[onlyrealcuzzo]

> It's a post-modern retelling of Ulysses, for one, but not just that. It's a post-apocalyptic novel but also a novel incredibly concerned with reconstruction following WWII. It's a critique of industrialization, but also a critique of the pop movements resisting industrialization.

I've noticed most modern classics that people describe as being about a bunch of themes are usually absurdly overrated.

Most of the really great books, people describe, "It's about this character who..."

Not, "It's a commentary on..."

The first type of book is good, the second type of book usually just panders to an audience and MFAs...

[A4ET8a8uTh0]

Personal opinion incoming.

How would you describe works of Douglas Adams, Pratchett, Gaiman? The question you refer to discloses more the disposition of a person, but not really the quality of the book.

[onlyrealcuzzo]

That's why I said "most" and not "all" of the great books.

[yadingus]

> Most of the really great books, people describe, "It's about this character who..."

I find this sentence preposterous, not only is it not true about great books, but people don't say that.