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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    The giver or anything by Lois Lowry.

    The sword of truth only because I’ve tried twice and made it 9 books in each time and I can never finish the damn thing

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      I’m curious why the giver is on your list? It’s been decades since I’ve read it, and since the adaptation is on my list of movies to watch I thought it’d be interesting to revisit the novel.