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[charliesmum]

Dear Oprah:

Why, oh why can't you pick a cheerful book for once? I mean, yes, Faulkner, good writer, stood the test of time, classic, blah blah blah, but you know what? There are plenty of good books out there that aren't about depressed people doing depressing things, and you are doing a disservice to literature as a whole when you keep spreading the belief that depressing=classic. There are a lot of impressionable people out there, Oprah, who believe everything you say, as evidenced by the fact that people are buying Faulkner books right now. Why not use this influence to market the books that are well written and thoughtful and actually have humor and a happy ending?

I have read a few books that you've pushed in the past, Oprah, and while I won't deny their literary qualifications I found many of them to be heavy-handed with the whole 'life kind of sucks' symbolism.

So stop it. It's annoying.

Comments

[snarkypants.livejournal.com]

Amen! I've read only two Oprah books, and was seized by the desire to open an artery after both (The Deep End of the Ocean and I Know This Much Is True, incidentally). So much angst for the sake of angst.

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

So much angst for the sake of angst.

Yes! That's it! That's what bothers me. Thank you.