How can reading fiction be turned from escapism into personal growth?

Last Updated: 03.07.2025 01:58

How can reading fiction be turned from escapism into personal growth?

Not all booktok…just majority.

I don't know how I can put this.

Just use it on the right fiction. Booktok fiction is kind of mmh 🤔 not meant for that. For you will be quite perplexed at the utter personal ‘growth’ you will find there.

I Thought My Husband Had a Good Reason to Avoid Sex. Then I Saw Something I Wish I Hadn’t. - Slate Magazine

You know if that how you want it then read the boom with the intention to learn something. Use your markers, sticky notes , write notes. You know in literature how you would read Romeo and juliet and analyze it …the characters the development. That's how you do it.