A book you used to love but don't anymore
This is a hard one. Well, there are a lot of books that I really liked when I read them, like The Inferno by Dante, and now I'm kind of -meh- about them. There are books that I enjoyed reading and now I enjoy the movie a lot more, like Jane Eyre. There are books that I liked, but then after hearing a LOT of criticism from others I sort of changed my mind about them, like Twilight.
Okay, here's one. When I was young I read a lot of James Herriot books, you know, he's the country vet with all the cute stories? I ate that stuff up. But I can't really imagine myself reading cute animal stories these days. Or - can I? Now I have to go find the book and see if I'm still disinterested.
Talk to you later.
P.S. - what about you? Do you have an easier time than I do thinking of something you used to love but don't anymore?
1 comment:
Did you re-read it? I think the appeal of Herriot's work is not cute animal stories (frankly, a lot of it is NOT cute) but the mix of other-worlliness and humanity that is recognizable to all. Because what he does is not commonplace for most of us, but the characters, relationships and struggles we all know.
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