I was inspired by listening to a podcast about Lovecraft's Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath, where I had the exact same reaction as the podcasters.
That being: they both found the story to be a slog to read… but then they got to just talking about what happens in it and realized that "wait this actually sounds like the best story ever!" It was amazing how suddenly the podcasters (and myself) were loving this story that we all found it painful to get through.
Got any examples of your own?
by MoeDantes