Re:The NYT Book Review Is Everything Book Criticism Shouldn'...
by michaelt on Thursday July 11, 2024 @07:08AM
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Do you read boring books because they're all about working in fields and mills? Do you enjoy adventure books, but avoid reading them because the content isn't weighty enough?
Personally I powered through some boring-but-virtuous books in my youth, but now I'm a middle-aged adult with less free time, I've realised reading is supposed to be fun.
So if a book review tells me a book is virtuous without telling me if it's fun, that book review isn't much use to me.
Personally I powered through some boring-but-virtuous books in my youth, but now I'm a middle-aged adult with less free time, I've realised reading is supposed to be fun.
So if a book review tells me a book is virtuous without telling me if it's fun, that book review isn't much use to me.