A review by sonnetson
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is its own argument, if it has an argument at all. Infinite is right. Jest is right. But that doesn't get at the intense, heart-breaking sincerity underpinning this book. One of the greatest novels I have ever read. 

There are three scenes in particular which are, perhaps, the greatest individual moments in fiction (maybe even lit broadly) I have yet read.