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What book, if a potential date has rated it 5 stars, would immediately make you swipe left? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by newenglandredshirt@alien.top to c/books@metacritics.zone

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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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[–] VokN@alien.top 0 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Yeah I left it unrated when I read it for class, same kinda vibe as lolita etc where I’d rather just not put that opinion out there for misinterpretation

[–] onceuponalilykiss@alien.top 0 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Uh, Lolita's thesis is that molesting children is bad. Not sure how that's controversial unless you just never read the book and assumed something else.

[–] VokN@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

you dont really get it, the average person who sees me give lolita 5 stars on goodreads doesnt know anything beyond "oh its that one pedo book" thats the issue

[–] onceuponalilykiss@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ohh, I get what you mean now. I think that's on them tbh but I do get the "hope they don't misinterpret this" vibe lol. You're right. I just gave it 5 stars though if you're on Goodreads and don't wanna bother finding out about Lolita then I don't care about your opinion anyway.

[–] VokN@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Ah i just diodnt bother rating irving because it was genuinely SO intersting as a historical document, it was assigned for us to get used to writing evidential history and so id probably rate it higher out of the value I got out of the book but im not giving a horrible ahistorical mess 3-4 stars so I just left it blank