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VenatorDeFatuis t1_j62v4mo wrote

Reply to comment by TexasBrett in What are some must reads? by Massive_Influence297

Did you like it?

I found it contrived and boring. Maybe I wasn't in the right headspace.

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TexasBrett t1_j63613l wrote

I did. It’s my favorite book. I also understand it’s sort of fallen out of favor the last 10 years or so. It’s important to remember it’s a work of fiction and a critique of a government that doesn’t exist anymore. It’s not meant to be a modern political platform.

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VenatorDeFatuis t1_j63d5wu wrote

Yeah I kind of got that. I read in 2003 IIRC.

But I felt it was a bit preachy, more a manifesto than a story. Perhaps if I had known it I would have not been bothered.

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