Most boring/difficult books you've ever read.
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As for more widespread books, "The God Delusion" was far to preachy for my liking, being quite uninteresting and boring even if it preached something akin to the view I hold on religion, and "Children of Hurin" was indeed quite dull in language form and story.
As for more widespread books, "The God Delusion" was far to preachy for my liking, being quite uninteresting and boring even if it preached something akin to the view I hold on religion, and "Children of Hurin" was indeed quite dull in language form and story.
The Scarlett Letter. The author had a talent for going on and on and on without really saying anything that contributed to the book.
Certain books of the Bible too. Genesis and Exodus aren't bad, but the books immediately following them are just long and dry.
Certain books of the Bible too. Genesis and Exodus aren't bad, but the books immediately following them are just long and dry.
I can't believe how many people are citing Tolkien, so I'm gonna say 'Dumb Long Story' by Your Favourite Author.
Jerks.
Tom Bombadil was like Gandalf's granddad! He danced all day, and had a hot young wife that was also a river, and put on the ring and thought it was useless.
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Jerks.
Jerks.
Tom Bombadil was like Gandalf's granddad! He danced all day, and had a hot young wife that was also a river, and put on the ring and thought it was useless.
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Jerks.
Ha try having to read 'Heroes' by Robert Cormier, it's horrific. We were made to identify points about the moon being related to fate and other completely irrelevant facts. I did nothing like that and got a B on the test.icyneesan said:Pretty much anything I read in High School, they always made us read these crappy 'classics' that always have some sort of moral teaching for you :\
Personally I wanted to read Lord of the Rings again. Probably the hardest thing I read but I enjoyed it
I despised that book. I can't understand why everyone loved it so much. I know I probably shouldn't admit to this, but out of all the books that we were to read my freshman year, I only actually read three of them and they were all awful. I still despise Romeo & Juliet.Ask said:
And more recently, Ethan Frome. Awful awful awful book. We were to choose from a list of three books and it was only about 100 pages long so I just thought why not and decided to read it. It was torture. The book was seriously only 100 pages long but I had to do anything to keep myself from getting distracted by my walls. I could only read one chapter at a time and even that was a struggle.
Awww, I thought this one was an excellent return to a truly creepy monster tale for Stephen King! I'm sad you found it dull.esperandote said:
The whole point of The Name of the Rose is that EVERYTHING and I mean everthing, from the plot, to the names of characters, to adjectives used is an esoteric reference to something else in medieval catholic literature. Everything. Every different concept, and it's ancient meanings to old men means something else in that novel. There's a ridiculous amount of subtext there. Umberto Eco's too smart for his own good, never mind for his readers.Mesca said:
Toliken for sure.
George Orwell used to trip me up but not so much anymore.
Half-life full life consuquences but the spelling is hard enough to decipher for anyone.
George Orwell used to trip me up but not so much anymore.
Half-life full life consuquences but the spelling is hard enough to decipher for anyone.
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Admittedly I only got through about 30 pages... But nothing happened! Plus, I realised that I'd seen the middle of the movie of Great Expectations. Nothing happens in that entire book. See, I was struggling through it cause I expected the kid to help the convict to escape, and they'd go on an adventure or something. Instead, he starts visiting an old widow lady, with her daughter. Her daughter is a *****. So of course, they fall in love. While she's being a *****. Oh, and apparently the house burns at the end or something, killing the widow. But I put it down when I realised nothing cool was ever going to happen. Call me picky, but I like books where exciting stuff actually happens.
