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Anyone else find that "Classics" hit different once you’re out of school?
I used to absolutely hate reading back in secondary school, but now that I’m 20 and reading on my own terms, I’ve realized how nice it actually is.
I started my journey back into books with authors like Holly Jackson and Freida McFadden. They were great re-entry books with easy to understand language , sort of like watching a solid Netflix movie. The plot moves fast, you get your answers, and the story comes to a clean end.
However, I recently went back to some of the literature they forced us to read in school. I re-read *Of Mice and Men* and I loved it!! I realized it holds so much more meaning than I ever gave it credit for. It’s the kind of book I can read over and over, or even just go back to specific chapters just to sit with the atmosphere.
In contrast, I’ve realized that a lot of the viral "BookTok" stuff, like Colleen Hoover or the *Twisted* series - is sort of "grab and chuck." You binge them for 5 hours of dopamine, but once it’s over, there’s no lasting substance. (Not hating, because some are fun reads, though CoHo specifically makes me question my sanity after I finish her books lol).
**It got me thinking: What actually separates a "classic" from a "non-classic" in the long run?** Why do some books become the subject of literature study for decades while others, even if they sell millions of copies, just fade away? Is it the "goal" of the book, the themes like classism/war, or just the way they’re written? I’d love to hear how you guys define a "classic" versus just a "bestseller."
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I used to absolutely hate reading back in secondary school, but now that I’m 20 and reading on my own terms, I’ve realized how nice it actually is.
I started my journey back into books with authors like Holly Jackson and Freida McFadden. They were great re-entry books with easy to understand language , sort of like watching a solid Netflix movie. The plot moves fast, you get your answers, and the story comes to a clean end.
However, I recently went back to some of the literature they forced us to read in school. I re-read *Of Mice and Men* and I loved it!! I realized it holds so much more meaning than I ever gave it credit for. It’s the kind of book I can read over and over, or even just go back to specific chapters just to sit with the atmosphere.
In contrast, I’ve realized that a lot of the viral "BookTok" stuff, like Colleen Hoover or the *Twisted* series - is sort of "grab and chuck." You binge them for 5 hours of dopamine, but once it’s over, there’s no lasting substance. (Not hating, because some are fun reads, though CoHo specifically makes me question my sanity after I finish her books lol).
**It got me thinking: What actually separates a "classic" from a "non-classic" in the long run?** Why do some books become the subject of literature study for decades while others, even if they sell millions of copies, just fade away? Is it the "goal" of the book, the themes like classism/war, or just the way they’re written? I’d love to hear how you guys define a "classic" versus just a "bestseller."
#entertainment
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