Nothing makes people more poetic than talking about a good book. But I realised: nothing makes people funnier than talking about a terrible book.
The twist? The books these Goodreads users deemed ‘bad,’ or rather one-star worthy, belong to my all-time favourite five-star reads. Let’s explore the world of literary attitude.
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
The novel explores the themes of artificial intelligence in a space setting. Throughout the book, the protagonist Bob, who, after physically dying, lives on as a computer, creates multiple clones of himself.
“10 chapters in. I’m going to tell James of today’s workout session that I don’t like this book. At all.” My question is simply: Does James have to listen to every single one of your horrible experiences? Or was this exceptionally horrible and made you realise that even James needed to know?
“After the first couple of chapters I switched to hate reading it. There was a lot of hate.” Fair enough. I mean, there were a lot of Bobs, so…
Emma by Jane Austen
“Emma is an immature spoiled girl who needs to get a life.” Guess who did not get the deeper social meaning behind the seemingly superficial plot…
“book club.” I am so sorry that your book club is incapable of celebrating Jane Austen’s masterpieces properly. Was it the missing snacks? Or even worse, bad snacks? Next time, try tea while reading Jane Austen.
“I’m too illiterate.” I don’t even know if that counts as criticism or if I just want to give that person a big hug and tell them they do great.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
“Sometimes I feel like the only one who didn’t like Jane Eyre that much…” said one user. I just want to reassure that person quickly: “I run a Jane Eyre hate account,” said another.
“I was going to write a horrendous review, but this book has already taken too much of my time. Good day, Jane Eyre.” I am actually really proud of them for taking care of themselves. You go, self-aware queen!
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