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?
Les Miserables didn’t grab me like it did so many others tbh.
Brutally boring at times. One of the few books I’d recommend either reading the abridged version or not at all.
Something like 80 pages about how saintly the bishop is before we even meet Valjean. It was hated on release as well.
I tried because I love the musical and story behind it but I just felt I was turning it page after page and thinking “OK…yeah I get it…can we move on?” a lot of the time.