Terrible books you have to read.
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I don't like Dickens for the most part. I enjoyed Oliver Twist, but that was about it. I also hate anything by Jane Austen. And I will agree with the person who didn't like To Kill a Mockingbird. I mean, I didn't despise it, but it didn't strike me as the amazing classic everyone makes it out o be.
I really enjoyed Moby Dick, Lord of the Flies, and Orwell. And while War and Peace starts slowly, it's very good.
I really enjoyed Moby Dick, Lord of the Flies, and Orwell. And while War and Peace starts slowly, it's very good.
"Yellow Raft in Blue Water" and "The Secret Life of Bees." Read them if you wish, but "Yellow Raft in Blue Water" was more than a redundant, irritating pile of drama, and "The Secret Life of Bees" is a book that starts off like a cupcake...and then as if to hurry the baking of the cupcake, they placed it in a volcano to speed up the process.
And "Lord of the Flies"...yes, I agree, it was depressing. I had to read it my Freshmen year in high school...along with "Brave New World." *shudders*
And "Lord of the Flies"...yes, I agree, it was depressing. I had to read it my Freshmen year in high school...along with "Brave New World." *shudders*
I hate, HATE, "A Catcher in the Rye". It's just some punk complaining and feeling sorry for himself because his little kid brother died, I finished the first chapter and just put it down and will never bother to pick it up again. I think the reason it is a classic is because it gives psychotics an excuse to go up a clock tower with a box of rifles.
I have a theory that if someone has to force you to read a book than it is almost always garbage or by he mere fact that you have to read makes it less a book and more a manual.
I have a theory that if someone has to force you to read a book than it is almost always garbage or by he mere fact that you have to read makes it less a book and more a manual.
Every single classic they made me read in school was a royal pain to read through. I'd usually skip them entirely and look for summaries.
Never could see why classic books were ok, but modern scifi was not. Meh. Useless school.
Never could see why classic books were ok, but modern scifi was not. Meh. Useless school.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Pilgrim's Progress.
My god, that book is horrendous.
My god, that book is horrendous.
Hooray for sexual innuendos. I studied that book in college and there was all kinds of bullshit that the author clearly didn't mean in the way we have to say it could have been.Kilaknux said:
Not wanting to insult your intelligence but if you can't make sense of Romeo and Juliet then there's not much hope for you.TheZapper said:
Eugh, i made it about 60 pages through Wuthering Heights during my English Lit AS before i thought 'Fuck. This. Shit'.DN83 said:
Had to read 'Testament of Youth' by Vera Britton aswell, i'm not saying it was terrible, but i just couldn't get into it, compared to other WW1 novels like 'Regeneration'.
Not surprised that i'm seeing Twilight mentioned a lot here, but come on guys, if anything Twilight should be commended for showing aspiring authors that anyone can be succesful regardless of talent or skill.
I start to fall asleep every 8 pages that I read.Nmil-ek said:
And I wanted to read it 'cos I'm taking History at college
Wuthering Heights is probably my favourite book. Once you get going, it's not too hard a read, although some of the Yorkshire dialect borders on the undecipherable. The book starts about three-quarters of the way through the story, and once it goes to telling the start of the story in flashback, it's a lot more engaging.DN83 said:
As for me, I always found Dickens to be really dull when I had to read Great Expectations at school. I keep telling myself I'll give it another go, but I just can't face it yet.
About a year before the movie came out, one of my "friends" tried to get me to read Twilight.
I thought, "Hey, this is selling so well and all these little girls love it, so, its either the worst thing ever, like the Jonas Brothers, or it might actually be somewhat good."
I went with the latter. And I wanted to kill myself after words. I dont get how anyone can like that.
I thought, "Hey, this is selling so well and all these little girls love it, so, its either the worst thing ever, like the Jonas Brothers, or it might actually be somewhat good."
I went with the latter. And I wanted to kill myself after words. I dont get how anyone can like that.
All the time, although a lot of that was when the books were assigned, they weren't books I wanted to read, but was told to, which diminished their appeal. Some of the books I was assigned, I'd read of my own accord later on, and found that I really liked them.DN83 said:
Funny enough, I really liked Wuthering Heights. There is something awesome about how bad of people Heathcliff and Catherine are. I couldn't really put my finger on it.
More on topic though: While I liked the idea, I really didn't like 1984 by George Orwell. Didn't dig the Scarlet Letter either. I liked a Tale of Two Cities, but I don't like that Dickens was really liberal with his use of words...I get that he got paid by the page, but seriously, I felt like I was drowning in his over use of adjectives.
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, it's slow, badly written, lacks an ending and generally does nothing to keep the reader's attention.