I remember being made to read some murder mystery book for class at one point because it was a book tangentially related to a famous work. It wasn’t actually that bad but it was just…a waste of time. I couldn’t see anything exceptional about the book or even anything that memorable.
Flash forward some years and some people I know mention the book and they liked it and thought it was good. I disapproved.
My personal failings aside, have you ever had the same reaction?