Redditor's Choice

Taking place after the first World War, this story of a young veteran has become an American literary classic. The novel receives mostly positive feedback on Reddit although some negative feedback from those who read it not by choice but for a high school or university course also appears.

That's one of the very few books I've read that gripped me solely because of the sentences themselves, rather than any story line or plot considerations. The writing is astonishing.

A phrase began to beat in my ears with a sort of heady excitement: "There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, and the tired."

-- joezuntz

I hate this book like no other. Couldn't stand reading it. Upvoted because it should be required reading. Like that awfulness Pride and Prejudice. Ugh.

-- eatadonut