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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I know this is an old, old resuscitated thread, but... coffee making/drinking/talking aside, I just never quite understood all the hype these books generated. I have to assume they were much better in the author's original language, because the English translations were pretty unremarkable. Decent. But not sweep-through-all-the-best-seller-lists "wow", by any means.
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If all it took was a good book to sweep the nation, we'd have one after another of these big-time bestsellers. I think they're more like fads. Nobody knows why any particular one takes off. The main thing for most is to join in and be part of the fun; what the fun is doesn't really matter.