I have to admit that I have not read this book yet because I'm so tired of influencer culture. However, I am interested in what it might say about society as a whole today. I really appreciate your take on this and the fact that you were so moved by it.
I love reading novels (especially thrillers) because they help me understand why people are the way they are. It's become so easy to judge others these days from the convenient distance of our phones. It's much harder to turn the mirror back onto ourselves and admit our own flaws.
In my opinion, the best books are the ones that stay with me for a while after I'm done reading them. If I can't stop thinking about them, I know the author has done their job well.
I am the same. In order for a book to be good, I need it to leave something behind, a lingering thought, a message, something that moves me, has me wonder, and reflect. This is why I stopped reading full-on romance. They always end in a fairy-tale, over-the-top sort of unrealistic happy ending. It ruins the experience of what might otherwise be a lovely book for me. Having said that, I do like good endings, if they make sense and are earned, and feel somewhat realistic. YESTERYEAR was an outlier for me. I don’t usually read this type of harsh contemporary, but prefer it more epic and beautiful, past-oriented, meaningful. My current read about an old country house mystery now feels like a relaxing spa after Yesteryear 😅
Haha... I totally get that. I'm not a big romance reader either for the same reason but I do love family dramas and some historical fiction here and there mixed in with my thrillers.
Oh, and I love how you've captured that the polarization of everything has become so exhausting today. Everything is way more nuanced than the internet will have you believe, but I suppose that's not enticing enough (and much too complex) to rage bait the masses within a few seconds of a reel. 🫠
Yes, that is a good point actually and probably part of why the world is seemingly divided up into extremes and nothing much in the middle or moderate, or more nuanced anymore. It’d be too complex for today’s swipe and scroll culture. I hadn’t thought about it that way yet 💡
We've become so conditioned to it that it's easy to miss. I think about this a lot because I know my kid will grow up in such a different world simply for this reason alone and that doesn't sit well with me.
Listening to each other and taking a breath before reacting seems to be a lost art.
I have to admit that I have not read this book yet because I'm so tired of influencer culture. However, I am interested in what it might say about society as a whole today. I really appreciate your take on this and the fact that you were so moved by it.
I love reading novels (especially thrillers) because they help me understand why people are the way they are. It's become so easy to judge others these days from the convenient distance of our phones. It's much harder to turn the mirror back onto ourselves and admit our own flaws.
In my opinion, the best books are the ones that stay with me for a while after I'm done reading them. If I can't stop thinking about them, I know the author has done their job well.
I might just add this one to my TBR list. :)
I am the same. In order for a book to be good, I need it to leave something behind, a lingering thought, a message, something that moves me, has me wonder, and reflect. This is why I stopped reading full-on romance. They always end in a fairy-tale, over-the-top sort of unrealistic happy ending. It ruins the experience of what might otherwise be a lovely book for me. Having said that, I do like good endings, if they make sense and are earned, and feel somewhat realistic. YESTERYEAR was an outlier for me. I don’t usually read this type of harsh contemporary, but prefer it more epic and beautiful, past-oriented, meaningful. My current read about an old country house mystery now feels like a relaxing spa after Yesteryear 😅
Haha... I totally get that. I'm not a big romance reader either for the same reason but I do love family dramas and some historical fiction here and there mixed in with my thrillers.
Oh, and I love how you've captured that the polarization of everything has become so exhausting today. Everything is way more nuanced than the internet will have you believe, but I suppose that's not enticing enough (and much too complex) to rage bait the masses within a few seconds of a reel. 🫠
Yes, that is a good point actually and probably part of why the world is seemingly divided up into extremes and nothing much in the middle or moderate, or more nuanced anymore. It’d be too complex for today’s swipe and scroll culture. I hadn’t thought about it that way yet 💡
We've become so conditioned to it that it's easy to miss. I think about this a lot because I know my kid will grow up in such a different world simply for this reason alone and that doesn't sit well with me.
Listening to each other and taking a breath before reacting seems to be a lost art.