Fahrenheit 451. In high school I got the gist of it, now I *get it*
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The Hunger Games trilogy for me. When I read it originally at 11/12 16 seemed so much more grown up to me than it does now at 25. I’ve also picked up on so much more contextually.
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Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell. I thought they were strange and boring when I was a twelve year old. As an adult they read much different.
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The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Wuthering Heights…loved it as a 13 year old. Just reads as domestic violence dynamics as an adult.
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1984 definitely.
When I read it in high school I hadn’t started paying attention to politics yet, so the Party dynamics and motivations didn’t really register with me. I thought it was just about the dangers of government surveillance.
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Pet Sematary
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*A Different Drummer* by William Melvin Kelley
*If Beale Street Could Talk* by James Baldwin
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Catcher in the Rye. As a young person, I thought Holden was annoying and making bad choices. As an adult, I want desperately for some adult to come in and help this poor suffering child.
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Lolita. I read it as a teenager and then reread it when I had 12 and 14 year old daughters. Yikes!
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Wuthering Heights, Romeo and Juliet, Jane Eyre: as a teen, I swooned. As an adult, I roll my eyes. Also, The Stand (King)….as an idealistic teen who saw the world in black and white, that book was an anthem. Now that I see the world in shades of grey, I couldn’t even finish a re-read of that book. Adulthood messes with you.
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Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian. It’s sooooo sad and really horrible with his mum’s storyline
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Fahrenheit 451. In high school I got the gist of it, now I *get it*
The Hunger Games trilogy for me. When I read it originally at 11/12 16 seemed so much more grown up to me than it does now at 25. I’ve also picked up on so much more contextually.
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell. I thought they were strange and boring when I was a twelve year old. As an adult they read much different.
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Wuthering Heights…loved it as a 13 year old. Just reads as domestic violence dynamics as an adult.
1984 definitely.
When I read it in high school I hadn’t started paying attention to politics yet, so the Party dynamics and motivations didn’t really register with me. I thought it was just about the dangers of government surveillance.
Pet Sematary
*A Different Drummer* by William Melvin Kelley
*If Beale Street Could Talk* by James Baldwin
Catcher in the Rye. As a young person, I thought Holden was annoying and making bad choices. As an adult, I want desperately for some adult to come in and help this poor suffering child.
Lolita. I read it as a teenager and then reread it when I had 12 and 14 year old daughters. Yikes!
Wuthering Heights, Romeo and Juliet, Jane Eyre: as a teen, I swooned. As an adult, I roll my eyes. Also, The Stand (King)….as an idealistic teen who saw the world in black and white, that book was an anthem. Now that I see the world in shades of grey, I couldn’t even finish a re-read of that book. Adulthood messes with you.
Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian. It’s sooooo sad and really horrible with his mum’s storyline
His dark materials trilogy.