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RMarkL t1_j1a8o9g wrote

Circe by Madeline Miller, absolutely hated the book. Other people loved it, so I just shut my mouth about whenever it comes up.

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katx_x OP t1_j1a8sh3 wrote

same w song of achilles for me. it was pretty eh but my friends love talking about it 💀💀

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staffsargent t1_j1ab02u wrote

I was divided on Song of Achilles. I liked some aspects of it but not others. I absolutely hated Circe though. Miller's sappy, overly emotional writing style made it impossible to get into the story.

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katx_x OP t1_j1a8pbn wrote

gosh, the count of monte christo is really a beautiful book. just extremely long and i think it starts off maybe too slow

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withaheavyhearton t1_j1aa3e7 wrote

Where the Crawdads Sing. I enjoyed the writing, but the story was just kind of...meh. I'm still not sure why it was such a big hit.

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Veer-Zinda t1_j1a8xco wrote

1Q84. If Murakami was guilty of this in other books of his, I hadn't picked up on it, but I couldn't help noticing how much he talks about breasts in all three volumes and once I did notice it, I couldn't unnotice it afterwards.

Also, Crash. I found it well-written but boring, almost as if that were intentional, so I can't fault the writing. It just wasn't an enjoyable experience, even if it successfully conveyed what Ballard intended. I'd recommend reading this once at least.

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rolowa t1_j1a9680 wrote

Interview with a Vampire, I just couldn't finish it

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NoMilkNoSugarCoffee t1_j1aa483 wrote

Jekyll and Hyde. People recommend this to me after I finished Dorian Gray (which I adored) and found the writing style immature (like it was written for children) and disliked the lack of character introspection into Jekyll because he is seen through the lenses of other characters. People say it’s peak gothic horror but it was all so silly to me.

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[deleted] t1_j1aab43 wrote

Slouching towards Bethlehem. Maybe it flew over my head, I don’t know. Also, anything by Fran Lebowitz. I really tried to « feel it » towards works of these cool ladies but my boat didn’t float.

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myrdraal2001 t1_j1aafq6 wrote

A Song of Ice and Fire novel series. I read Game of Thrones because I heard that it was going to be a TV series and as soon as I got to the incest part I turned off and forced myself to continue it. Then it had ice zombies and maybe/maybe not dragons and I was done with wanting to even watch the show. When the show first came out I did watch the first episode and wasn't impressed. I've never understood the hype for it.

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keesouth t1_j1aaxvg wrote

House of Leaves. It had so much potential but the gimmicks became too much and added unnecessary information.

Catcher In The Rye. It may be because I read it as an adult but I just could not stand the main character. He just came off as a whiny emo kid to me. I discussed the book with someone who read it as a teenager when it originally came out and he said it was so amazing to them because they're had never been a character written like that before. There had never been a book where a young adult or a teenager was the main character and they weren't the "perfect" kid. So I can understand why some people like it, but I just do not like Holden Caulfield.

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