"Where, in the case of expository works, the advice was not to criticize a book—not to say you agree or disagree—until you can first say you understand, so here the maxim is: **don’t criticize imaginative writing until you fully appreciate what the author has tried to make you experience**." ([Location 3051](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B004PYDAPE&location=3051) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[reading-books]], [[fiction-books]] **Source** -- [[20250103084100 - B - How to Read a Book]]