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3 Classic Books We Hated Reading in School
From toxic romances to murderous schoolboys, these books left us cold
I’ve always been a reader.
But loving reading doesn’t translate to loving ALL kinds of reading.
School teaches you that truth like no other place.
Why?
Because there, we rarely get to choose what we want to read.
Required reading.
Assigned reading.
Filling the reading quota, according to lesson plan.
However it’s called, it all boils down to the fact that some books are inescapable-like ants on your counter, if you can’t find their nest (Oh, the pain! A story for another time…).
I think what makes it bearable, slogging through those pages, is that shared sense of community.
‘God, it’s bad-Yes, that bit!-And that line that’s supposed to be sad, I just laughed-You too??’
Somehow, the books that evoke these reactions always seem to be the same. Even across years and generations.
There are many I could mention, but for the sake of length and commonality, I’ve gone with just three.
