You guys know I read quite a bit. I also like to try to keep an open mind when reading. I like to tell myself I am open to all sides of an argument, as long as all sides are weighted in an equal manner. Most people can't do that however, or lie to themselves telling them that they are doing it.
Generally I read non fiction, and when I do read fiction there is a pretty slanted message behind it, 1984, brave new world, Ayn rand.....you can see the slant there.
I also don't know authors AT ALL. Sitting here the name Jack London popped into my head, and that is because he was in a star trek episode. I could not tell you what he wrote (call of the wild?) or something like that.
Point is I don't know how specific authors lean, I have only done a deep dive on one author and that was Rand.
So now I am reading my new book (half price books is a fantastic place) and before I post up a pic of it I will give on one bit that was talked about in chapter 8 (where I had to walk away)
Talking of one group, the author said to the effect, if the towns people did not agree to follow them they would kill the town leaders, but first it often would be middle ages style torture, followed by burry alive.
When talking of the other side, and towns people suspected of helping the other side, we go very deep into the tortures, getting plyers and ripping out teeth to get the gold fillings, Ripping off fingers to get gold rings. Naturally what happens to girls and women. Blow by blow detail.
See the difference.
Early on in the book it talks about England having the "good sense" to elect a socialist .gov after WWII because if not India, Bruma, Malaysia...........would have never gotten self gov. MMMMKkkkkk.
I had a feeling I knew the slant at that part but kept going.
The spot where I said, I just can't read this anymore was the total glossing over of the tortures inflicted by "the other side".
You might have guessed it by now, with my other topics of late....
I wanted an early history, a what lead up to where we sat in 1963. But I did not get that. It went pretty quick down the France bad, and as a direct result the English and Americans are bad too. But we will not leave anyone out in the bashing, side trips into places like Congo, and other african areas are not forgotten about.
I will do a "review" of the book in the normal thread in a bit,
Really what I am looking for is how often does this happen to you.....and do you keep reading it, or do you just say, nope too much wrong, then move on.
In the time I have started reading like a mad man, I would say 2-3 years ago, I have come across one other that I could not finish and it was on the Spanish-American war.
Just looking to see what other folks do. Not that it really matters, I have closed the cover on this specific book, it is just glossing over too many things and drawing attn to other things. It is not even handed.
