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<blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 9344906" data-attributes="member: 7035894">Don't beat yourself up. It's not like you're missing a classic. It's popcorn entertainment.I'm currently reading Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World. A close friend has been begging me to read it for awhile and I find myself in that awkward position of not wanting to talk to her about it because she just loves it and I don't think it's that great.It's well written. But it's pretty much a full-on romance, and that's just not my thing. At all. It also does that thing where high school students have conversations like sophisticated adults, which always kinda bugs me. And the way it's dealing with the theme of coming out feels dated to me, albeit in the context of a period piece (1980s AIDS crisis).Yet, there is some gorgeous, almost lyrical writing, and it clearly works for a lot of folks. If you are big into romances, you'll probably love it. That's probably not a super popular genre on this forum, though.That makes two books in a row that have disappointed after being enthusiastically recommended by good friends at work with whom I usually agree.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clint_L, post: 9344906, member: 7035894"] Don't beat yourself up. It's not like you're missing a classic. It's popcorn entertainment. I'm currently reading [I]Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World[/I]. A close friend has been begging me to read it for awhile and I find myself in that awkward position of not wanting to talk to her about it because she just loves it and I don't think it's that great. It's well written. But it's pretty much a full-on romance, and that's just not my thing. At all. It also does that thing where high school students have conversations like sophisticated adults, which always kinda bugs me. And the way it's dealing with the theme of coming out feels dated to me, albeit in the context of a period piece (1980s AIDS crisis). Yet, there is some gorgeous, almost lyrical writing, and it clearly works for a lot of folks. If you are big into romances, you'll probably love it. That's probably not a super popular genre on this forum, though. That makes two books in a row that have disappointed after being enthusiastically recommended by good friends at work with whom I usually agree. [/QUOTE]

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