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Post by Dominique on Sept 18, 2006 6:58:35 GMT -5
posted by karbar33
Everyone talks about their most favorite books, So here is another question. What book/books are your least favorite book/books?
Recently, there hasn't been too many books that I read that I didn't like, but I never like Lord of the Flies.
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Post by Dominique on Sept 18, 2006 6:59:42 GMT -5
I had to read Lord of the Flies for school when I was sixteen and I really didn't enjoy it. I literally had to force myself to read it. The premise of the idea (anarchy themes, microcosm of society etc) I thought was interesting, but the actual book was painfully dull.
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Post by Kristie on Sept 18, 2006 13:50:19 GMT -5
Catcher in the Rye...hated Holden because he was so annoying
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Post by Dominique on Sept 18, 2006 18:38:48 GMT -5
I know I hated Holden too, and the whole book. His lack of direction and general apathy really got on my nerves.
I only read it this year though and I can see how you might have more affection for it if you read it when you were a mid-teen.
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Post by Isa on Sept 19, 2006 8:28:19 GMT -5
lol, now I feel bad for poor Holden! I actually really enjoyed The Catcher in the Rye and Holden is one of my favorite characters in modern literature. I guess I understand where he's coming from...
I think my least favorite book ever is "w-h-o-r-e" by Nelly Arcan. But there are several others I didn't really enjoy.
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Post by czarval on Sept 19, 2006 11:52:20 GMT -5
I have a couple. One is the DaVinci Code. The other is more of an author that I don't like, J.R.R. Tolkien. I cannot get through his books at all.
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Post by Kristie on Sept 19, 2006 13:51:59 GMT -5
I've tried to read the Hobbit a few times but I just can't get through it. Maybe the other LOTR books will be better. I'll always give a book a chance (usually...)
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Post by Isa on Sept 19, 2006 14:12:57 GMT -5
I read The Hobbit in college and loved it! So of course right before the movies came out I decided to read LOTR.... UGH! I didn't even make it through the first book! There are way too much details and it makes the whole story so dry and boring. I actually thought Peter Jackson did a heck of a job turning those books into action movies!
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Post by Dominique on Sept 19, 2006 19:00:39 GMT -5
I read in the newspaper that JRR Tolkien's son has completed one of his uncompleted work which will be published soon, I forget the title, its the Children of something I think...
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Post by czarval on Sept 20, 2006 17:47:49 GMT -5
I read The Hobbit in college and loved it! So of course right before the movies came out I decided to read LOTR.... UGH! I didn't even make it through the first book! There are way too much details and it makes the whole story so dry and boring. I actually thought Peter Jackson did a heck of a job turning those books into action movies! I had to force myself to finish "The Hobbit". But I just can't do it for the other ones. Life is too short to read books you don't like. |
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Post by Bina on Sept 21, 2006 8:40:15 GMT -5
"The unbearable lightness of being". Urgh. Hated it! I didn´t like any of the characters.
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Post by Dominique on Sept 21, 2006 9:39:29 GMT -5
I really didn't like Ceasar by Julius Shakespeare, I guess that's not so much a book as a play though huh.
Wasn't too keen on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson. I thought the whole gonzo style of writing was cool but the drug subject matter didn't really interest me.
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Post by Paige on Sept 21, 2006 11:21:32 GMT -5
LORT books were a killer for me. they were just soooo long and drawn out in places. there were really good parts to the books but there were also killer boring parts. im also not a fan of brave new world. i hated the book until the ending. the ending is what saved the book even a little bit for me.
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Post by Kristie on Sept 21, 2006 15:36:08 GMT -5
I really didn't like Ceasar by Julius Shakespeare, I guess that's not so much a book as a play though huh.
I hate Shakespeare. It's just so difficult to read and even to watch movies of the books. I don't know if I'll ever read plays because Shakespeare may have ruined them for me forever. |
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Post by czarval on Sept 21, 2006 16:06:09 GMT -5
I agree with that. I've only recently started reading Shakespeare for fun after almost 6 years.
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