Hey there everyone! I finished reading Saramago’s ‘Blindness’ a while ago and… I have to admit that I had to push myself through to finish it, much to the bafflement of many people who consider it a ‘masterpiece’. When I wrote its review, I pointed out how the written style was blocky and nearly a headache to read due to the lack of proper punctuation, paragraphs and so on.

But now I’m sort of curious, what sort of book you thought was ‘overrated’ and why?

    • lycosa13@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I really hated Devil in the White City. I hated that it was promoted as a true crime book but it was actually 75% World’s Fair history and 25% murder. I wanted all murder!

      • zealousGreenery@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Oh glad I’m not the only one! I had a vague knowledge about h.h. Holmes so I was looking forward to learning more. I got more out of reading his Wiki page than this book.