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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
Why ashamed? I tried reading it, but found it too overtly religious for my tastes, as bad as the last few books in the Narnia series, which abandoned any pretence of allegory. To me, the idea that one should be "ashamed" of not having read a book is akin to the odious notion that there are "must read" books. Ugh.
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I guess it's because I was the under the impression it was a classic that everyone is supposed to have read. I definitely don't need a book that's going to preach to me, though.