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Every book I pick up to read seems vapid and cliche, the characters unrelatable and unfleshed, the plot uninteresting and predictable

I... I can't enjoy reading anymore /lit/...


Am I becoming a literary critic?

>> No.8250873

No, most of those like reading and have good taste. Neither of those things are your problem.

>> No.8250878

>>8250869
What books specifically have you had this problem with recently?

>> No.8251358

>>8250869
i feel you, OP. I am also worried about my ability to enjoy reading.

And life in general, to be honest.

What the fuck am I become

>> No.8251367

>>8250869
read better books, you insufferable faggot
gtfo

>> No.8251408

>>8251358
just do something different anon. listen to music or go outside and play some sports

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>>8250869

>i am shit at finding the right books and i blame literature for this

homework harder bruv

>> No.8251512

Stop reading shit books and stop reading for the plot and "relatable" characters. You sound like a pleb from Goodreads who realized that he doesn't really enjoy his shitty genre fiction.

>> No.8251524

>>8250869

>the characters unrelatable

Pleb who doesn't know that he's a pleb confirmed.

>> No.8251531

>>8250869
>Characters
>Plot

Dude who cares lmao, readings all about the P R O S E

>> No.8251536

>>8250869
>cliche
Theres only like six or seven different plots for any work of fiction. Things will be repeated. Things will be the same.

>>8251512
>>8251531
These guys get it.

>> No.8251567

>>8250869
>relatable
OP, the inability to relate to certain (most) characters is a large part of what makes stories following them interesting. Using words like "unrelatable" and "unrealistic" to critique certain characters is unhelpful when discussing well-written works of fiction. Looking for inconsistency within the narrative might be a better way to judge the quality of a work's characters.