What book do you feel is/was kinda overhyped? gabe [he/him] ( @gabe@literature.cafe ) M Fiction Books@literature.cafe • 1 year ago message-square27fedilinkarrow-up117
arrow-up117message-squareWhat book do you feel is/was kinda overhyped? gabe [he/him] ( @gabe@literature.cafe ) M Fiction Books@literature.cafe • 1 year ago message-square27fedilink
minus-square Nath ( @Nath@aussie.zone ) linkfedilink2•1 year agoThat one is generational I think. It isn’t going to hit all your childhood nostalgia buttons if you weren’t born by about 1985.
minus-square Drusas ( @Drusas@kbin.social ) linkfedilink2•1 year agoI was the target audience. I got all or almost all of the references, I just thought the book was awful.
minus-square Nath ( @Nath@aussie.zone ) linkfedilink1•1 year agoOh, well there goes my theory. I liked the book, but I saw it was relying on me relating hard to the 80’s references. Like a book version of The Wedding Singer.
That one is generational I think. It isn’t going to hit all your childhood nostalgia buttons if you weren’t born by about 1985.
I was the target audience. I got all or almost all of the references, I just thought the book was awful.
Oh, well there goes my theory. I liked the book, but I saw it was relying on me relating hard to the 80’s references. Like a book version of The Wedding Singer.