“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
― Oscar Wilde
Back covers and front covers of books are a lot like movie trailers. They show you the best bits and get you to engage with the story.
This leads to you buying the book and reading it. The disconnect that so often happens is between what the book promises and what it delivers. If I’m reading literature, like, proper literature, I expect it to be a trudge. You know that this book is going to pay off somewhere – you just have to let it roll out and keep reading. The really good literary novels will drag you down to your doom without you even realising you are completely lost in the story.
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