Saturday, 21 September 2013

I've been ruined


So recently I became the last person in the world (since it seems as if everyone has already done this) to read The Fault in our Stars and I, like everyone else who read this book, will make comments about how sad it was, and how amazing John Green is.

But I realised something a lot more important while I was reading the book: I've been ruined by good authors. Good authors, such as John Green, JK Rowling and of course Khaled Hosseini, have ruined my ability to read and appreciate books.
It's a bit like when certain celebrities are so amazing *coughcough* Tom Hiddleston *coughcough* that you feel as if any normal guy will never be enough for you.

It's a bit like that. I've been spoiled by good books so much that now it seems as if I could read other books, but I wouldn't be able to appreciate them as much. I've been exposed to truly wonderful writing and breathtakingly beautiful stories so much that it seems as if any other book won't please me as much as it would have done if I'd read them before I read A Thousand Splendid Suns.

Nothing normal will be good enough for me because the media has ruined my perception of normal.

No normal book will be good enough for me, because The Kite Runner exist.
No normal guy will be good enough for me, because Tom Hiddleston exists.
No normal school will be good enough for me, because East High School (from High school musical for those of you who don't know) exists.

So to sum my existence up: I'm going to suffer all my life because I'm a below average girl with above average expectations.