@StripeyYena I totally get the point of the book, and the criticism towards the educational system of the time was valid (and also in parts still is). It was just a bit too close to home. We read it during covid and certain events happened that were oddly close to the story line.
While reading it I didn‘t like it due to the way it was written and now it‘s PTSD fuel 
I do want to give other books by Hermann Hesse a try though… but rn I‘m in my SciFi, Greg Egan Phase.