These overrated literary classics have had more than enough time in the sun. It’s time to spend our time with some others!

  • HipPriest@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’ve not read all these classic books but they definitely didn’t read Lolita based on their summary of it. The ‘beautiful writing’ is Humbert’s overblown attempts to elevate his immorality and criminality into something poetic, making him the ultimate unreliable narrator.

    The Solitaire book she recommended as an alternative to Catcher In The Rye (also still a good book) sounds interesting though