdouvhj wrote

FUN FACT 2: He also coined the word 'Quarks' in the novel.

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