#catch-22 was a frustrating case because i saw the absurdism and delighted in it

[clanoffelidae]

Acknowledging the literary value of a work and the message behind it doesn’t mean I have to enjoy it. Catch-22 is a great commentary on war and the both absurd yet bitterly human nature of it while also commenting on both the horrendously negative and transcendently positive capabilities of humanity. I still think it’s boring as shit tho.

#i adore absurdism #i hate war novels #catch-22 managed to fall in the middle of the field for me at just ‘boring’ #it’s not even the bleakness of war novels that i dislike #i’m just fine with bleak and depressing shit #hell i MYSELF have some bleak and depressing story ideas i still love #and would like to realize in some form or fashion one day #i think it’s just how many of them there are #because so many of these ‘great works of the twentieth century’ are by war veterans #and yes!!! work on your trauma besties!!! im all here for it!!! #but being forced to read what felt like 20000 of them in school #while unknowingly fighting adhd the whole way #i just cant stand them anymore like nope that is a Bad Subject and i will throw the book if you bring it near me #like forcing myself to try and focus on them to the point of literal pain from the strain of it #for multiple YEARS #i cant deal with them anymore #catch-22 was a frustrating case because i saw the absurdism and delighted in it #but the overall setting was so hard to drag myself through it balanced out to an end result of ‘boring as shit’ #i know in our discussion on the book I definitely came off like i didnt get it #no i get what it’s saying and i approve of the message #im STILL bored as shit tho besties #I graduated high school six yeara ago idk why im thinking about this rn #but yeah tl;dr i can absolutely get the idea behind ‘classics’ and appreciate and approve of the value in them #while ALSO never wanting to go near them ever again because im going to cry from boredom #i can appreciate WHAT youre saying without enjoying HOW youre saying it #these things are not mutually exclusive