top ten; books i feel differently about
I am going to be very honest. This post was rushed together because I had a difficult time coming up with a list. I’ve read so many books over the years that looking back at them and wondering if I feel the same about them now as I did when I read them is just – not so simple. I’ve been second-guessing my choices, and then realising I don’t think I have ten books? So I’ve just put a quick short list of books that I feel differently about since I’ve read them.
Edit: I almost forgot to link this back to The Broke And The Bookish! Whoops.
- The Harry Potter series. I still love it, that’s for sure, but over time, I have become a lot more critical about it. The lack of notable diversity in it definitely irks me whenever I think about it.
- Tamora Pierce’s Circle Of Magic series, and some of her other works. The more I look back on it, the more I love her world-building. I want to read them ALL again. Or as many of them as I can get my hands on.
- Jodi Picoult’s novel with her daughter? Between The Lines. I want to read the next book, that’s for sure, but now when I look back on it, I feel it was a lot more simplistic than I thought when I was reading it. I think I loved the concept of it more than I actually loved the writing of it.
- I remember loving Just Ella when I read it, but now that I look back on it, I’m wondering if it’s as good as I remember. Maybe a reread is in order…
- I have read Patricia C. Wrede’s Dragons series quite a few times since I first borrowed it from my cousins back when I was 11. I loved it back then, I loved it the second time around, I think I loved it even more the third time around.
So this was a quick list that’s now done! I had very few ideas on what to put on this list. Because I tend to feel the same for most things I read over the years, I guess. I should do a reread of some books…
What are books you feel differently about now when you look back on them?
Ara
Iām Ara, a Southeast Asian writer who someday hopes to have published a novel, and who is currently losing herself in the worlds created by others. I love books and food and television and blogging and I get distracted and sidetracked easily.
10 Comments
Briana @ Pages Unbound
*whispers* I’ve always been critical of Harry Potter. I definitely like the books, but I’ve always thought they could be better-written. Some of the characters seem really flat to me. I think the world-building is the main attraction for me.
Ara
I think I fell in love with it at a young age so I wasn’t supremely critical of it at first, but now I look back at it and yup, critical of representation and even some parts of world-building tbh. Still enjoy it for nostalgia’s sake, but definitely more critical.
Nori @ ReadWriteLove28
AHEM AHEM AHEM YOU SHOULD JOIN ME IN MY TAMORA PIERCE READING CHALLENGE AND RE-READ ALLLLLLLLL THE BOOKS š
Ara
I WANT TO but I left my Tamora Pierce books back at my parents’ place š
Jordan @ The Heart of a Book Blogger
I actually picked up an ARC of Between the Lines’ sequel at Yallwest last year because I liked the synopsis. I didn’t realize it was a sequel until I started reading the book and stopped once I did. I’ve thought about picking up the first one, but I think I’m just going to skip this series.
Ara
It’s not so bad? But I definitely look back on it and think it could have been a lot better. I know I’m planning to read the sequel, if only because I want to see if it DID get better. (:
Rayna @ Reader Rayna
I owned Between the Lines for a while before donating it to my local library, and I think I’m in the same boat: I loved the concept, but the writing just didn’t do it for me. I never actually finished it, to be honest.
Ara
I’m still open to reading book two, but yeah, the concept was SO GREAT, but something about the writing fell flat. I’m just hoping the concept of book two is enough for me to finish it.
Brittany
Awesome list! I’ve also definitely become more and more critical of Harry Potter as I’ve gotten older, especially over how ridiculously cryptic the adults acted all the time, which left the kids in horrible and dangerous situations! However, it’s such a huge and important part of my childhood that I still love it just the same ^_^
Brittany @ Brittany’s Book Rambles
Ara
Same! It’s very important to me as a series, having played such a huge part of my life, but I’m definitely more critical of it now (: