OK, I read Day of the Triffids, Chrysalids and several other John Wyndham books when I was a teenager and enjoyed them. I have not and will not read His Dark Materials because I don't like the premise, and besides, I read for entertainment, not to depress the hell out of myself. A lot of people I know enjoy dark and tragic fiction and aren't worried at all by it. Perhaps it's cathartic for them; it upsets me and can depress me for days.
Want a challenge? Try The Master and Margarita--fascinating, brilliant, witty, and a damned good read. Or the wonderful Gormenghast--that's nice and dark for you, but also leavened by wit, a wild imagination, and the most marvellously eccentric characters.
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OK, I read Day of the Triffids, Chrysalids and several other John Wyndham books when I was a teenager and enjoyed them. I have not and will not read His Dark Materials because I don't like the premise, and besides, I read for entertainment, not to depress the hell out of myself. A lot of people I know enjoy dark and tragic fiction and aren't worried at all by it. Perhaps it's cathartic for them; it upsets me and can depress me for days.
Want a challenge? Try The Master and Margarita--fascinating, brilliant, witty, and a damned good read. Or the wonderful Gormenghast--that's nice and dark for you, but also leavened by wit, a wild imagination, and the most marvellously eccentric characters.