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13653175 No.13653175 [Reply] [Original]

>tfw just realized all the "pleb fiction" I make fun of on /lit/ has been unread by me

Using the Goodreads best books ever list, going down the list until I get tired of this exercise I guess, I'm going to explore the world of pleb literature (I know not all the books there are bad, there are a lot of classics I've read and enjoyed on there, but this is just a guide). I hope to better understand the nature of art, and better understand how normie readers understand the world through their choice of books.

I want to know if you pseuds have actually read these books. Is it worth even thinking about them, or are they so mediocre and devoid of content (good or bad) that what I'm doing is just a big waste of time?

>> No.13653199

Harry Potter is fine

>> No.13653820

Read Harry Potter already asshole

>> No.13653827

>>13653175
Harry Potter, Mockingbird and Animal Farm are all good, Animal Farm is by far the best

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>/lit/ has now travelled so far from even the possibility of reading a good book that it now takes pride in NOT having read BAD books

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13653996

Harry Potter shills in here acting like it’s not a cobbling of empty cliches.

>> No.13654016

I’ve read all of the ones in the pic except the last two Narnia books, I think. Honestly Twilight is the only shit one.
The classics are definitely worth your time. The rest are enjoyable enough for kids/teens. It’ll probably be a waste of time to read those, but they’re quick reads so give it a go I guess.

>> No.13654141 [DELETED] 

How is Harry Potter #5

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>>13653996
I know right? Especially considering she just blatantly ripped off pic related. I mean the resemblance is just staggering.

>> No.13654696

>>13653175
The Chronicles of Narnia were a big part of my childhood.
Tolkien criticised Lewis for lazy worldbuilding, and sure, the worldbuilding WAS a lot lazier than the lore and detail Tolkien put into his world, but there's just something about the way that Lewis wrote that captures the imagination. The weakness of the worldbuilding doesn't matter at all when the narrative richness and religious undertones imbued in the books carry them.
None of the screen adaptions do Narnia justice.