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?

  • rkim777@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Curious George Goes To The Hospital. It has a child-friendly monkey getting high on ether. What kind of example does that set for our children?

    • bellelap@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I’m a librarian and I HATE Curious George. I never recommend those books. That monkey is an annoying brat and not in an endearing, funny way. Those books have other problems as well, but none as unforgivable as having a utterly unlikeable cast of characters.

    • QuixPanda@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Covering the eyes of my 22 year old curious George doll

      Don’t listen to the haters George

    • Tacky-Terangreal@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      For some reason, this was my favorite Curious George book as a kid. I think it was the medication that made me curious. George was getting that good shit for his surgery lol