Hannibal (the book) was shit. Red Dragon was OK and Silence of the Lambs was fantastic... I have Hannibal Rising too, but god forbid I actually read it.
Terrible books you have to read.
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You got that too? Eek, that was terrible, really awfully written. We (luckily) only got it for a term, but I got the feeling that the author thought he was the cleverest git in the world with the 'twist' ending. That those clues were supposed to mean anything and that the twist itself was important? No..Machines Are Us said:
Lucid Dreams by far. Apparently my school got it for an English class, and by the end of the day the entire classes copies had been placed on the free book table we had at my high school. Me and my friends took a few copies, and could never read it. The english department also cringed at its sight.
On books I've actually had to read, Dust Tracks on a Road. I know of nobody in my IB english that could even stand the book for more than a chapter.
On books I've actually had to read, Dust Tracks on a Road. I know of nobody in my IB english that could even stand the book for more than a chapter.
Twelve by Nick McDonell.
If I decipher the intended subject matter correctly, it was trying to be a dramatization of the life of urban youth, written with a satirical edge, but nevertheless raising valid points about the ennui with which modern teens and young adult desperately struggling to cope, as well as the horrifying consequences those sometimes reckless attempts bring with them.
In reality, it was an incoherent waste of paper that angered the blood right out of my knuckles. It had insipid characters, ridiculously stupid plot strings, and the author couldn't hold his sentences together had he been MacGyver in a duct tape factory. If it wasn't for the fact that McDonell is the offspring of a influential family of publishers, his book would never have been considered being printed.
If I decipher the intended subject matter correctly, it was trying to be a dramatization of the life of urban youth, written with a satirical edge, but nevertheless raising valid points about the ennui with which modern teens and young adult desperately struggling to cope, as well as the horrifying consequences those sometimes reckless attempts bring with them.
In reality, it was an incoherent waste of paper that angered the blood right out of my knuckles. It had insipid characters, ridiculously stupid plot strings, and the author couldn't hold his sentences together had he been MacGyver in a duct tape factory. If it wasn't for the fact that McDonell is the offspring of a influential family of publishers, his book would never have been considered being printed.
To kill a Mockingbird
Thats on my list. So is Romeo and juliet
On the other hand. Fahrenheit 451 was pure awesome!
Thats on my list. So is Romeo and juliet
On the other hand. Fahrenheit 451 was pure awesome!
Meh, to each his own. ^-^ "Brave New World" just didn't settle well with me. Of course, when I read it, I think the teacher and her views on the book made me dislike it all the more.smokeybearsb said:
[digress]She was one of those teachers that gave you an opinion question on a test. And if your opinion wasn't HER opinion, she counted points off for it. Dunno, maybe her views were what made me dislike the book. [/digress]
In ninth grade, I had to read Great Expectations, and in eleventh grade, I had to read The Awakening. I hated both books tremendously.
Shakespeare is one of, if not THE, most influential writers and playwrights - not only English-speaking, but universally. For that reason alone, I doubt he'll be considered outdated anytime soon. Plus, if you speak English, you owe him quite a large share of your vocabulary.Redingold said:
Try catching a Shakespeare performance; make sure it's done by a good cast, and start with the lighter stuff: The Taming of the Shrew, As You Like It, The Comedy Of Errors. Maybe you'll find you'll appreciate him after all, if he isn't forced down your throat during school.
I've seen The Comedy of Errors, and the error was that there was no comedy.Pali said:Shakespeare is one of, if not THE, most influential writers and playwrights - not only English-speaking, but universally. For that reason alone, I doubt he'll be considered outdated anytime soon. Plus, if you speak English, you owe him quite a large share of your vocabulary.Redingold said:
Try catching a Shakespeare performance; make sure it's done by a good cast, and start with the lighter stuff: The Taming of the Shrew, As You Like It, The Comedy Of Errors. Maybe you'll find you'll appreciate him after all, if he isn't forced down your throat during school.
You had to read that too? That book, one of many about racism we had to read (seriously school, we get it, racism's bad, now find another message to beat into our heads), was also one of many boring teen books that schools like to force down our throats in a pathetic attempt at, well, I don't know what it's a pathetic attempt at.Panda Mania said:
