CreepyTarot
CreepyTarot OP t1_ja5us4v wrote
Reply to comment by CustomSawdust in Have you ever read a book so good, that rereading it is physically painful? by CreepyTarot
Blood Meridian is really powerful, it is hard for me to reread sometimes with the violence, but line for line I think McCarthy is probably the best American writer for prose.
I have never heard of How High We Go but I am going to reserve it on Libby.
Did you read the Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet? Very similar feeling, I had to read it slow because the feelings it gave me were so enticing and rich.
CreepyTarot OP t1_ja56euo wrote
Reply to comment by AmusingMiscreant in Have you ever read a book so good, that rereading it is physically painful? by CreepyTarot
Yes they absolutely count! I definitely remember that book.
CreepyTarot OP t1_ja52rzk wrote
Reply to comment by PeachKiwi20 in Have you ever read a book so good, that rereading it is physically painful? by CreepyTarot
Isn't it wild how that happens? It's like magic.
CreepyTarot t1_ja4ydxj wrote
Reply to A Tale for the Time Being- Ozeki by ackthisisamess
LOVE this book!!!!! I think about it all the time. It deserves to be a modern classic I am so surprised more people have not read it. It is fantastic, and deeply moving.
CreepyTarot OP t1_ja60wl6 wrote
Reply to comment by RndmBrutalLoveMaster in Have you ever read a book so good, that rereading it is physically painful? by CreepyTarot
Yes omg I love your comment!! Same situation, reading it at different ages has made me feel differently and more sympathetic. It's like such a beautiful portrait of human life and all its misgivings.