I’ll go with the low-hanging fruit: Mein Kampf. I’ve read it, cover to cover. As a piece of propaganda, it’s good. As an example of good writing? Absolutely not (though I will admit I have only read it in translation). Oh, and the whole fascist, racist, and generally shitty worldview of the author that he infuses into the text. And the fact that the author is literally Hitler. You 5-star that book? You’re a Nazi. Period. And as a Jewish person, I don’t look too kindly on them.

  • qkestral@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    the midnight library… i’m with you on that one. hours of my life thrown away with only a questionable moral resolution that was barely developed by the also questionable writing. not…… bad…… but if you give it a 5/5 we have VERY different priorities when we read books lol

    • cashmakessmiles@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      No, it’s bad. It’s a pathetic self help book without anything real to say designed to trick non readers into thinking they’ve been inspired. The real message of the book is that you should never make any decisions, ever, because no matter what good thing you try to do for yourself your friend might die in a completely random car crash and that is somehow your fault.

      • Scream-Queen-Regent@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        For someone being so snobby about the book, it’s quite funny that you’ve misinterpreted the quite simple messages of it.

        • cashmakessmiles@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          I struggle to misinterpret what is rammed down your throat via actual author monologues in the middle of the text. Not much subtext hidden in high school reflective essay style prose either. And yes, to be fair, I did REALLY hate this book - maybe I am too harsh, but I don’t think it’s snobby to just really hate a book.