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Great books you don't like??
supersheep:
The first Harry Potter book is shite compared to the later ones - it's basically a children's book and unashamedly so, whereas they move more towards young adult as time goes on. As for the Da Vinci Code, sure, you might as well. It is an entertaining romp, just he cannot write for peanuts - description is a minor downfall of his, for example.
Enie:
That's alright, I don't like peanuts.
Valdemar:
Fantasy: seconding Hobb as it is ridiculous drivel and Eddings as well. I never made through the first book.
The worst book I have read is probably a tie between John Steinbeck - The Pearl and Ib Michael - The Troubadour's Apprentice. The first one is endlessly tedious and despite the short length it feels a 1000 pages longer. To this day I feel a latent animosity against that dreadful book. The second is stream-of-conscious magic realism situated in Italy during the plague and it is unreadable drivel. He takes an childish glee in describing vulgarities(graphic sex scenes involving dwarves being one) and often goes off on long rants about the moon or the stars or some shite, the farther away from the story the better. It is a plotless mess and the worst part is that this guy is a literary giant in Denmark.
Though I suppose it is worth mentioning that they were forced down my throat in primary school.
jimbunny:
I am not liking all the hating on Catcher in the Rye! I can sympathize if you were made to disect it in school - that experience came CLOSE to ruining for me what otherwise is a monument to our (I suppose I mean America's, possibly the West's) persistant cultural pathologies. I can only stand in sheer awe of Salinger's insight and sheer communicative ability, in light of this book and also Franny and Zooey.
Now, The Scarlet Letter. Different story. Made me want to bleed out my eyes. Some good parts, though.
The extra letter:
Oh yeah, 1985. Some great ideas, but I absolutely hate Orwell's writing style.
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