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Refreshed my memory on this book as it's been 1000 years since I last read it. This was actually done via audio book at the request of my oldest who is reading it for school. That's when I last read it, and through her realized it's way too early for someone to read it. A person needs a bit of wisdom to truly get the story.

Audio book was 3 hours. Finished it in a single Cleveland trip.

Had it been written by Stephen King, the audio book would have probably been 3 days long...

It seems to me that a lot of the "classics" that are forced on young people, before they are old enough to appreciate them, have to be intended to make kids hate reading.

Leisher wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 2:24 pm A person needs a bit of wisdom to truly get the story.

I tried to read it in elementary school and found it boring.

I think most people can process these ideas around 13 or 14. Even without the life experience, just through thought experiments, etc.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 3:50 pm I tried to read it in elementary school and found it boring.

It would be at that age. Big concepts that most elementary kids wouldn't get.

GORDON wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 2:34 pm It seems to me that a lot of the "classics" that are forced on young people, before they are old enough to appreciate them, have to be intended to make kids hate reading.

That would make an interesting story.

Leisher wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 9:59 pm It would be at that age. Big concepts that most elementary kids wouldn't get.

Yes, but it was about animals, so I thought it was a kids book like Charlotte's Web.