I'm about 180 pages into Dunces and really don't see what all the hype is about. It's sort of a charming book, but Ignatius' dialogue is so whip-smart, it kind of takes me out of the book. I don't get why people say it was so life changing.

I'm 100 pages into FWTBT, and it seems like a better book. There are a couple things that are weird about it - primarily that any expletives are written as "unspeakable" or "obscenely" or things of that nature which I can't chalk up to being a product of poor translation - but it definitely holds my attention so far better than Dunces is.

I've been reading Dunces for several months. I've been reading FWTBT for three days. I have a feeling that I finish Dunces several months from now, long after I finish FWTBT.