I got to thinking yesterday after reading a rather brilliant but blunt review of a well-known and popular book. When reading a book, do we get swept away by popular consensus or are we true to ourselves?
The book in question has so many mixed reviews that I have been forced to reconsider my rating and my thoughts of the story. I loved the book and gave it 5* and I must admit to having read it more than once but after reading the contrasting opinions of another blogger I was forced to question my interpretation of the story. Was the story glossed over in my own mind? Did I really not see the violence and poor behaviour for what it was or did my mind just romanticise and create the story I wanted it to be?