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dowagercountess Full Member Posts: 4,378 Likes: 3,353	s/o What classic or "good" book do you hate? Jan 28, 2015 17:16:28 GMT -5 nahoku, rupertpenny, and 10 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dowagercountess on Jan 28, 2015 17:16:28 GMT -5 Heart of Darkness I love the writing and recognize the beauty of it, but it's really whiny.
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killercupcake Elder Posts: 18,877 Likes: 27,212	s/o What classic or "good" book do you hate? Jan 28, 2015 17:17:04 GMT -5 partiallysunny, ErinExpat, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by killercupcake on Jan 28, 2015 17:17:04 GMT -5 I really hated Lord of the Flies.
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game blouses Full Member Posts: 4,280 Likes: 3,140	s/o What classic or "good" book do you hate? Jan 28, 2015 17:17:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by game blouses on Jan 28, 2015 17:17:33 GMT -5 Totally agree with Heart of Darkness. I had to read it for three different classes and never enjoyed it. I disliked Madame Bovary as well.
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derp Full Member Posts: 1,170 Likes: 850	s/o What classic or "good" book do you hate? Jan 28, 2015 17:18:49 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by derp on Jan 28, 2015 17:18:49 GMT -5 Jan 28, 2015 17:17:37 GMT -5 @licia said: Catcher in the Rye. STFU, Holden. This, and anything by Kerouac.
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MWOS Elder Posts: 12,975 Likes: 31,525	s/o What classic or "good" book do you hate? Jan 28, 2015 17:18:59 GMT -5 ErinExpat likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MWOS on Jan 28, 2015 17:18:59 GMT -5 A Farewell to Arms
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Una Junior Member Posts: 818 Likes: 1,042	s/o What classic or "good" book do you hate? Jan 28, 2015 17:19:05 GMT -5 sharknado likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Una on Jan 28, 2015 17:19:05 GMT -5 Yes, definitely Catcher in the Rye.
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Eagles Elder Posts: 10,779 Likes: 22,752	s/o What classic or "good" book do you hate? Jan 28, 2015 17:19:09 GMT -5 iammalcolmx and sharknado like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Eagles on Jan 28, 2015 17:19:09 GMT -5 Catcher in the Rye. Quit whining.
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Eagles Elder Posts: 10,779 Likes: 22,752	s/o What classic or "good" book do you hate? Jan 28, 2015 17:19:54 GMT -5 mandymay likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Eagles on Jan 28, 2015 17:19:54 GMT -5 I could not for the life of me get into Memoirs of a Geisha or Anna Karenina. I tried. Really.
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kittyb Full Member Posts: 1,176 Likes: 937	s/o What classic or "good" book do you hate? Jan 28, 2015 17:20:14 GMT -5 via mobile iamali likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kittyb on Jan 28, 2015 17:20:14 GMT -5 Moby Dick. I made it in 7 chapters each time before I gave up.
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Jan 28, 2015 17:19:39 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

Fucking Catcher in the Rye. Holden Caulfield is a whiny bitch. You want disillusioned New York boys? Read The Basketball Diaries, which did it with more soul and better prose.

Also, most anything Hemingway. Hemingway bores the shit out of me.

I feel this way about most Hemingway, except "Hills Like White Elephants."

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pinkpinot Full Member Posts: 2,740 Likes: 3,213	s/o What classic or "good" book do you hate? Jan 28, 2015 17:20:22 GMT -5 via mobile loonylunalovegood, demelza, and 3 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by pinkpinot on Jan 28, 2015 17:20:22 GMT -5 Scarlet Letter. So. Much. Description. Yawn.
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rageragerage Full Member Posts: 2,871 Likes: 5,247	s/o What classic or "good" book do you hate? Jan 28, 2015 17:20:20 GMT -5 sharknado likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rageragerage on Jan 28, 2015 17:20:20 GMT -5 Yep, Catcher in the Rye here too.
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joshlyman Senior Member Posts: 5,592 Likes: 5,372	s/o What classic or "good" book do you hate? Jan 28, 2015 17:21:28 GMT -5 via the ProBoards App Nonny, anlo, and 5 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by joshlyman on Jan 28, 2015 17:21:28 GMT -5 Old Man and the Sea. OMG I hated that book. Has to be the most boring book ever written.
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SwimDeep Senior Member Don't laugh. I'm being cool. Posts: 6,989 Likes: 5,850	s/o What classic or "good" book do you hate? Jan 28, 2015 17:22:09 GMT -5 cville likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SwimDeep on Jan 28, 2015 17:22:09 GMT -5 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser...O.M.G. talk about whining! Even Moby Dick was easier to read. ETA - additional details and comments.
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Jan 28, 2015 17:19:39 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

Fucking Catcher in the Rye. Holden Caulfield is a whiny bitch. You want disillusioned New York boys? Read The Basketball Diaries, which did it with more soul and better prose.

Also, most anything Hemingway. Hemingway bores the shit out of me.

The Old Man and the Sea UGGGGGHHH

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Jan 28, 2015 17:22:16 GMT -5 game blouses said:

Jan 28, 2015 17:19:39 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

Fucking Catcher in the Rye. Holden Caulfield is a whiny bitch. You want disillusioned New York boys? Read The Basketball Diaries, which did it with more soul and better prose.

Also, most anything Hemingway. Hemingway bores the shit out of me.

The Old Man and the Sea UGGGGGHHH

Why do they even include this book in HS curriculum? I mean really. Way to make kids enjoy reading! Lol

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Jan 28, 2015 17:23:30 GMT -5 joshlyman said:

Jan 28, 2015 17:22:16 GMT -5 game blouses said:

The Old Man and the Sea UGGGGGHHH

Why do they even include this book in HS curriculum? I mean really. Way to make kids enjoy reading! Lol

I got in a big fight with my department one time because I refused to teach it. My class did not like to read but had juuuuust started to come around with The Great Gatsby, and I was not going to fuck it up with freaking Old Man and the Sea.

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ijack Elder Posts: 16,121 Likes: 8,168	s/o What classic or "good" book do you hate? Jan 28, 2015 17:30:32 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ijack on Jan 28, 2015 17:30:32 GMT -5 Anything by John Irving
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mskitkat Senior Member Posts: 6,520 Likes: 5,993	s/o What classic or "good" book do you hate? Jan 28, 2015 17:32:19 GMT -5 via mobile W.T.Faulkner, Wrath0fKuus, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mskitkat on Jan 28, 2015 17:32:19 GMT -5 Pride and Prejudice. I'm sorry. I tried 3 times to get through it and couldn't.
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Anna Karenina.

Great Gatsby. Anyone who likes Great Gatsby is dead to me, dead I say, lol.

The Dubliners.

Rabbit, Run.

A Confederacy of Dunces.

Housekeeping.

Alice in Wonderland.

One Hundred Years of Solitude.

How the García Girls Lost Their Accents

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mcsangel2 Senior Member Posts: 8,160 Likes: 10,035	s/o What classic or "good" book do you hate? Jan 28, 2015 17:35:56 GMT -5 compassrose and junebug like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mcsangel2 on Jan 28, 2015 17:35:56 GMT -5 The posters who said Pride & Prejudice and anything by a Bronte are killing me.
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mcsangel2 Senior Member Posts: 8,160 Likes: 10,035	s/o What classic or "good" book do you hate? Jan 28, 2015 17:36:48 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mcsangel2 on Jan 28, 2015 17:36:48 GMT -5 Mine is Vanity Fair. I really, really hated Becky Sharp.
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anlo Senior Member Posts: 5,778 Likes: 9,316	s/o What classic or "good" book do you hate? Jan 28, 2015 17:43:01 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by anlo on Jan 28, 2015 17:43:01 GMT -5 I hated A Separate Peace. I'll see myself out.
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A Tale of Two Cities. I like certain Dickens, but others are so painful.

I really like a lot mentioned by PPs, but I think it's because I read most of those on my own and not for school where they were analyzed to death.

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