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Title: Not worth the effort of wading through the 800-plus pages
Review: When I first picked up DeLillo's monster, I thought it was great. One of those books that you can't seem to put down. Then, after I read about 300 or so pages, it became harder and harder to pick it up, until finally I put it down permanently after close to 500 pages. I experienced a great sense of loss at the fact that I had wasted a lot of precious time that I could have devoted to one of the classics. If you like repetition, though, you will enjoy this book. DeLillo tends to repeat certain passages over and over, which in a sense is why the book seems so long and drawn out. Close to 500 pages into it and I couldn't possibly see how or when he was going to end my misery, so I did by turning it back in to the library.
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