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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt
Why would loving a book make you a pretentious jerk? Despising someone because they love books you hate, or hate books you love, that would be pretentious. Or pretending to love a book because everybody says intelligent people are supposed to love that particular book, that would be stupid.
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Thanks for the perspective. I just thought it might sound pretentious to say that I really loved
The Brothers Karamazov, but you're right - I loved it because I loved it, not because someone made me feel like I'd be stupid for not loving it.