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Originally Posted by maianhvk
yeah, at least I can exclude myself from those who pay extra attention to your 5-star books since I couldn't put up with "100 years of solitude". I think I read it when I was 14 and it was so boring that it made reading to the last page the most painful job I've ever done.
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That sounds awful! Did you read it for school? A lot of people I know have very polarized reactions to the book, it's very much a love it or hate it book. Most of the people I know who disliked it had it as required reading for school, which may or not be a factor.
Unfortunately I disliked many books that I had to read for school, even though they were good. I couldn't appreciate Kafka when he was forced on me, but now I do. I think books are better appreciated when you are interested in its content/story, and you could have very different opinions of it after. I remember thinking The Left Hand of Darkness was a bore and I couldn't get past the first 3 chapters. The next time I picked it up, I finished the book in two days and loved every moment of it. Another one of my five star books.