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What book(s) are you putting off reading? (self.literature)

submitted 1 year ago by TimTheEnchanter to c/literature

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Anyone else have a book (or books) that they want to read but just never seem to actually get around to reading? Any books you feel like you ought to read but never do?

Probably unpopular, but for me it’s classic Russian literature- War and Peace, Crime and Punishment and the like. I know they’re supposed to be amazing, but I just can’t work up the energy to read them. I think Anna Karenina soured me on Russian literature; the middle portion of that book with Levin on the farm was such a drag that I’m hesitant about the other books.

What about you?

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[–] Scrumpf_Dabogy 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember trying to read War and Peace. I made it through the first...act? More than a chapter, but it was only like, 1/5 of the book.

The writing would describe a 20 second scene from the perspective of every person in the room in excruciating detail. It was very interesting to read, but painfully slow.

As for me, I bought a copy of Dune months ago, which ive never read. And I keep putting off reading Cultural Acceleration. Thats non-fiction but sounds really interesting.

[–] TimTheEnchanter 1 points 1 year ago

Dune took me a couple of attempts. What helped me was reading all the glossaries and notes in the back first- gave me a lot more context before the book which throws a lot at you in the beginning.