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Post by day dreamer on Nov 4, 2015 19:56:10 GMT
Have you ever had a book you loved, maybe when you were younger that you now feel completely different about? Or vice versa, one you hated and grew to love? I came across an old article while falling down the internet rabbit hole today and it reminded me of one nonfiction book I read that I am absolutely sure is mostly fiction today.
I'm talking about A Child Called It.
I read this book when I was in 6th or 7th grade, and I thought it was one of the saddest things I've ever encountered. I read the sequels and thought it was amazing how this author turned out after suffering horrid abuse. Now I don't believe any of it actually happened, or if it did, at least nowhere near the way the author says it did. It's one thing to be poorly written, contradictory, and reads like a massive check list, but I completely forgot about an interesting New York Times piece on the author that sort of assured to me that it was fake. Has anyone else read this one or encountered something similiar?
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Post by serpounce on Nov 4, 2015 23:55:33 GMT
I've never been able to read that book based on my fears of being totally depressed after reading it.  I have to admit to very few re-reads so I don't have a lot of changed opinions. |
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Post by evenstar on Dec 5, 2015 17:21:31 GMT
Yes! I read Balzac "A Woman At Thirty" when I was in my first year of highschool IIRC and couldn't understand what happened between Julie and Victor overtime. What could possibly go wrong with young love? Is love not forever?! (ok maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration but that was the general feeling). So I hated the book and thought it was crap. Needless to say that I grew up. The book is not his best but it is pretty good as the story of a woman in that age with the marriage issues, the a real incompatibility in characters that defines her and her husband.
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Post by day dreamer on Dec 19, 2015 14:07:40 GMT
I find this also applies to children's books. I remember "I Love You Forever" being a favorite of mine when I was really young, so when I had a child, my mom bought me that book to read to him. But it's actually really fucking creepy and I don't like it anymore. lol
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Post by stoneheartsrevenge on Jan 28, 2016 2:37:29 GMT
The Chrinicles of Narnia. Reread it as an adult, be hit with all the religious allegory and casual racism and die slightly inside.  |
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Post by day dreamer on Jan 28, 2016 3:07:30 GMT
I didn't know there was casual racism in Narnia. I never read the books. My husband loves them though.
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Post by kingeomer on Jan 29, 2016 17:29:10 GMT
I find this also applies to children's books. I remember "I Love You Forever" being a favorite of mine when I was really young, so when I had a child, my mom bought me that book to read to him. But it's actually really fucking creepy and I don't like it anymore. lol Someone gave me that book when the kiddos were little and I read it, like, what the hell did I just read? And of course, I read it to the kids who looking at me kinda strange, I think because I was so disturbed. I can't say I changed my opinion on Where the Wild Things Are...because I love that book but when I was a kid, I was like Max is fighting The Man...as a parent I'm like, that attitude was unnecessary, Max. I don't do a lot of re-reads, so I cannot think of books that I changed my opinion on, but I should re-read some stuff. It will be interesting to see if my feelings did change over time. I remember reading Brave New World in college and hating that book so much. I wonder if I would like it more now. |
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Post by stoneheartsrevenge on Jan 30, 2016 2:40:43 GMT
I didn't know there was casual racism in Narnia. I never read the books. My husband loves them though. It's mostly the fact that the evil brown man (the Calormenes) who follow the vicious heathen God (Tash) are presented as one note villains when they appear in the books and...well yeah, it's pretty overt when you are reading. The religius stuff is really painfully obvious though, once you understand these things. I missed it as a child because I didn't grow up looking at religion in any way - never went to church, parents weren't religious, etc. But now I have a passing knowledge some of the stuff makes me cringe a bit inside. But, while it has soured me a bit, I do still enjoy them as children's stories, and would read them to my kids (if I ever have any I mean). |
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Post by Singer of Death on Aug 19, 2017 0:37:24 GMT
Rereading the Percy Jackson series and due to studying Ancient Greeks and their mythology, my love for the series died down. I guess the main reason the series get so popular is due to the nostalgia the fans hold since reading them as a child. As a child, i didn't necessarily think they are a masterpieces like so many people, but i thought of them as a great series. But now, i find them to quite trash with so many YA cliches thrown around and the writing to be quite awful (especially the second series).
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I have to admit to very few re-reads so I don't have a lot of changed opinions.
