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Great books you don't like??
ScrambledGregs:
We've had similar threads on the videogame and music boards, but...keep in mind that 'great' means books that are highly rated or other people have raved about but you didn't like...anyway...
Any 'great' books you've read that you didn't like, or even hated?? Personally I remember reading On The Road and not getting past the first third of the book because I thought it was shit. Like whoever famous guy said about it, that's not writing, that's typing. Just recently I've tried my damndest to read Walden but I can hardly bring myself to read it as more than toilet material. I think Thoreau's journal of what he did everyday for two years at Walden would make for better reading, because I've always wondered how often a dude living by himself in the woods must jack off. I imagine it would be a lot.
thegreatbuddha:
Basically anything written in the 19th century or before. Except Shakespeare. He's hit or miss to me.
I'm not implying that there's anything wrong with the stories themselves, I just dont care for the style of writing used in that era.
Thrillho:
The Hobbit and the LOTR trilogy.
Inlander:
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Truman Capote.
For me, it's the Magus by John Fowles. It's so unbearably pretentious, and the main character's a complete twat.
guywithoutsocks:
Catcher in the Rye. Some people I know really like this book. Not me. Coming-of-age-story my ass, Holden Caulfield was a big baby.
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