Redjay12 OP t1_j29nex7 wrote
Reply to comment by ManyCats247 in Is Canticle For Lebowitz supposed to be funny? by Redjay12
Even though I knew it was satire, it was still depressing rather than funny because of the in depth descriptions of individual people suffering and dying.
wingthing666 t1_j2a583k wrote
I had the worst sleepless night after reading part 3 while feeling sick and depressed. If I should die before I wake levels of existential terror after all the death and suffering and that priest wanting to live just a little longer to offer up his fatal pain and atone for his perceived sins.... God I can never read that book again except in broad daylight
Redjay12 OP t1_j2a77tp wrote
yes! I experienced the exact same last night
ManyCats247 t1_j29rkne wrote
I agree that it was extremely depressing. The image of the monk ruining his eyesight with such a futile and wasted task of writing by candlelight really bugged me.
Redjay12 OP t1_j2a3ioy wrote
exactly. I felt horrible for most of the people in the book and how they suffered. The woman and her baby going to be euthanized after the bombs dropped was so bleak
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