“Hard to read,“ of course is a function of how attuned to the book you are at that stage of your life. Also, anything forced upon you will be a hateful read. Th

“Hard to read,“ of course is a function of how attuned to the book you are at that stage of your life. Also, anything forced upon you will be a hateful read. That’s why people hate a lot of good books with compelling plots, eg OHYoS mentioned in the article. OTOH, of course, some books do expect you to toil through, generally due to their scope or aspiration or both. In fiction, Ulysses mentioned here, and In Search of Lost Time would be examples that are very different but people have found challenging. For nonfiction, The Road to Reality and Gödel, Escher, Bach would be some examples.