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I expect that I will garner some flack for the following selection of titles, but here goes and in no particular order:

 

*Lord of the Flies - William Golding

*To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

*The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

*Romeo & Juliet, as well as Macbeth - William Shakespeare - Actually, anything written by Shakespeare

*Picnic at Hanging Rock - Joan Lindsey

 

It's not so much that I think these titles are inherently boring or bad, but rather, I believe high school English classes have ruined them. At least, for me, they did.

 

Honourable mention to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I mean, I enjoyed reading them, but they are so incredibly dry and I couldn't in good faith recommend them to anyone.

Funkjunky

To add in my thought...

Tess of the d'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy

-Great social commentary...great story? no not at all. The ending was so anti climatic, the author focused 4 pages on a field rather than the death. The main character was so fake and unbelievable too.

 

Jane Eyre....

-There was like no plot....


Every single book is boring as hell, except the ones with bunch of hot women in it, either than that I wish I could burn every single book.

 

I feel like Ray Bradbury would like a word with you...

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THE GHETTO JEZUS

Every single book is boring as hell, except the ones with bunch of hot women in it, either than that I wish I could burn every single book.

 

I feel like Ray Bradbury would like a word with you...

Who's Ray Bradbury ? Is he famous or what.

universetwisters

 

Every single book is boring as hell, except the ones with bunch of hot women in it, either than that I wish I could burn every single book.

 

I feel like Ray Bradbury would like a word with you...

Who's Ray Bradbury ? Is he famous or what.

 

 

You could learn about who Ray Bradbury is in his biography, which just so happens to be a book.

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Audiophile

Romeo and Juliet. Mother of god, they made us read that book in grade 9 and then again in grade 10. To be fair, I had changed high schools but still...

 

The Outsiders was ok but that was back in grade 7 when I read often.

 

Lord of the Flies.....hated it.

 

1984. I found it tolerable near the end but it was hard to get into.

 

Hamlet. Macbeth.

 

Myriad of other books that I don't even remember at this point.

 

Ray Bradbury....Fahrenheit 451

 

“There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.”

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Killerdude

I expect that I will garner some flack for the following selection of titles, but here goes and in no particular order:

 

*Lord of the Flies - William Golding

*To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

*The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

*Romeo & Juliet, as well as Macbeth - William Shakespeare - Actually, anything written by Shakespeare

*Picnic at Hanging Rock - Joan Lindsey

 

It's not so much that I think these titles are inherently boring or bad, but rather, I believe high school English classes have ruined them. At least, for me, they did.

 

Honourable mention to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I mean, I enjoyed reading them, but they are so incredibly dry and I couldn't in good faith recommend them to anyone.

Lord of The Flies?

 

My my, That's a first, That book is incredible.

Ah, To each his own I guess, Right?

Hehe..

 

Lord of The Flies?

 

My my, That's a first, That book is incredible.

Ah, To each his own I guess, Right?

Hehe..

 

 

You need to read the blurb following those particular choices to understand why it gets mentioned. I still think Lord of the Flies is a literary masterpiece regardless.

Killerdude

 

 

Lord of The Flies?

 

My my, That's a first, That book is incredible.

Ah, To each his own I guess, Right?

Hehe..

 

 

You need to read the blurb following those particular choices to understand why it gets mentioned. I still think Lord of the Flies is a literary masterpiece regardless.

 

Yeah, I know, I'm just surprised to see it on someones "undesirable" list..

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Every single book is boring as hell, except the ones with bunch of hot women in it, either than that I wish I could burn every single book.

 

Philistine.

Audiophile

 

 

Lord of The Flies?

 

My my, That's a first, That book is incredible.

Ah, To each his own I guess, Right?

Hehe..

 

 

You need to read the blurb following those particular choices to understand why it gets mentioned. I still think Lord of the Flies is a literary masterpiece regardless.

 

 

Pretty much. I think that had I not read it in a school setting, especially in the way that it was read i.e. people in the class reading paragraphs one by one....then I'd have enjoyed it a lot more.

Flūttershy

Catcher in the Rye.

 

 

...Was a really good book that everyone seems to hate. But to be honest, as much as I enjoy reading sometimes I can never bring myself to read most the books our highschool wants us to read. I have no doubt that they are technically great, but I want to read what I want to read, not what they want me to.

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IVIechanomics

 

 

Lord of The Flies?

 

My my, That's a first, That book is incredible.

Ah, To each his own I guess, Right?

Hehe..

 

 

You need to read the blurb following those particular choices to understand why it gets mentioned. I still think Lord of the Flies is a literary masterpiece regardless.

 

Agreed, I loved that book.

 

If I had to pick one...I think maybe Grapes of Wrath, though I'm not sure if it was the book itself, or my English teacher that made it awful.

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Oliver Twist was pretty awful. I gave up less than halfway through. Oliver Twist is a poor orphan, he inspires disgust in the Victorian people, Oliver Twist is a poor orphan, he inspires disgust in the Victorian people, Oliver Twist discovers The Artful Dodger and Master Bates with him, Oliver Twist is a poor orphan, he inspires disgust in the Victorian people, Oliver Twist is a poor orphan, he inspires disgust in the Victorian people.

 

Worst book I read for school was Frankenstein. It's twelve pages of exposition, thirty pages of what would make a nice short story, and a hundred and fifty pages of whining.

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ExtremoMania

I'd have to go with the dictionary.

 

The plot is terrible, it's just a series of basic descriptions that don't go anywhere.

Man, did your life gave meaning to you?

 

Well not to be off-topic, I think the book Twilight. Sorry, but I don't really give a f*ck about fantasy over love and reality etc. I just can't seem to enjoy it that much.

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