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Should I read the Tempest? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/books@lemmy.ml

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I am trying to get into reading and I started with Brave New World, I have been reading the book for a year and have about 60 pages remaining. Before anyone mentions I am aware it is a small book that can be finished in a week, I am not used to reading. I normally read short stories, comics, and manga. I finshed the machine stops quickly, but I couldn't get into Brave New World, it has a lot of boring parts.

After finishing Brave New World should I read the Tempest, the main character made me interested in the story. I only read one other shakespeare book Romeo and Juliet the sparksnote version, it was great.

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[–] Stern@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Don't feel obligated to finish books you aren't keen on, as seems to be the case with Brave New World. Have you given Light Novels a go? Plenty of manga and anime (Mushoku Tensei immediately springs to mind as one) came from those roots.

[–] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago

I have read light novel before, but all of them are clichéd so I drop them after 20 to 50 chapters. As for Mushoku Tensei I am not going anywhere near it, the main character is an awful person. I do read a lot of manga, I am trying to get into normal novels. I want to start with the classics for example the brothers Karamazov.