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    I’ll start: East of Eden.

    It’s spoken as if the best book ever written. I went with that expectation and am afraid I was looking for some big suspense or powerful story – but the characters felt one-dimensional and the narrative lacked the depth I was hoping for.

    I long for a book with high-class storytelling such as The Count of Monte Cristo, Les Misérables, The Idiot, The Night Circus, Vita Nostra, The ocean at the end of the lane, Shutter Island…​​​​​​​​

    Please feel free to suggest me books based on my taste.

    I’d love to hear if there’s any book that you find most overrated.

    by iDetestCambridge

    7 Comments

    1. You’re going to get big heat for the East of Eden hate. I’m on your side but don’t tell anyone

    2. I found *Never Let Me Go* by Kazuo Ishiguro quite overrated. It’s hyped up to be this amazing emotionally destroying book but I just didn’t get that. I’ve enjoyed his other works (*The Buried Giant* and *The Remains of the Day*) so it wasn’t the writing style that was the problem for me.

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