Book you read that you got riddiculed for?
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Wondered if someone would mention this. I was never ridiculed for reading Redwell, I was actually on the other side. I tried to point out how stupid it was that fuzzy woodland creatures would hack into each other with battleaxes. Then when I was 11 I represented my school at a book quiz of all things and as chances would have it I won a couple of books. One of those books was Redwall. I gave it a chance and was captivated. So I learned not to ridicule others' book choices._Depression said:
I don't think I've ever been ridiculed for books that I've read. Except Twilight and I was only ridiculed by myself. Fucking waste of time. After my Redwall experience I only wanted to qualify my criticisms of the Twilight phenomenon by saying that I'd at least read the books. I've read the first one, I couldn't get any further. I still aim to finish the whole awful lot of them but I know the story and I know the style of writing so I figure I can at least keep up my mockery of that whole thing legitimately.
I was made fun of in 9th grade for reading R.A. Salvatore's Drizz't trilogy, specifically 'Exile'. The instigator got my entire math class to join in laughing at me, at which point I mentioned (truthfully) that the bully had a book in his bag called 'Popcorn Days and Buttercream Nights'. It's amazing how fast a high school crowd can change sides.
You could always read about a gig of Anne Rice fanfiction written by a socially inept middle school girl. It's pretty much the same thing.Superior Mind said:
Same. I got ridiculed for reading Twilight for no particular reason. People (and I use the term people lightly here) fail to understand that just because a book has a target demographic doesn't mean other can't read it._Depression said:
Typically for me it's merely the act of reading period. Although it's not helped that I read various different things. People at work looked at me strange for reading Dragonflight, then my boss makes a comment about me reading Divine Comedy and Dracula, before finally everyone just stares blankly when they ask me what I'm reading and I explain that Republic is a work of Plato and is a bit long-winded but once you're in it's difficult to get out of.
Of course most of them, in their defense when I point out that I never see them read at all, say "it has to be real.". I still don't understand where people loose their suspension of disbelief so completely once they grow up.
Of course most of them, in their defense when I point out that I never see them read at all, say "it has to be real.". I still don't understand where people loose their suspension of disbelief so completely once they grow up.
I've got the Desperate Housewives season 1 book, and surprisingly, nobody has every made fun of my for it. Granted, I got it second hand for a £1 off of my dad and didn't spend lots of money on it, but nobody has ever taken the piss.
AND YOU BETTER NOT BE THE FIRST!
AND YOU BETTER NOT BE THE FIRST!
I haven't been, but on the other side I ridiculed a nurse who had a copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Just to me, the idea of a 30+ woman reading Harry Potter. Maybe she didn't read books in childhood? Must seem really cliched if you had, or read any Roald Dahl. And just bad writing.
Yeah, I'll probably get flamed for this.
Yeah, I'll probably get flamed for this.