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ListFeb 12, 2026

Books I Didn't Really Like

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@aimeebalthazarThe Sun Also Rises

ListFeb 4, 2026

r/TrueLit Top 100 Favourite Books (2025)

Congratulations to the following 10 works for being inducted into the r/TrueLit Hall of Fame, and thereby disqualifying themselves from consideration for this, and all future, r/TrueLit Favourite Books lists: Moby Dick - Herman Melville Ulysses - James Joyce…

@vedleyThe Sun Also Rises

ReviewDec 18, 2025

(DNF) Too much slog due to a dull, overfluffed writing style

I was originally excited to read a selection from the "Irish-American grapples with their identity in relation to the Catholic Church" canon, but this fell flat for me. I often feel a little bad when I don't love an acclaimed book. However, this book is so ri…

@lahinchMemories of a Catholic girlhood

ReviewAug 14, 2024

A 100 Year Retrospective

The Sun Also Rises was my introduction into Hemingway. He had been built up as this great author so I knew I wanted some work of his. I read the first paragraph of the wiki while in a book store to decide if this was the Hemingway book I wanted to pick up. Th…

@pseudointellectualThe Sun Also Rises

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Books I Didn't Really Like

r/TrueLit Top 100 Favourite Books (2025)

(DNF) Too much slog due to a dull, overfluffed writing style

A 100 Year Retrospective

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Books I Didn't Really Like

r/TrueLit Top 100 Favourite Books (2025)

(DNF) Too much slog due to a dull, overfluffed writing style

A 100 Year Retrospective