#especially for certain books that straightup are not written with complexity and subtlety in mind?
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stop putting that stupid ass vladimir nabokov rereading lecture on my dash 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
"one cannot read a book, one can only reread it" SKILL ISSUE!!!!!! I READ THEM ALL THE TIME!!!!
#i hear it referenced all the time at my uni as well and it just pisses me off how pretentious it is...#like yes i 100% agree that there are some very complex works out there where a reread helps shed a lot of light on them#i do it too when i feel i havent fully grasped the meaning of a book#all my love and appreciation to rereads + i deeply respect people who choose to reread all their books.#HOWEVER.#stop acting like a reread is NECESSARY for EVERY BOOK. ON THE PLANET.#thats just not fucking.true??!?#i understand the books i read just fine. i read them#usually once#and as i continue to think about them over time#more and more things fall into place and make sense and i start to formulate a cohesive interpretation of it#i also like to discuss the book with other people and tell my friends about it#and seek out literary criticism/commentary on the topic as well as research any contextual elements i didn't understand while reading#so thats why i hate that nabokov lecture so much. it generalizes. yes rereads are useful and magical but theyre not always. necessary.#especially for certain books that straightup are not written with complexity and subtlety in mind?#oh yeah also nabokov was an Alyosha Karamazov hater so i just dont trust that mfs takes on literature /hj#ok rant over lol just had to get this off my chest
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