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You know when you're reading a book that's been really hyped up and you think it sucks?

What about when you're reading a book that's been really hyped up and you recognize that it's technically well written, but for some reason you can't get into it at all?

Is it reasonable to feel bad for not liking something even though you feel like you should like it?

"Feel bad" as in let down and kinda sad, absolutely. As in guilty, I wouldn't see any reason to.

This, pretty much. It's sad, but in the end, you can't really help what you like.

I don't think you should feel guilty about it, no. Sometimes there's something that's just off enough that it doesn't grap you, and that's totally fine.

*grab even

Yeah, lots of people couldn't get into Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, no need to stress about it. The hype was insane, and the book just isn't that great tbh.

Not at all. That means the work let YOU down. Not the other way around. (books are not people)

Sometimes I feel a bit sad because all the things that I will enjoy are there but FOR SOME REASON I can't get into it.

so I'm a bit :( that I don't like it

Uh...no, not really.

my relationship with the works of Neil Gaiman right there.

Haha, me too!

No it isn't. You both enjoyed Gaiman's work, but you feel that way about The Time Traveler's Wife.

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For me it's Pratchett's work that this is. I still like it but...not as much as I thought I would/the hype implied.

Early Pratchett, High Pratchett, or Post-Diagnosis Pratchett? Because frankly his books could have been written by three different people. Early P is okay, Post Diagnosis P is a train-wreck (seriously, his assistant needs to take him to one side and tell him that not being able to proof read his work is producing disjointed stream of consciousness crap and mary sue characters). High Pratchett rocks though.

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Don't feel bad. I bought the Night Circus, because it was getting hyped to hell and back. I finished it, and damn, it was boring. Really, really boring. And full of mary/gary stus. I think the only interesting character was the contortionist lesbian who's lover/enemy killed herself so she would be free from the duel.

I don't read a lot of books (although I know I should) but I feel this way about video games sometimes. Sometimes there are those games that look great, no glaring glitches, no really bad voice acting, nothing really *wrong* with the gameplay, but eventually I can't motivate myself past a few hours. Or if I do, I can't wait to be done even though I don't have any glaringly obvious complains other than 'I can't get into it.'

I'll probably sound like a heathen but: the Uncharted series was like this for me. If I ignore how awful the grenade-throwing mechanic was in the first game, they were all fun, looked great (especially 3), voice actors were spot on, had cool puzzles, and the gameplay/controls didn't have much else in the way of flaws. And while they were fun to play, I was never in 'OMGLOVE' with Uncharted. In fact... I've never even finished the third game, I got about halfway through. :( But with them being short games, I played through anyway at least until that point. On hard mode no less.

Naw, not a heathen. Uncharted was like that for me too.

This is me and Good Omens.

Ditto. Both the authors have done so much better things alone.

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I think GO (and honestly Gaiman and Pratchett in general) are authors that most people either tend to like or dislike something they've written.

... that sounds confusing to me even reading that. Okay, what I mean is, in my personal experience, I don't like everything both of them have done, their works seem to be hit and miss for me. So someone who loves Good Omens might not like Going Postal or Stardust, and someone who loves American Gods etc, might not like Good Omens.

If that makes more sense? :/ I'm not braining very well today.

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There have been a lot of books like that to me. Everyone raves and I'm just like wtf? Though half the time I don't even think that it is well written.

I don't feel bad, but I can understand why someone might.

I feel that way about several great "classics". Objectively well written, but not enjoyable for me to read.

I don't know that you should feel bad about it. May as well take it as an excuse to rail about how everyone else's taste sucks.

(Mine lately is Game of Thrones. I read the first book and thought it was well put together but I got nothing out of it. I just didn't enjoy any part of the reading process, however compelling it was.)

Seconding Game of Thrones. Honestly didn't think it was all that smart, and the dialogue was mediocre most of the time.

I felt that way about half of Middlesex. I loved the bits about the family's history, but the parts of the story that focused on the actual main character just seemed really overwritten to me. And so many people are so into that book that I feel like maybe my opinion just sucks or something.