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What book(s) do you regret reading? (alien.top)

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

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For me, the most recent book regret is Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. Predictable from the get-go, bland, boilerplate sci-fi ideas, too many of these way-too-convenient plot devices just to push the story forward. I frankly don't get the hype, and I am a pretty big science fiction guy.

Another one is Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. I read this in college and this whole book should have been a one-page essay. It was too repetitive, and the whole premise of "trust in your snap judgments and gut reactions" is way too simplistic and honestly stupid. Like all Gladwell books, it was anecdotal, superficial, and a waste of time.

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[–] finniruse@alien.top 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The Shipping News - Annie Proulx

Now, I'm only around 2/3 of the way through, but daaaaamn is it boring. My god. Don't give a shit about any of the characters and I'm having to force my way through it. The grammar style I respect for doing something different, but it's also a chore.

It's a Pulitzer Prize winner. I read this immediately after Lonesome Dove, another PP winner. One I couldn't put down and the other I want to throw away.

Did anyone else like this book and why?

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

Loved it. Beautiful prose. Proulx is an absolute treasure.