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?

    • megaphone369@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I loved reading until the Johnny Tremaine slog in the 7th grade.

      Was the first time I ever thought, “Maybe I’ve been wrong all this time. Maybe reading actually sucks.”

      It took me almost a year after JT to start reading for pleasure again

    • CapybarasAreCoolAF@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Ok I totally forgot about my absolutely nightmarish time trying to slog through this in 5th grade until now, thank you