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What book do you feel is/was kinda overhyped? (self.fiction)

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Like books that got very popular but you never really could get into.

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[–] SteleTrovilo@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cryptonomicon. Neal Stephenson has written interesting, compelling books - Snow Crash is fun and breezy; Anathem is among my favorite novels - but Cryptonomicon just doesn't hold my attention. Lots of smart people love it, so I always have this nagging feeling that I'm the one in the wrong here.

[–] Eq0 2 points 1 year ago

Completely agree. I didn’t like Snow Crash either, but Anathem is also among my favorites ever.