gabe [he/him] ( gabe@literature.cafe ) M to Fiction Books@literature.cafe · 3 years agoWhat book do you feel is/was kinda overhyped?message-squaremessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up117file-text
arrow-up117message-squareWhat book do you feel is/was kinda overhyped?gabe [he/him] ( gabe@literature.cafe ) M to Fiction Books@literature.cafe · 3 years agomessage-square26linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNath ( Nath@aussie.zone ) linkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years 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-squareDrusas ( Drusas@kbin.social ) linkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoI was the target audience. I got all or almost all of the references, I just thought the book was awful.
minus-squareNath ( Nath@aussie.zone ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years 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.
Ready Player One
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.