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?
The Republic - Plato
I love The Republic, but I can’t disagree with your argument :)
Just read Plato as an argument on Ancient Greek reddit
I enjoy Plato very much, but this is a fair point. For just once, I wanted someone to push back: “no, that isn’t what I said or meant at all.”
I mosty love books 5 6 and 7. the entire book about what literature will be censored is boring and stretched as fuck, and I really like Plato.
Can’t fault you, that’s definitely how it reads. I love Plato’s Republic, probably read it 5 times, but it’s more of a long pondering on the nature our souls (in the classical sense of the word, not the modern religious sense) and the hierarchy by which we should try and structure them. It’s not really something you read for plot or character development, and it’s not really meant to give any actual historical insight into any of its characters. It’s debated amongst scholars, but I also land on the side of the argument that it’s not about government either. Plato has other works about the structure of government, and it’s very different from the government used as metaphor in his Republic