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.

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      10 months ago

      The movie is wonderful satire. Is the book not? Interesting that Verhoeven would choose that book and then reverse the message of it.

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      10 months ago

      I aways hated Heinlein, but I really liked the movie so I went back and reread the book. I really liked it too the second time around.