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That's a bad thing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stieg
Absolutely not but this novel has about as much excitement as watching paint dry. Very mundane content.Quote:
Originally Posted by NickAdams
Bland content, but how's the prose?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stieg
Didn't care for it, no milieu blasting off the pages IMO for a book of this nature. I think that is essential. Quite circular, redundant in subject matter a la "same things just different day".Quote:
Originally Posted by NickAdams
I don't know about Cat's Cradle but i'm enjoying Slaughterhouse 5 very much at present.:thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by Stieg
I loved Slaughterhouse-5 but I did not find Cat's Cradle nearly as funny and the philosophical commentary, though layered on, is too tedious and not nearly driven home as deeply than in the previous novel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moira
Though there is a few chapters (3 or 4) taking satirical jabs at Albert Schweitzer, his literary works, and some popular culture associated with him that ROCKED. Otherwise, the novel came across a soap box rant a dull one at that.
I didn't like Madame Bovary at all when I read it. I didn't like the plot nor Flaubert's writing style...
And I'm not too fond of Dickens either, but that's probably just because of personal taste, since long descriptions bore me.
I could never really fully appreciate Faulkner's work. I read three of his novels - three! I think it hurt me deep inside. xD I don't ever want to read a Faulkner novel again.
I read, The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Intruder In The Dust.
*shudders*
I just skim the passages with long descriptions if they get too boring. Otherwise I love Dickens - except "The Pickwick Papers". I never finished them, although I tried several times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sibyl
Another book I couldn't finish was "The Plague" by Albert Camus. But then I generally have a problem with French authors - we just don't seem to speak the same language, if you know what I mean ...:) I prefer German, British and American writers.
I agree with Sartre...wow...I've only just started it a couple of days ago...Quote:
Originally Posted by Turk
Grapes of Wrath was the worst for me. There was an entire chapter about dirt and a turtle. I'm sure this had some significance, but blech. I couldn't even bring myself to finish the book.
Ooooh yeah. The Plague kept putting me to sleep. It took me an entire summer to read. Seriously. Argh. It was when I came back to school that I learned about existentialism and lalala. It's still a boring book to me, too. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by barbara0207
Now here's an opportunity. While in university, after my third major change, it was Enligh Lit. One of the courses I signed on for was "Restoration Literature" and that was a mistake. Should have sampled it more first. It was really a dip in the quality of EL (e.g. "She Stoops to Conquer") and I voiced this in a final (essay question). Of course the prof. thought this not to be the case and failed me on that test. Although i pushed through the course...this didn't help. quasimodo1
I don't see how you can criticize a book merely because the author didn't finish a work, as in Dead Souls case. That means that The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Amerika, The Castle and many others are automatically devoid of any literary merit because they were not finished. I don't agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turk
Do i have to like a half-novel? It's very natural to get disappointed when you finish the book in the middle of story.