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.

  • Logan_Maddox@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’ve read the whole thing with notations. It’s really indefensable. Not just because it’s like if Von Mises snorted too much cocaine but also because of all the weirdly rapey stuff, the implications that the oil baron somehow dug all the oil fields himself, the stupid ass scenario of “the entire world fell and just the US is the bastion of liberty”…

    It would be mid if it were a short story or a collection of them. As 3 huge tomes, it’s exactly as bad as War and Peace is good. It’s only persuasive if one has the reading comprehension of an 8th grader.

    • DarthArtoo4@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Totally respectable opinion since it’s based on the fact that YOU READ THE WHOLE BOOK. I don’t understand how people think reading 2 pages (or less) of a 1000-page book is sufficient grounds to put it down. I personally am a fan of the book and Rand (though I strongly prefer The Fountainhead), but that has nothing to do with it. I would defend any work of art from the attacks of people who have never taken the time to actually give it a chance.