What book have you read that wasn’t subjectively “bad” but you regrets reading all the same?

For me, Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter. The book was engaging and it kept me on my toes, but I just with I hadn’t “poisoned my head” with all the graphic gore that was in there. I years later i still think about this and how I really wish I had never read it.

Question inspired by a comment /u/PrincessOfWales made in another thread :)

  • CanMoople12@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    The Poppy War - the second half got gratuitously graphic. I listened to the audiobook, so having someone describe atrocities in detail was not a pleasant experience.

    • hohohoyce@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Book 3 onwards just made me feel so desolate, but honestly it was worth it when I read The Drowning Faith afterwards and everything hurt so good