Some books are bad. However, some of the best books shouldn't be easy to read. I think there is a lot of value in struggling through hard books. At times I think the internet has made things too easy.

Look at any great math book. Large leaps of logic are declared 'obvious', and left as exercises for the reader. While such exercises often aren't easy, struggling with such exercises helps you learn. Before the internet provided tutorials for everything, you had to really struggle when you couldn't figure something out. Yet, I think I really learned to program from that struggle.

You learn to find information that isn't spoonfed to you. When you do, you will better be able to dig beneath hype and propoganda, and make up your own mind. Look for clues, and try thinking for yourself instead of getting all the answers from someone else.