I have my mom’s copy of house of leaves, she died 2 years ago 💔 she was my favorite person on earth and I miss her so much

and I really want to get past the first 100 pages, but finding it hard to

she was an avid reader of difficult texts and books, and said it was one of her favorite fiction books, so for that reason I have been searching Reddit to get some perspective on how to get into it

I’m finding it difficult to get into , have tried multiple times but I am committed to reading the whole thing as a tribute to my mom

I know that may sound odd to some, but I want that connection 🩵 somehow

any advice on how to approach it ?

  • dennyfader@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I love hearing about the connection you had with your Mom, and I hope you’re well!

    Just dropping by to offer a different opinion: Perhaps you’re not in the right time of your life to make your way through it? Shelving it and keeping it ready as a goal for the future is totally fine in kind of a, “I’m gonna conquer this thing one day, Mom!” sort of way. You can know that the connection with your Mom is there in that text, and it will be there for you when you’re ready for it.

    • DaErfYaw@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Yeah, I wouldn’t force it. About 15 years ago my mom read A New Earth and said I would really love it, but I was not ready for it whatsoever. During a very difficult time a few years ago I find my way back to it just coincidentally. Or maybe it found it’s way to me, I don’t know. Reading that book at the right time was an absolute paradigm shift.

      I think if I would have force read it 15 years ago to make my mom happy, I would have perhaps labelled it as “too much” or even said “yeah I read that, it was ok”.

      Sit with it, know it’s always there. Or even work your way up to it. Your mother didn’t just love one book. She was a reader, maybe walk her path?