I read “Rameau’s Nephew” by French philosopher and writer Diderot when I was 11, and I really really loved it. I don’t think it was meant for children but I read it multiple times and it was my favorite book for years

Oh I thought I was the only one that did that ! When I borrow a book from a library and I really love it I buy it. Same for audiobooks, when I listen to a very good book I like to have the paper version

I loved having good teachers giving us good books to read. I remember being one of the few in class that actually read the books, while the others mainly looked up summaries on internet. That one teacher that gave us Lord of the flies wasn’t very good, but I’ve had some that were like you describe. The best book I had to read for class was probably The Stranger by Albert Camus, when I was 15 to 16

I think I was used to less tough books. However I remember reading stuff like Hunger Games around the same age, that wasn’t a very chill book either… so maybe it was because the teacher made us reading it during vacations without warning us, and the unexpected turn of events, like the children killing each other, shocked me

I think I was used to less tough books. However I remember reading stuff like Hunger Games around the same age, that wasn’t a very chill book either… so maybe it was because the teacher made us reading it during vacations without warning us, and the unexpected turn of events, like the children killing each other, shocked me

Our teacher mad us read Lord of the Flies when we were only 12-13 years old. Traumatizing experience, I don’t think we were supposed to read that so young. Won’t re-read it anytime soon

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment.

This book was crazy, every single character was so damn interesting and the 1800’s Russia put such an ambience to the book that I couldn’t read anything after finishing it. The book had no boring moments, no useless character. And the main character, the illness and the absurd were intriguing. The answers to each question made you ask 10 new questions.

What I thought was going to be a simple story about a guy trying to get away with murder ended up being a complex psychological and philosophical book about moral, reality, paranoia, apathy, will to live, history, and more.