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Reviews you wrote for books you didn't like. (lemmy.world)
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We spend a lot of time reading books. Some of them, maybe a disproportionate number, we like. Others, not so much.

Disproportionate because, at least for me, it's difficult to get through 500 pages of something I dislike.

This is one of those occasions where you are encouraged to be constructive in your criticism. Hopefully, with some wit.

Leave a review for a book you didn't like and tell us what to read instead.

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[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago

I think part of it is the presentation though. People in the real world doing deep dives into the esoterica of their favourite topic often do it because they love it, not because of some prize dangled or to escape the dystopia of real life.

If Ready Player One had just wandered through those things and let you spend time with them and see why they're great it might have had more of that escapist feel to me.