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?

  • ATX_rider@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Atlas Shrugged.

    You don’t need 1,300 pages to present an over-simplified bullshit argument that everyone who is rich and successful is that way because they are smart, disciplined, and hard working while everyone who is not successful is that way because they are lazy, loafing, and undisciplined.

    • CupertinoHouse@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      That’s an oversimplification. She didn’t claim that everyone who’s rich and successful is virtuous, and in fact the villains include several people who are rich by inheritance or by political maneuvering.

      • ATX_rider@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        My point exactly. The only people capable of being rich and villainous are the ones who got wealthy without hard work.

        The entire book is an oversimplification.

    • PeterJuncqui@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      It is a book written with such a bad understanding of human nature as well. To me her philosophy is so flawed I can`t get past it. I am usually torn by good writers that don’t agree with my views… They make me doubt myself. Needless to say, Ayn isn’t one of those writers.