Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agoWhat is the worst experience you've had reading a book?message-squaremessage-square236fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down17
arrow-up1141arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the worst experience you've had reading a book?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square236fedilink
minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoTry listening to it as an audio book. It’s really great if someone else pushes you through the dry parts.
minus-squareHelluvaKick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoBe warned. There’s some real…racist choices made in the audiobook reading.
minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoAre you referring to how he reads Odetta/Detta’s voices?
minus-squareHelluvaKick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoDefinitely. I know it’s kinda written that way but I was not ready for that old man to fully lean into it. I was perplexed and wanted to turn it off. I listened through that over a decade ago and that’s still what I remember most from that audiobook.
minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI agree that it’s uncomfortable, but I do think it was true to how it was written. I’m not sure I’d call it racist in the overt sense of the word, but as I white person, I’m not sure I’m qualified to make that judgement.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoSome people just think everything is racist.
Try listening to it as an audio book. It’s really great if someone else pushes you through the dry parts.
Be warned. There’s some real…racist choices made in the audiobook reading.
Are you referring to how he reads Odetta/Detta’s voices?
Definitely. I know it’s kinda written that way but I was not ready for that old man to fully lean into it. I was perplexed and wanted to turn it off.
I listened through that over a decade ago and that’s still what I remember most from that audiobook.
I agree that it’s uncomfortable, but I do think it was true to how it was written. I’m not sure I’d call it racist in the overt sense of the word, but as I white person, I’m not sure I’m qualified to make that judgement.
Some people just think everything is racist.