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The book can’t possibly live up to its reputation. I still think it’s a good book.
by klodolph 6y ago
The book can’t possibly live up to its reputation. I still think it’s a good book.
- pen2l 6y agoTo each his own, but I’ll add that my experiences are much like grandparent post’s. I “read” it in high school (I.e. usually just read cliffnotes on the internet) and it was just another boring book. I read it again in my mid 20s and it hit me like nothing else, particularly the last chapter. I still remember smiling at the beauty and eloquence of that end, it resonated especially to me for its description of a person’s aspirations and authenticity in the dimension of our human relationships and our professional goals, as that was something I was myself struggling with at that time. I recommend giving it a read. And if you can’t, I guess watch the movie: https://youtu.be/rARN6agiW7o https://youtu.be/rARN6agiW7o of course the movie gets a lot of it wrong, with its choice of music and all, but at least it’s got interesting Baz Luhrmann choreography.
- Ma8ee 6y agoAs someone else who read it for the first time as an adult, it’s a perfectly fine book. But it certainly doesn’t deserve the iconic status it seems to have in the US.