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.

  • Orion_Scattered@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Here’s another example—when I rate a book such as the Bible which has been published in countless editions and is available in so many forms, my rating is more so for the quality of the edition itself than the content of the book.