I am starting to like fiction books and I feel bad for not liking them earlier.
I have never liked reading fiction books (I always liked to read history and encyclopedias of the world), I always thinked that reading was boring and I was against my country’s policies to promote fiction books (the PNL 2027)
I was always a fan of sports and someone told me “you see the same team play every year” and this made me think again about what I said about fiction literature.
Also, when I am in long roadtrips and there is no wifi I download movies to watch and guess what movie I saw last time: Fahrenheit 451 (the HBO movie)
And this is when I realized that fiction is more than just text and what I used to call “senseless stories” and that is when I realized that I was wasting my life.
Another thing that made me really frustrated was seeing a comment here on Reddit where a mother said that wanted her children to read a lot to be smarter, and this reminded me of my mother who reads a lot and when she tried to convince me and when I said no.
Despite being only 17 years old I feel that I lost part of my life and that I lost a lot of good things.
Also, I tried to read a book named *The tatoo thief* and when I tried to understand the text that is when I noticed that I should have started reading when I was younger.
Despite being a 17 year old I cant read complex books that frequent readers of my age read.
Its a very bad feeling realizing that something that you think is useless is actually very important and its very hard to recover, sometimes I try to recognize the importance of fiction but I am so used to not liking it that I cant look a bookstore without thinking about the time I was an anti-fiction person
by CRNXD38
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Good for you! It’s early, there’s plenty of time to keep on going.
I started reading young and never stopped, now I write.
I always thought that ‘trying to get kids to read’ was like trying to get kids to eat ice cream. Why would anyone need an incentive, it’s amazing. All that effort while unfortunately asking kids to read horrible, boring books in school contributed to a backlash.
The past is over, keep moving on into the future and don’t have any regrets. Be glad you found it now and find your bliss.
It’s okay. Fiction is not upset with you at all.
If it makes you feel better, I gifted my mom a book for Christmas one year because she’s impossible to buy for, and she scoffed and said she didn’t read books. What’s funny is she’s a huge reason I got into reading, I remember her loving a Danielle Steele book growing up. It’s just sad she doesn’t perceive herself as a reader, and now she’s missed out on so many worlds, ideas, and concepts because she chose to limit herself. Anyway, you’re only 17, I didn’t really become a reader reader until I was like 16, full stop. You’re not as far behind as you think, just take it as a lesson to not knock something until you try it. Happy reading!
Yes you didn’t read fiction for the 17 first years of your life.
The awesome news is according to the average life expectancy, you have another 60 YEARS to read your heart out.
Just remember to show some grace to yourself and not beat yourself up. Ultimately, enjoy the journey!
Edit: typos