The Suck Fairy; bad books that were good
Yesterday, Jo Walton talked about the Suck Fairy--when you revisit a book you remember as loving, and discover all the flaws you missed on that first read.
Oh, how I adored the Enid Blyton Adventure books as a little kid! But I was the audience she intended, so I just won't reread those books. I don't want to spoil the memory of crouching on the edge of my bed in excitement; those books made me into a dedicated reader more than any other books I encountered at an early age, some of which were classics and a tough go. (Like Black Beauty, Alice and Wonderland, and Hans Christian Andersen, all at age six, and the latter two I hated so much I nearly stopped reading.)
Oh, how I adored the Enid Blyton Adventure books as a little kid! But I was the audience she intended, so I just won't reread those books. I don't want to spoil the memory of crouching on the edge of my bed in excitement; those books made me into a dedicated reader more than any other books I encountered at an early age, some of which were classics and a tough go. (Like Black Beauty, Alice and Wonderland, and Hans Christian Andersen, all at age six, and the latter two I hated so much I nearly stopped reading.)