▲ 44 ▼ New to reading (discuss.online) submitted 7 months ago by Cookie1@discuss.online to c/books@lemmy.ml 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments Hello I’m fairly new to reading and am wanting to see what books people recommend and why, also i really enjoy horror/mystery!
[+] lunarcat@lemmy.ca 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GaumBeist@lemmy.ml 1 point 7 months ago I read Frankenstein 4 times in school: once in senior year of high school, then thrice in freshmen year of college -- for the intro english class in my first semester, for an honors class about monster fiction that same semester, and for a class on gothic fiction that took care of my other core credit the second semester. I have read that book in 4 different ways with countless different perspectives being share, and I can say I didn't truly appreciate it the first time, it definitely requires multiple readings permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GaumBeist@lemmy.ml 1 point 7 months ago I read Frankenstein 4 times in school: once in senior year of high school, then thrice in freshmen year of college -- for the intro english class in my first semester, for an honors class about monster fiction that same semester, and for a class on gothic fiction that took care of my other core credit the second semester. I have read that book in 4 different ways with countless different perspectives being share, and I can say I didn't truly appreciate it the first time, it definitely requires multiple readings permalink fedilink source parent