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What book(s) are you currently reading? 06 October (discuss.online)
submitted 11 months ago by dresden@discuss.online to c/books@lemmy.world
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Not much from my side. I am still reading Chloe Marr by A. A. Milne. It's an interesting book, even though I am missing every "pop reference" of plays etc. Someone who get those references would probably enjoy it a lot more.

What about all of you? What have you been reading (or listening) lately?

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[โ€“] dresden@discuss.online 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Dracula is very good. What I find interesting is with all the re-imaginings out there, sometimes you don't really know what happened in the original story. For example, I was quite surprised when I read the actual classics like Dracula, Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Peter Pan etc.

BTW how is The Last Voyage of the Demeter? I haven't watched it yet.

[โ€“] vermyndax@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I didn't watch it yet either, but the reviews here say it was a wasted opportunity. I still plan to watch it eventually. But yes, the very old classics really have some interesting tidbits and style. I feel like modern authors could learn a lot by revisiting them.