It’s a question inspired by this post https://www.reddit.com/r/books/s/s2jK2DzFrA by u/oh_sneezeus
Is there any book that is considered a classic or regularly shows up on the “100 books to read before you die” lists and such, you had high expectations before reading and then you ended up absolutey detesting?
For me it’s Blindness by José Saramago, it started off good and then page after page it was becoming more unbearable for me to read, I hated the characters, the things they were doing and the conclusions of the book. I was really disappointed because the plot seemed really good and all I ended up with was frustration.
Is there a book that did the same to you?
I’m going to get crucified for this but we studied Of Mice and Men at school. we had no cultural ties to the book because no one in our class was American and we had to do a whole week on the context, which was incredibly boring. if I see a PowerPoint on the american dream and the great depression ever again I will probably get violent.
only thing I remember from the book are rabbits and the husband of the made up sex doll keeping a glove on and lubing up his hand for his wife. teacher had tried to gloss over it but we just erupted into laughter. and the racial slurs my incredibly white English Teacher just loved saying. I genuinely don’t understand why it’s kept on a pedestal and worshipped by many.
I absolutely love this book, but I can see it being completely unrelate-able if you’re not American.