I haven't read it through the way I'd read a novel.

我还没有像读小说那样把它读完。

youdao

Occasionally, I would read a novel that was assigned, but I didn't enjoy this type of reading.

偶尔，我会阅读指定的小说，但我并不享受这样的阅读方式。

youdao

I didn't read straight through the way you read a novel, I just covered a few chapters which interested me most.

我不像你看小说那样从头到尾地看，我只看了我最感兴趣的几章。

youdao

Yes. Okay. Sometimes I do get students who have just an image of this novel in their mind, or they read it when they were in high school and have a sort of irrational, passionate love for it.

好的，有时候我的确会有一些学生,他们脑子里有一个这部小说的形象，或者在高中里读过,对之有一股毫无理由的热爱。

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When I read this novel, I see a lot of dismembered body parts.

我读到了身体的部分，被肢解的身体。

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And if you've never read it, it's a great, great, novel.

你要是从来没读过,这真是一部非常非常好的小说

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