Books you Hate

Discussion in 'Fiction' started by PeaceFrog420, Jan 7, 2006.

  1. badwolf

    badwolf Member

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    I'll raise a toast to that. It was so boring...

    I'm also not a Lord of the Rings fan... lengthy descriptions are so not my thing.
     
  2. CelticMuse

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    Babbitt - had to read it in high school
     
  3. Wond'ringAloud

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    ALL of Jane Austen. Yuk!!
     
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    Spacer 'Enlighten yourself'

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    Mein Kampf & every Maths book I had in school.


    Can't believe someone mentioned 1984! That's a great book.
     
  5. drumminmama

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    my fundie Xtian ex-neighbor gave me a copy of the Case for Christ.
    I have no fireplace so it sat around a while, and eventually I became desparate for reading material.
    groan. badly reseached, incomplete conjecture and toatal disregard for theories that had already been proven wrong.
    Second to that was outgrowing the bible. I have a review copy...or the one that was supposed to go to the proofer, and it is also bunk.
     
  6. yellowfever7688

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    my English class has us reading "Othello". i pretty much hate ALL Shakespear
     
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    Where the Red Fern Grows and Dune. Couldn't even get through Dune!


    ~Nova
     
  8. THUDLY

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    Silly angel-- "As I Lay Dying"? You hated it? MY GOD!, I damn near had a seizure when I read that! I knocked over my flask of vodka, soiled my underwear, rocked the monitor, upset the ashtray and alarmed the cats.


    Faulkner is my God, and that is his best. Hands down.

    Re-read it-- it takes 2 or 3 readings to understand--I read it at least once a year, and everytime I see something new. This is a new form of literature being born. He and Hemingway were re-inventing literature.

    I'm on my knees right now in thanks.
     
  9. RELAYER

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    The reason I mentioned 1984, is because that is the only thing that has ever made me feel like I was going to throw up without actually being sick. I dont know what it is, I just absolutley hate that book so much! Sorry if I made people mad about that one but it's just how I felt about it while I was reading it.
     
  10. I felt pretty nauseous reading it. Probably because its one of the most pessimistic stories ever told.
     
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    Spacer 'Enlighten yourself'

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    You didn't make anyone mad, just suprised a few! :)
     
  12. Spiderweb Sitar

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    Argh! Tom Sawyer. I had to read it for my 8th grade summer reading project. What a freaking pain in the neck. The only good part was the paragraph about Aunt Polly's "brokenhearted ejaculations," and that was only a brief chuckle. I want the time I wasted (2 months covering it in school, too! 5 months on a sucky book! It was painful) back! >.<
     
  13. Aristartle

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    Wuthering Heights - by Emily Bronte
     
  14. Micha

    Micha Now available in Verdana!

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    agreed
     
  15. You seem like one of those children that grew up too quickly. I loved tom sawyer when I read it in primary school, such adventure. All you need is imagination.
     
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    Spacer 'Enlighten yourself'

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    Great song by Kate Bush though! :D
     
  17. mynameiskc

    mynameiskc way to go noogs!

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    i absolutely hate moby dick. my dad made me read it when i was ten, then i had to read it all over again when i was a senior in highschool and right a comparitive analysis of it and frankenstein (which i LOVED). and the scarlett letter. GOOD GOD! could anything be more annoying?
     
  18. kjhippielove88

    kjhippielove88 color + rhyme

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    the old man and the sea
    the pearl
    macbeth
    the merchant of venice
     
  19. We_All_Shine_On

    We_All_Shine_On Senior Member

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    I actually quite enjoyed the old man and the sea. Books I hated:
    LOTR (try and get not so confusing names)
    holy shit, I HATED lord of the flies, ONLY because I had to do an incredibly comprehensive study/ essay on it for three different english courses, and 3 different works each time.
    Anything by stephen King, just shut up stephen king.
    Hardy boys are Nancy wannabees. Nancy had it all, and managed to powder herself nicely at various tea rooms with george and bess!! :D
     
  20. Aristartle

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    jesus. Is that a shirt or a dress?
     

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