I gave Ulysses a chance but after 170 pages I still really don't like it so I'm moving on. I now understand the quote (attributed by many to Dorothy Parker): "This is not a book to be lightly thrown aside. It should be thrown with great force."

Maybe it's because I recently read Mrs. Dalloway and by comparison Woolf handled the same approach (stream of consciousness inside various characters' minds during a single day) masterfully. By comparison Ulysses is a self-indulgent slog in need of an editor.

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@kyle

Funny. :)

It's better if you listen to it read/performed, as poetry. It's spoken word in written form.

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