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i read aftg this may and reread it right after I finished it for the first time. the thing is, i am not a person who rereads, much less does it back to back. now that i had read it twice and with no distance between them, i thought the urge to go to the book would be less -
- and that i could go on to other books and start on aftg fics. BUT, seeing ONE paragraph from the books is enough to make me yearn full body for rereading them again.
and THAT'S on the power of a good book.
idc what your argument is on how badly written and over the top and dramatic aftg was - if i enjoyed it and it's making me want to pick it up for the third time, it's a good book to me. regardless of the fact that yes it was dramatic and kind of unreal and approached a lot of -
- topics that aren't all there in a book together usually, it was a one time thing. there are a lot of problems with it and that's why fanon exists, but this thing has worked it's way into a lot of people's hearts the way no other classic or bestseller ever has.
and that is something, isn't it?
i personally don't get why we collectively call it "badly written". it's better written than a hell of a lot of other books that are hitting bestsellers for no apparent reason. why is it badly written when we have iconic lines like "is your learning curve a horizontal line?"
i have A LOT to add to this thread, but my brain is incapable of articulating them.
