I'm genuinely surprised how many people have never read this book before. It was assigned reading for us in high school (eastern european). In the comments you can say where you're from and if you've read it before (or if it's common school reading).

I just finished reading a 5⭐ book and immediately after rating it i saw a 1⭐ review and I can't help but read bc I'm curious. I've done this for lot of my favourite books and sometimes I understand why they would feel that way (even though I don't completely agree with them) and i also enjoy reading witty remarks and valid reasonings. Have you ever had such experience?

I read lots of poetry in 2021 and 2022, but haven't really kept up my reading in recent years. I want to get back into it and would love some recommendations! Poets/writers whose writing I generally enjoy: Ocean Vuong, Sharon Olds, Anne Carson (especially "Autobiography of Red" and "The Glass Essay"), Maggie Nelson, Terrance Hayes (particularly "American Sonnets for my Past and Future Assassin"), Natalie Diaz Other guidelines: I found "Underworld Lit" by Srikanth Reddy really amusing, "Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude" by Ross Gay to be resonant and uplifting, "Ghost Of" by Diana Khoi Nguyen to be very interesting on the page, "Look" by Solmaz Sharif for the way she repurposes legal and military language.

I always find it interesting how different countries categorize their books. I'm from greece and we have a few peculiarities within the book world First of all there's no word to seperate fantasy and lit fic. The word fantasy is a Greek word, therefore when you use fantasy you usually mean dragons and kingdoms and fae, but you also use it for lit fic books (if you'd want to be more specific you'd say with no supernatural elements) Children's books have age categories. So 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, 13-15 and then it stops cause we go into teen fiction/ya categories. Ya isn't rly a genre in greek either, most authors write either teen fiction or adult, and foreign books get grouped in with either depending on the explicit content What are some interesting book details in your country/region?

Want to start this by saying I understand that this was published over 70 years ago. This book is already the perfect example of why I tend to avoid books written by men. When a man writes about disliking a woman, it’s always because he can’t sleep with her. No valid criticism, just “I want to f*ck her but I can’t so I want to kill her.” IM SORRY??? When a woman writes about disliking a man, it’s almost always because he’s actually done something mean/wrong/inappropriate, not just SIMPLY EXISTED.

I'm genuinely surprised how many people have never read this book before. It was assigned reading for us in high school (eastern european). In the comments you can say where you're from and if you've read it before (or if it's common school reading).

This is mostly a thought experiment for those who read (and perhaps recommend) what we would consider “the classics”. Lots of classics writers lived rather controversial personal/political lives. Does this affect how you read their work and how you choose to or not to represent it to others? Does it differ from how you respond to authors who are alive today and whose positions you consider unethical? If so, why? This is something I think about on and off, mostly because “the unexamined life is not worth living” eh? I find that while I am quicker in withdrawing supporting for living writers who espouse (imo) unethical views or do sketchy shit, I have little to no idea about how most dead authors lived their lives, nor have I tried to find out. I think about it so much because my behavior feels morally inconsistent (lol maybe I’m weird to care idk). Sure, dead authors aren’t financially benefitting from my support, but their legacy definitely benefits from my reading and recommending their work. What do y’all think? Edit: Thanks for sharing all your views on such a weighty issue with me! Tbh, I wasn't sure how the community would take it, and I'm struck by the care, thought and effort y'all showed in this (🥰 Pagebound!). If I haven't responded to you yet, I definitely will in good time!

Want to start this by saying I understand that this was published over 70 years ago. This book is already the perfect example of why I tend to avoid books written by men. When a man writes about disliking a woman, it’s always because he can’t sleep with her. No valid criticism, just “I want to f*ck her but I can’t so I want to kill her.” IM SORRY??? When a woman writes about disliking a man, it’s almost always because he’s actually done something mean/wrong/inappropriate, not just SIMPLY EXISTED.

Referring to the part where winston talks about the black haired girl and how she hates her and describing what he wanted to do to her. Maybe this isn't the right forum, but genuinely why do some men have violent thoughts when a pretty woman doesn't (or can't, in this place) want to go to bed with them? This part was pretty disturbing but thought provoking to me since it was from the man's perspective I guess.