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?

  • Tall_Catch@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    The House in the Cerulean Sea. It wasn’t a BAD book by any stretch of the imagination, but considering how many folks raved about it to me, I was pretty underwhelmed. Based on reports from other readers, I was expecting something beautiful and moving, but ultimately it was just kind of… twee, I guess. Maybe I’m just a robot?