https://www.main-vision.com/tags/pessimistic/ Recent content in Pessimistic on Richard's Static Blog Hugo en-gb Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:04:53 +0000 https://www.main-vision.com/posts/2026/09/thoughts-on-books-i-didnt-like/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:04:53 +0000 https://www.main-vision.com/posts/2026/09/thoughts-on-books-i-didnt-like/ <p>Last night I was at a book about &ldquo;The God of Small Things&rdquo; and I&rsquo;d be tempted to say that I hated the book for the same reasons that I don&rsquo;t like Jane Austen books, that I didn&rsquo;t enjoy Blindness and other books. I don&rsquo;t know whether readying it, rather than listening to it, would have helped.</p> <p>It&rsquo;s a book I didn&rsquo;t like because it used vile imagery. One image is about body functions into the mud, that is then washed away by the tide. There are mentions of other body functions or body party where we feel that disgust is a desired reaction.</p>