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

    Man, Guy Gavriel Kay feels horribly underrated to me.
    I discovered him when I found All The Seas of the World in the library, and just the pseudo-historical setting made it seem interesting (Feels a little lazy, but it lets him tell a new story without having to create a world, which I like). Turned out, the book was really good.
    And yet, I never see him mentioned.