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Having Hard Time Reading a certain book. (lemmy.world)
submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by Fredselfish@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.world
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I have started reading Climbing the Mountain My Search for Meaning by Kirk Douglas.

I picked it up at first because thought it was just another celebrity autobiography. But this one is different. Kirk goes over what it like to be Jewish and his search for his spirituality.

The problem is with how things are going in Gaza I am having hard time sympathizing with the Israeli the way written in this book. Further more I wonder how he would feel about it all if he was alive today?

Anyway 134 pages in and when he mentions the name Bibi Netanyahu I stopped and found it hard to breath. He doesn't go in detail about the man but just passing note he wrote as he writing about a lunch he had with Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. As someone feels strongly that Israeli is committing genocide and Palestine should be set free, not sure I should finish said novel.

What would you do if your over halfway through a book that is interesting but then troublesome at same time?

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[–] proudblond@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

If it were me, I’d probably put it down — for now. We are actively living through some fucked up history. Time and distance will not change the fact that an entire race of people is being murdered, but they may make it easier to get through. Especially if Bibi gets what’s coming to him someday. (Not that I’m holding my breath.)

Ultimately it is okay to put a book down for any reason. If something is getting in the way of your enjoyment or you’re being distracted by things outside of it, you’re probably not getting as much out of it as you otherwise might.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Yeah what I figured. Hell got plenty of books to read just move to the next one. Thank you.