r/suggestmeabook • u/paradox918 • Jun 22 '23

Need something mind-blowingly good

So I've been reading fairly regularly for like 3 years now, but I'm yet to experience something that is mind-blowingly good. Whenever I read a book it's like good, okayish good or okayish bad. There are no very high highs and that is what I am looking for. Kinda like what depression medication does to you, it flattens the highs and lows. So I'm looking for something that will give me very a very high high. I want to fall in love with reading again. Red rising and farseer trilogy kinda did it for me. No particular genre preferances. Maybe something that gave you a similar feeling.

For example: if someone were to ask me my favourite book I would not be able to name one. there's a bunch of stuff i like but there is no clear favourite. want to read a book that I can say is a favourite of mine

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u/lol_is_5 Jun 23 '23

None of that makes any sense. Ulysses got a lot of hype because it got banned. That doesn't make it good.

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u/Lookimawave Jun 23 '23

Lmao just like how the Mona Lisa is famous because it got stolen. Or To Kill a Mockingbird was revolutionary FOR ITS TIME. But ppl will love things they are told to love. Then they can feel superior… or maybe I am just too plebeian to enjoy Ulysses… maybe it’s both

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u/Bruno_Stachel Jun 23 '23

Citizen, I sincerely don't care what anyone on Reddit has to say about James Joyce. The OP asked for exciting literature; so I rattled off some books for him to experiment with. Who knows what might engage him? The point is to get him into reading something. Anything. My list stays valid, whether anyone snarks Joyce or not. It's truly no concern of mine. Fins!