Why do so many people recommend reading books? What exactly makes a book a more efficient learning tool than a video or whatever?

I really dont like reading, Ive tried it many times, fiction, educational, whatever topic and I just cant get myself to like it, it's just too boring and tedious to me, I need some images or something to keep myself entertained, just looking at letters makes me bored. I know I probably sound like a meatheat but it's not like I dont try, I wish I liked books, I truly wish I did just to know why so many people talk about how useful they are and how important it is to read

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SW-User

A book relies on your imagination to visualise the world and characters - I find movies to be a let down as they never live up to my imagination

Neoerectus · M

@SW-User And some folks do not visualize from words... tho' they can be helped to do so

SW-User

@SW-User silence of the Lambs was a much better book,
Harry Potter is an example of movies doing it well, but they still ripped it apart a bit

PhaqueYou · M

@Neoerectus what?

Written context comes in many formats.

SW-User

@SW-User most horror is better in book form. Lord of the rings is one of my all time favourite movies (all 3 of them) but the books are so much better. I have to admit I struggle with the acting in Harry Potter but I’ve never read the books - couldn’t get into it at all.

SW-User

@SW-User the exorcist.. The movie was shite, the book so scarey I threw it across the room

SW-User

@SW-User ahh I love the exorcist…not as a horror but it’s just a classic in it’s funny little way. The shining is really good, but the book is so much better. I think it gets in your head more when you’re reading it. I never get scared at horror films