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.
Funny, I enjoyed this read, and I am a pretty hardcore atheist/realist. I didn’t even realize it had a following, it fell into my hands off a free bookshelf somewhere. Do people think it’s a real story, or deeper than just laying out some relationship patterns you’ll run into in life?
People are always hoping that they will find something that makes sense out of all the chaos, and self-delusion is really the only game in town when it comes to that.
Ohhh, were good at that one!!!
I remember a conversation with one guy who was raving about how exciting the book was, saying something like “didn’t you find all those coincidences amazing?”, which suggested to me he thought it was real. I don know what he thought of the guy learning to levitate at the end though.
Same. My mom read it and said it was pretty good and I read it as well. I don’t remember much from it but it wasnt bad. I can’t imagine what would be in it that was life changing or religious or culty.
I still occasionally meet people and think “this person is such a poor me.”
I don’t remember the other types though. That one stuck.