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

submitted 10 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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[–] Tsven67@alien.top 0 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Any self-help book if that opinion also includes fiction being a waste of time.

[–] whosecideryouon@alien.top 0 points 9 months ago (4 children)

One of my partners doesn't really read fiction, but does love a particular kind of self help book. Her reason for not liking fiction, though, is that she has aphantasia, meaning that reading the fiction does not create visual world in her head, the way it does for me and many others, making narratives less engaging. The self-help and non-fiction she reads though are generally wonderful, beautiful books, that she engages with because they have relevance and bearing on her life.

[–] pussinboots88@alien.top 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Do you have multiple partners?

[–] whosecideryouon@alien.top 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yep, 2 partners

[–] pussinboots88@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Are they aware of each other? 🤭

[–] whosecideryouon@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

I'd say so. They also have a relationship with each other, making us a triad. It's pretty chill.

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