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The fucking bible, ugh

I thought Their Eyes Were Watching God was really rough to read through because Hurston was trying to phonetically write out how her characters spoke and it was painful to read through.

And I like how it is somewhat discussed in American Fiction through the different writers and their approaches to black literature.

Court of Thorns and Roses. It came highly recommended by my sister and many others.

I get the appeal, an adult retelling of classic fantasy. But it felt like it was written just to be edgey, sexy and proactive. Which is fine if that's what you are wanting, lots of media does this. I was just hoping for a new angle or dimension on Beauty and the Beast, not just a sexy B&B. I guess that does count as a new angle, but not one for me.

Any author of the french mouvement réalisme.

For me personally: Triton. I remember reading it 25+ years ago. I really had to fight through it, after circa half of it I put it away and never touched it again.

So remarkably not my favorite book that I still feel the exhaustion when thinking about it.

The Executioner's Song

I've read some utter wank in my day, but the one that first springs to mind is Fault in their Stars by John Green.

Had to read Animal Farm for school. Haven't read it since then, so this could be a now incorrect edgy high school opinion, but I felt that its allegory was so obvious and direct that it had no need to be written and was a waste of time to read when we could've just directly discussed communism instead.