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Not really. I started picking up reading as a habit last year, and as long as you do some research then there's no reason to read crap, but there's also no rea
by ChrisRR 3y ago
Not really. I started picking up reading as a habit last year, and as long as you do some research then there's no reason to read crap, but there's also no reason to read epics if those don't appeal to you either.
I started with Hitchhiker's guide and thoroughly enjoyed it. I don't think that's a low-quality book by any means.
- vidarh 3y agoIt's not low quality, but it is something a lot of people into literary novels would consider low quality. It's certainly an easy read and belongs to a genre that is often looked down on with almost as much disdain as romance novels (while selling a small fraction of romance novels...)
- ChrisRR 3y agoI think we're talking about very different things here then. I don't think I've ever interacted with someone who considers anything less than Tolstoy to be low quality.
- vidarh 3y agoConsider yourself lucky. Any "genre fiction" gets looked down on by a lot of people irrespective of quality.
- spicymapotofu 3y agoIf you want to find more of this kind of judgment, you can look online for "pseud" or "midwit" as a signpost; alternatively, "literature" ...