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What is the absolute craziest book you've read? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by kawaiitophat@alien.top to c/books@metacritics.zone

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I'll start, so as a teen I stumbled across a book called," Someone comes to town, someone leaves town." The synopsis caught me as it's about a man with a mountain as a fathera washing machine as a mother and one brother that is dead and trying to harm him. I'll admit some of the technical terms were too much for my developing mind but it has stuck with me all these years.

What is the wackiest / craziest book you've read and did you enjoy the ride?

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[–] Lvrchfahnder@alien.top 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino

Another example of a really great idea that got watered down in the second half of the book.

[–] Wehrsteiner@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Read it last week and I was eager for it to end throughout the second half or well, even the last two thirds of the book. It's rather short as a novel but felt drawn-out nonetheless. Probably something that would have worked much better in the novella format.

Interestingly, this is something I'd say about every Calvino book I've read so far. He tends to milk whichever idea he comes up with until it's drier than dirt.