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comment by StJohn
StJohn  ·  3122 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The 2016 iteration of the worst first sentences prize

Haha, you don't hate the book on literary techniques, you hate the people quoting from it. I totally agree, I'd much rather read Bulwer-Lytton than Cooper and I have very little interest in what other people think I ABSOLUTELY MUST read. If you're surrounded by people bullshitting you about literature, then maybe you want to find more friends who aren't snobs.