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⌈ Secret Post #2649 ⌋

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[AlternateHistory.com : Malê Rising]

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11. [SPOILERS for Superior Spider-Man]

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12. [SPOILERS for Believe]

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[Orwell]

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[Colditz]

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15. [WARNING for child molestation]

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I know the feeling, OP. I personally liked 1984, but if you didn't, or you just weren't comfortable reading it, that's okay. You should spend your time reading books you enjoy.

And the people jumping on the OP for not liking the book need to piss off. If OP didn't like it, they didn't like it. That is something they are allowed to do. It doesn't mean they missed the point, it just means that they didn't like it. For example, I put Lolita down after a few chapters and I'm never picking it up again. I know it's a classic, I know it's amazing, but I really don't care. Humbert Humbert is a sick pig and I don't want to be in his head. That's a choice people are allowed to make. Stop being such pricks. Just because someone doesn't like your favorite book doesn't mean you're not allowed to.

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Books aren't created for that purpose. They're a form of entertainment.

Some books are and some books aren't.

Social commentary, education, and cook books are also valid.

Social commentary isn't exclusive to non-fiction.

Fiction can be pure entertainment for someone and a mind-opening experience to someone else and a mix of the two for a third person and something personally meaningful but not really profound to another person and so on and on. I don't think this is something where you can speak in universals.

I like to read things that expose me to different points of view but I don't think that's the Correct way to read. It's just one way that some people find admirable.

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sarillia - 2014-04-05 03:48 (UTC) - Expand

(Anonymous) - 2014-04-05 04:33 (UTC) - Expand

OP

(Anonymous) - 2014-04-05 16:24 (UTC) - Expand

Reading is not the only way to grow.

Also, enjoyment and growth are not mutually exclusive.

What you think is unique to writing? I'm curious.

What are the things that are unique to literature that aren't in other forms of art or expressions of thought? I love literature too and I'd be interested in hearing your answer.

sarillia - 2014-04-05 11:55 (UTC) - Expand

Well, two other people already asked you what you think is so unique to literature, so I will ask you another question.

I've noticed that you mention a lot that no one cares what you think. Why do you believe that? I think a lot of people care what you think. I do.

Yes, people who can't read never grow. Your privilege is showing.

Wow, you're a real piece of work.

I like to read anthologies of sci fi stories, which are a serious mixed bag of quality, interest, varying social commentaries, and whatnot. Sometimes they make me think, sometimes they don't. Sometimes they give me ideas, sometimes they don't. Sometimes I like them, sometimes I don't.

But none of that will change the fact that the only reason that I picked up those anthologies is for the sake of entertainment.

Deliberately misreading her point, I see.

Maybe will not grow to be such a condescending prick.

This baffles me. I can enjoy something and be enriched by it at the same time, which is a balance I seek to reach in my reading choices (and my learning choices). I could pick up a lot of things that I know for a fact I won't enjoy but will make me "grow", and it will slide out of my awareness like melted butter the minute I put it down, like most things I don't enjoy and can't make practical use of.

DA

There are ways to grow besides reading, and there is nothing wrong with reading what you enjoy. Not everyone is going to want to force themselves through something they hate simply for the sake of something, that is frankly abstract at best, growth.

Plus reading doesn't automatically mean someone will learn from it anyways.

And for the record, I say this as someone whose been accused of reading far too much multiple times [and, oddly enough, by both teachers and my parents]. So I'm not saying this because I hate reading.

I almost wrote a comment like this.

You say you just didn't like a book, most people will be cool with it because hey people like different things. Say it's because you're sensitive to rape, then you need to be lectured on how it's a commentary on society and there's a difference between depicting something and condoning it, because apparently there's no way someone could understand that and still not want to read it.