[ SECRET POST #2238 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2238 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

But dismissing all of the classics is kind of dickish I think?

Just because you didn't enjoy Catcher In The Rye doesn't mean that you might not enjoy The Great Gatsby or To Kill A Mockingbird?

I dunno, I don't like people just writing off a whole genre without good reason.

[(Anonymous)]

Why is the Catcher in the Rye even considered a classic? It's one of the shittiest books I've ever read. It's not just that I don't like it, I actually think it's fucking terrible.

/rant

[(Anonymous)]

Really? I think it's a great novel. It's one of those books where the narrative style is what makes it. Sure, "not much happens," but you learn so much about Holden and his perspective through his voice.

[(Anonymous)]

It's not my favorite book of all time, but it's a pretty good, well-written, thoughtful character study that captures the main character's voice and perspective really well. It has its virtues, and I don't understand why it has such a negative reputation, except that a lot of people tend to very much dislike the main character - which isn't wrong but doesn't make it a bad book.

[truxillogical]

I was just talking to my friend about this, like, five minutes ago. Because I do dislike Holden a lot as a person and when I first read the book, I thought he was a pretentious jerk. But now I really relate to him while also considering him a sort of cautionary tale--specifically, his obsession with the idea of protecting his youngest sibling from the unpleasantness of the real world (the cautionary bit is how he broke down upon his realization that he couldn't because she already knew all the Bad Things he was trying to protect her from).

[(Anonymous)]

I hate Hedda Gabler so much, but I appreciate how well-written it is and what it did for the literary world. You can hate a work of fiction and still understand why it's popular or classic.

[melissatreglia]

Same here. I hated reading Catcher in the Rye in high school. Holden Caulfield was and is, to my opinion, a whiny asshat. I couldn't stand him even when I was a teenager.

For "classic" lit, I adore The Count of Monte Cristo. Otherwise, I'm a sci-fi/fantasy girl.

[ninety6tears]

Especially when it's not even really a genre, just a...critical classification, I guess.

I'm not the type of reader to pick up a book just because "It's a classic so I really should," but I have a hard time believing somebody could possibly dislike all of them.

[i_paint_the_sky]

Yeah, this pretty much. So while I won't judge someone for not liking a "classic" book (there are, after all, plenty of them that I don't care for), I will judge them for using such broad strokes where classic books are concerned.

[wauwy]

I need to point out again that people can, and do, discriminate by time period in every other type of media they enjoy in their free time without being called dickish or stupid.

Different eras have different aesthetics. If you only like the modern aesthetic, that's what you like. End of.

Know thyself. Some old asshole said that, so listen to him. OP did.