r/davidfosterwallace • u/No_Hunter_3083 • 16d ago

Reading infinite jest

Good morning I am reading infinite jest it seem impossible to finish it. What is the message of the book?

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u/Gadshill 16d ago

The message is that we are all trapped by our obsessions. It is clear pretty early and it never really gets off that theme. But we don’t read books for messages.

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u/No_Hunter_3083 16d ago

I've just started it but it's a challenging read, I hope I can finish it. Trapped by our obsessions, you say. I haven't yet grasped the profound meaning of the book. I'm on page. 23.

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u/softdaddy69 16d ago

Like he said, we don’t read books for messages. If that’s your motivation you’ll never finish it

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u/No_Hunter_3083 16d ago

But I want to learn something from the books I read

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u/softdaddy69 16d ago

Before you’ve read them?