I’ll go with the low-hanging fruit: Mein Kampf. I’ve read it, cover to cover. As a piece of propaganda, it’s good. As an example of good writing? Absolutely not (though I will admit I have only read it in translation). Oh, and the whole fascist, racist, and generally shitty worldview of the author that he infuses into the text. And the fact that the author is literally Hitler. You 5-star that book? You’re a Nazi. Period. And as a Jewish person, I don’t look too kindly on them.

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    10 months ago

    Is nuance not a thing? Can I not rate a book that fulfillls its function perfectly as 5 even if it’s prose quality isn’t as good as a 20th century classic that fulfills its own function perfectly? Can I not rate 2 separate books a 5 out of 5 for completely different reasons?