• NathanRanch@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    The Road is one of my favorite pieces of writing. It’s art like anything else. The lack of punctuation really made it feel raw and close to home.

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      I think that’s the point too, you know? His writing style acts as a literary device in and of itself. It’s not always like that, but when it’s like that I feel it helps drive home the scene.

      And I say that while I agree 100% that it’s hard to read.

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      1 day ago

      The road felt like a stream of consciousness to me. It flowed so well that I tore through it in 2 days because I just couldn’t stop reading lol. I’d love to be* that immersed in a book again but nothing else I’ve read has come close