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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    True, most of the gross takes of Lolita are from people who have never read the book.

    I do think a lot of people struggle with not identifying with unreliable narrators though.

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      I never read it in full before, but gods damn does its opening immediately leap in my face with the voice of a potential serial killer lol

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      That may be one of my peeves: people who can’t stomach any story with an unreliable narrator. I never understood why people need to “relate” to the main character.