North Yorkshire Library Service Book Group discussion

Amongst some of the negative reviews from readers there seems to be an interesting theme; that of enjoying the book at a certain, younger age and being unable to connect with it as an older reader. This was actually my motivation for picking the book. I’d read it back in the dim and distant past as an angsty 19-ish year old and really engaged with it. One of those books you stay up late, battling sleep to finish. Getting on for close to 20 years later I wanted to see if it had the same impact or not given the difference between Now Me and 20 Years Ago Me. So far it’s still hooking me in. Clearly I’ve not matured in 20 years... Any thoughts on revisiting books you loved as impressionable youngsters only to find them hollow when you cast your weathered and jaded older eyes upon them again, please share them here!