Our club read 'The Road' and 'Station Eleven' back to back and the second one just hit different

The first felt like a slog, but the second had characters I actually cared about, which made the whole post-apocalyptic theme work. What's a book that totally changed your mind about a genre?

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robinson.leo2mo ago

Neuromancer made me finally get why people love cyberpunk.

ben4861mo ago

Love seeing people get that door opened for them.

miles9922mo ago

I used to avoid fantasy books because I thought they were all silly elves and boring quests. Then a friend made me read "The Fifth Season" by N.K. Jemisin. The world building was so smart and the characters felt painfully real. It completely flipped my view of what the genre could do. Now I seek out fantasy that uses its setting to explore big, human ideas.