Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoWhat is a popular book that everyone buys but nobody reads?message-squaremessage-square287fedilinkarrow-up1193arrow-down110
arrow-up1183arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a popular book that everyone buys but nobody reads?Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square287fedilink
minus-squareBig_Bob [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months agoI’m currently reading it. I can see why so many people just leave it in the bookshelf. It’s not a bad book, but God damn does it feel like running a marathon.
minus-squarePoogona [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·9 months agoIt frustrated me, I’ve been pretty depressed in the past and I felt like I detected all the same thought patterns in it. Not a badly written book but I didn’t enjoy what felt like a book written as a sort of self-flagellation
I’m currently reading it. I can see why so many people just leave it in the bookshelf.
It’s not a bad book, but God damn does it feel like running a marathon.
It frustrated me, I’ve been pretty depressed in the past and I felt like I detected all the same thought patterns in it. Not a badly written book but I didn’t enjoy what felt like a book written as a sort of self-flagellation