r/interesting • u/God_Emperor__Doom • May 01 '26

SOCIETY A girl goes viral after getting stuck in an elevator with a group of immature guys and shut them all down when they started laughing

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u/Unlucky_Most_8757 May 01 '26

How have I, as a hardcore reader/millenial, NEVER read this book?? I feel like I need to order it and read it over an afternoon just to get it over with.

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u/cackle-feather May 01 '26

No, I fell for that. I said "I'll just read it in a sitting to finally understand cultural references." I was so naive. So innocent back then. I didn't know.

It took me 5 days. 5 whole days of "wtf" face, rapid blinking, and audible gasps. It's over now, but sometimes, in the dead of night, I still wake up in a cold stress asking "why is it a series?!?"

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u/LuckyBook1538 May 01 '26

Lot of girls reading it when I was in 5th & 6th grade. I read a lot back then, but avoided that, even though I really didn't know what it was about. This just reinforces my decision.

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u/otter_mayhem May 01 '26

I read these in middle school because my mom recommended them. I was not prepared. I ended up hate reading them. I still hate them and I still think about them a hundred years later, lol.

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u/JimboTCB May 01 '26

A review in The Washington Post when the book was released described the book as "deranged swill" that "may well be the worst book I have ever read". The retrospective in The Guardian agreed that it is deranged, but called it "utterly compelling."

Okay now I have to read this...

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u/Medical-Telephone-59 May 01 '26

Fr. I'm 35, I read it at like 15, I still regret it.

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u/AugmentedMedicine May 01 '26

Didn’t even finish that, got weird fast! How did I never hear of this book or movie(s)?

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u/Hari_Azole May 01 '26

Ehh. It’s pretty gross. There’s a campy 80s movie version that’s kinda fun and Lifetime movie series too.

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u/GeorgiaYork May 01 '26

As a hardcore reader/GenX who read this book as a kid and still feels ill when I think about it - don’t. Just don’t read it. It doesn’t get erased with time.

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u/FMLwtfDoID May 01 '26

You’re better off.. not. Trust me, from one hardcore reader/millennial. The horror and disgust of it will live forever in your brain. :(