I’ll go with the low-hanging fruit: Mein Kampf. I’ve read it, cover to cover. As a piece of propaganda, it’s good. As an example of good writing? Absolutely not (though I will admit I have only read it in translation). Oh, and the whole fascist, racist, and generally shitty worldview of the author that he infuses into the text. And the fact that the author is literally Hitler. You 5-star that book? You’re a Nazi. Period. And as a Jewish person, I don’t look too kindly on them.

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    Wow, obviously, I am pretty biased, as I am happily married now, with my sweetie of 26 years and we have very different book tastes — but so many of these suggestions seem so benign to me, that I hope people are not that picky about all differences, as they very well may be single forever.

    Diversity & individual thought is a good thing and can help you grow in a relationship.

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      I don’t care too much if someone really liked fiction I thought was poorly written, but as a woman, I’m simply not going to put myself through trying to date a man who idolizes Jordan Peterson or Ben Shapiro. The odds I’d be compatible with a person like that are too low to bother. I’d easily prefer being single forever than tying myself to a bigot.

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        Tying yourself to a bigot is honestly the best you can hope for with men who idolize people like that. Ask me how I know lol.