not quite sure if that's a rhetorical question, but c1990 I tried to read The Handmaid's Tale but could not finish it. it was just too damned grim. to this day, I still have not picked it back up, nor seen the show
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@ansate@bookwyrm.social I have certainly paused books for months (or maybe years) at a time for this reason.
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@ansate@bookwyrm.social I have certainly paused books for months (or maybe years) at a time for this reason.