I think even the books that are 'bad' give me something. A new perspective or point of view. But yeah the value of reading those bad books is very very small at times.
Some pieces of fiction I've read have left me wishing I could get back the 10 hours I put into them (as well as my money). A Dean Koontz book I read last year was like that (Twilight Eyes). It just seemed to be written for teenagers and I just didn't get anything out of it. Not much intellectual value in reading that kind of stuff.
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