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

submitted 11 months 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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[–] EmotionalAccounting@alien.top 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Perfume by Patrick Süskind was assigned during one of my lit classes. It was a weird read that I remember somewhat enjoying though it was 10+ years ago and I don’t remember what stood out to me.

Then a girlfriend at the time a few years later recommended Johnny Got His Gun and that was a tough read. I don’t think I enjoyed it much but was happy to have read it I suppose.

I’m a much more boring reader outside of these examples and maybe even those examples show that

[–] Reaper2256@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I read Johnny Got His Gun when I was 14. It took me a bit to get used to the stream of consciousness writing, something I hadn’t encountered before, but it certainly left an impact on me. I have similarly mixed feelings about it, it was pretty powerful.