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?
Agreed. For me it was the writing style. Everyone always lauds the world building but I find the exposition to be so tiresome and boring to slog through. Last minute inner monologues that last for pages and pages to explain the resolution of the plot without any action? Hard pass.
That said, there’s a lot of really interesting themes and I think it’d be really cool to read about in class and examine with a critical/ social justice lens. Could be fun to use it as a jumping off point to talk about settler colonialism.