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i second, third, and fourth that.
Shall I express the fifth then, or is that already taken?
Hmm. "Jane Eyre" wasn't nearly as boring for me as "Daisy Miller" by Henry James, or "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin. It was a freakin' glass bottle full of firecrackers compared to the vast majority of Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" which was essentially a couple hundred pages of binomial nomenclature for underwater whatnots. Yeehawr, let the party begin!
Also, am I the only one that was bored crapless by "Frankenstein"? I'm not really sure why that one bored me so much, but it did, and very well that that.
The only James Joyce I've read so far is "The Dead", which I could hardly bear the first time I had to read it, but thoroughly enjoyed the second time around. Go figure.
Thank you for Frankenstein! That book was deplorable. I'll forgive it being remembered as a "classic" all these years, since there are worse with that label, but someone explain why it's been given the label "horror"? It was more like "Travels With Sasquatch."
It is horror I suppose because it looks at the evils of man which when realized are horrible and bring on shock and outrage. I liked it, but it was alot different than I thought it would be and there were times when wading was the only option.
I loved Frankenstein... I still feel sorry to tears for that poor monster that noone wants :( I sympathised so much that it's even worrying!!!
To see "Jane Eyre" in boring list is unfair.
To realize that it's not translated into my Azerbayjan turkish, yet always upset me.
Hmm...what should I start with... I totally hated "Milkman of Mäeküla" ("Mäeküla piimamees") by Eduard Vilde, I remember that I discussed "Hamlet" although I even managed to read it through. I didn`t get so far with "Lord of the Flies". "King Edipus" by Sophokles was also quite awful although I generally like Greek myths.
either fathers and sons or Crime and Punishment.... try as I might, I can't find Russian authors I like...
oooh fool...I have a hard time finding Russian stuff I don't like... father and sons is on my shelf ready for this summer, but I still have to read Tom Jones for my next exam, and it might be a good candidate for the most boring book prize...
Most of the really unbearably boring books I can think about are Italian... And I do like Italian lit. in general, just maybe I read more of them...or maybe cos a lot of them were not chosen by me ...
I loved that book.Quote:
Originally Posted by imthefoolonthehill
I just have to second Crime and Punishment. It deserves the title of the most boring book I ever laid my hands on. It is even boring then shakespeare.
Tom Jones, on the other hand, I loved.
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Originally Posted by EAP
i *stammer* dont know what to *stutter* say to that.
i guess it just shows the unique and fascinating diversity of the forum members, and therefore, i will not argue for the benefits of shakespeare, but accept that we have differing opinions and celebrate that fact.
however, while im here and posting to this thread anyway, i would just like to lend my support to anyone who stated that Jane Eyre was boring as heck. the problem i had with the book was that i made the mistake of first reading Jean Rhys' "wide sargasso sea" which is basically the story of the 'crazy' west indian woman, Bertha. having first read that left me with very very little sympathy for the whiney Jane. the whole book through, i was mocking her in my head
*cut to internal dialogue*
"poor baby...awwww poor poor Jane. you big wuss...lets see you face some real hardship, little whiner" and so on.
ewww...i wouldnt reread that book if someone paid me (well maybe if they paid me well, but i wouldnt like it, and i would mock her the whole way through!)
Wow, so many people said Lord of the Flies *cries*
Its one of my favourite books of all time, probably..in my top 5. And Shakespeare? *cries harder*
anyway, there are many books I have disliked instensely, and probably because I have read them for the wrong reasons and not understood them, like I have seen them in the top 10 books of all time. The Great Gatsby would have to be one of these, a long boring book about '30s socialites, climaxed by a pregnant woman getting run over at the end. I didnt get it.
I still think older literature is much much better then that drivel they call modern novels. Has anyone read anything published in the last few years? I read The God of Small Things because I saw it had won the booker prize or something. So awful. And awful. It didnt help that I am a twin..and..well if you read the ending you will know. The Life of Pi I thought would be an interesting story, but I couldnt get passed a third of the book talking about his zoo. A third!! Atonement was better, but had a bad ending in my opinion.
Modern literature is too much like modern art, dull, lifeless and obscure.