Singto_ OP t1_j0lmyjt wrote on December 17, 2022 at 4:33 PM

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I definitely understand that. Just like how the other comments suggested maybe it's just not for me. I absolutely understand the misery of the character in the book, but after 30 or so pages it just becomes stale for me. If you put it that way then I could understand how lots of people loves it.

I'll check out Yellow Wallpaper. I'm new to reading in general so I have no takes on Holocaust or gulag survival stories hahaha, any recommendations?

Thanks

boxer_dogs_dance t1_j0lny5x wrote on December 17, 2022 at 4:40 PM

For short, clear and beautifully written, Elie Wiesel Night and then Dawn. Man's Search for Meaning is more philosophical if you want that. For a woman prisoner, Corrie ten Boom's book the Hiding Place.

The Gulag Archipelago is a brick of a book. I wouldn't start there. Animal Farm is supposed to represent Stalinism although it works for exploitation generally.

CurlyDee t1_j0mlplh wrote on December 17, 2022 at 8:35 PM

I just have to encourage everyone to read Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning. That book and Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People by Rabbi Harold Kushner are my guides to make sense of the world.