I always found TKAM sort of predictable, full of cartoonish characters, and frankly dull.
the reason it’s this all-time best seller is because it is assigned in various English classes/lit classes at high school, college and university level. The students HAVE to buy it. Every fall it comes back up on the best seller list when classes start again.
I found it just not very good. Not well written. Dull.
Wow. A book about a rape with a truly frightening villain and a scary, housebound hero is dull? If it isn’t Texas Chainsaw massacre it’s boring?
I read it at 12 and never looked back. Didn’t understand what rape was, didn’t understand the famous tea party chapter but boy, did I know I was in the middle of a great read.
I agree. Mein Kamph was a best seller too.