Can we talk about the 'classics' that get banned?

I spent $40 on a first edition of 'Brave New World' after seeing it on a banned list, and honestly, it felt more like a dry history lesson than a dangerous book. The shock value people talk about just wasn't there for me, maybe because the world has moved on. Has anyone else read a famously banned book and just been... underwhelmed?

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barbarar323mo ago

Wait, you spent forty bucks on a book just because it was banned? That's wild to me. I'd just get it from the library.

patricia_wells3mo ago

Exactly. The real shock for me was reading "The Grapes of Wrath" and finding a sad family story, not a call to burn down banks. The parts that got it banned, like that ending, just feel bleak now, not radical. The scary thing isn't the book itself, but that someone thought a struggling family was such a threat. Makes you wonder what seems normal today that will get people riled up in fifty years.

wren_carr1mo ago

Wait, someone thought "The Grapes of Wrath" ending was a call to burn down banks? That's wild. I mean, I've heard the book was controversial, but that take just sounds like they didn't even read it.