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Great books you don't like??
Johnny C:
--- Quote from: Tyler on 15 Jan 2007, 10:46 ---100 Years of Solitude was an amazing book. Probably one of my all time favorites. The mix of history with magical surrealism with his captivating style. Spectacular.
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Edith:
No one mentioned Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. I realize that it's considered the first science fiction novel, and that it has a lot to say about the nature of humanity, about taking responsibility for our actions, and about the role of women in a world controlled by men. You can get pretty much all that from the movies, especially the 1931 Boris Karloff version, since the book is overwritten and drags on and on and on and on and on.
Thorondel:
Jane Eyre... I hated that book. I really liked Wuthering Heights and Pride and Prejudice, but Jane Eyre just... bored me.
A classic that I enjoyed, but couldn't bring myself to crawl through the badly translated English was Crime and Punishment. I had to read it for my AP English class in High School. I just could not do it. So, I got it on tape, and enjoyed the story immensely. The actual reading of it, though, whew!
And, if anyone bashes Heart of Darkness, I will beat you until you've the consistency of mashed potatoes.
The extra letter:
I can't stand Dracula. I've tried reading it on a few occasions, but give up 3 quarters of the way through.
I also loathe "The Power of One" by Bryce Courtney. Some people think it's this great novel, but I absolutely hate it.
Enie:
I'm so glad I read Animal Farm after I read 1984, the latter was much more fufilling, Animal Farm was frustratingly obvious.
Harry Potter was shite, there's nothing that can persuade me to read any further than the first book.
And Mary Poppins, after seeing the film, turns out she's a bit of a bitch in the book...also there's no songs in the book.
And I've just started reading the Da Vinci Code, should I bother to continue seeing it's so put down?
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