My friends and I were having a discussion about our favourite books and we talked about “being too late” to appreciate a book. I kind of get the sentiment and was wondering if others agree. So one of my favourite books of all time is Perks of Being a Wallflower and read it when I was 17 and I remember just thinking about it for a long time and always going back to it. It just cut so deep unlike anything else. I wondered if I had read it now at 29 if it would have nearly the same impact.
Also, I read Looking For Alaska for the first time this year and while I enjoyed it, I found myself wondering how blown away I would have been reading it as a teenager. I just know I would have appreciated it so much more and while I still love John Green I don’t know if his books will ever hit me the same again.
On the other hand, I’m sure there are books that I didn’t appreciate before that I certainly would now!
With many books cause when I was a teenager I was not a voracious reader (although I read some of the asoiaf books, ya and the kingkiller chronicle) but some books I read these last few years I always have this feeling that I should had read during my teens, for example, The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, The Goldfinch, It, All The Light We Cannot See and Looking for Alaska like you mentioned
If someone would like to recommend some book that will be proper to read at my age (I’m 22) you’re welcome