You wanted to read the book, you were excited to crack it open, you came into it with good faith and anticipation… but you ended up dnf-ing it. Which book and why?

Mine was The Maid by Nita Prose. It was for my book club and looked like a fun murder mystery. Instead I got instant manic-pixie-dream-neurodivergent-girl vibes, and I noped out before the crime scene was even found.

  • Pryderi_ap_Pwyll@alien.topB
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    I was in high school and from a garage sale bought an old book on archeology in the middle east. I was skimming the author’s introduction and noted:

    “There are several sources for what we know about history. We have written records from those who lived during and after the events. We can, through archeology, study what they left behind. And finally, we have the bible, which is the most accurate source because it is the literal word of God on what happened.”

    I rolled my eyes, closed the book, and regretted not being able to return it.

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      1 year ago

      Oh no.

      I never understand the “bible is the literal word of god” folks. The Bible itself is pretty clear that god did not in fact write it.

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      I would read it! Books like that are good for reasoning out sociology. You know, going in, that biblical accounts are at best allegorical. It’s not like you’re at risk of being brainwashed or something

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        Almost any time I start to say, “it’s interesting,” or “that’s actually interesting,” or similar in conversation it’s like my subconscious has warned people (and me now that I know I do it,) that I’m about to say something that’s interesting to almost nobody but me!

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          Lol my husband gets this deer in headlights look sometimes when I start 9n a tangent about something

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      Literal word of God… sigh. The source texts available can contradict each other directly. And I’m saying this as a believer.