What is the most boring book ever?

[MissJaneEyre19]

i can't BELIEVE that you think jane eyre is one of the most boring books you've ever read. you're insane!

i'm going to have to say The Great Gatsby. terrible.

[malwethien]

i can't BELIEVE that you think jane eyre is one of the most boring books you've ever read. you're insane!

Well actually I never finished reading Jane Eyre so I don't really know if IS boring or not. But I did attempt to read it...twice...and twice I got as far as the first few chapters but had to stop because I found it boring. Whether or not it gets better after the first few chapters, I have never discovered.

[MissJaneEyre19]

i think you should try again, you won't regret it! it's such a good book, i promise.

[malwethien]

i think you should try again, you won't regret it! it's such a good book, i promise.

alright then...when i finish reading it...you'll be the first to know

[daddysfiddler]

The Scarlet Letter. It probably wouldn't be as bad if we hadn't analyzed it as much as we did in school, but whatever, I didn't get a whole lot out of it. <><

[rhei_27]

I was bored reading the "Scarlet Letter" but it was ok...

[Gibran]

Dicken's Pickwick, completely boring.

[IrishCanadian]

Wow ... i go away for about five days and theres a whole bunch of new users. Hey there everyone!

[Bysshe]

I enjoyed Lord of the Flies, and I thought Jane Eyre was okay...they seem to be two of the most hated books. And I loved the Catcher in the Rye.

I made the mistake of reading 'A Child called it' a while ago. Luckily it was quite short, so it didn't waste too muchof my valuable reading time, but I really hated it.

I haven't really read enough to judge, but from what I have read, I find Dickens very dull.

[hera-on-earth]

well, the most boring book i ever ever read was Robinson Crusoe....never got round finishing it!!!! on top of that, i had a very boring professor talking about it!!!!! it was like uuughghghgh!!!!!!!!!

to top it all i had this course on the Fallen Woman literature(if u can call it proper literature at all!!!). it had books ranging from George Eliot's "Adam Bede" to Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary"....and "Scarlet Letter", Hardy's "Tess of the d'Ubervilles" (i loved that novel before i studied it for this course!!!)....and to top all that I had Mrs. Gaskell's "Ruth"!!!!!! im sure to gain sympathy!!!!

I'm not a raving fanatic, but I don't find him boring. Some of his stuff is better than others. The humor is fall-off-your-chair funny, but the drama occasionally falls flat. Personally, I can't stomach Hamlet or the Henry's. But Much Ado and Twelfth Night, for instance, I think are brilliant.

i guess i'll differ with people who do not like Hamlet....i think after Macbeth it is Shakespeare's best tragedy. though im sure King Lear and Othello count too. It is Hamlet's character and his moral conflict within himself that actually engages one's interest. the way he battles with himself...he almost seems schidzophrenic....a character that has some very strong attraction and tensions within and without!!! all those who dont like Shakespeare are entitled to their respective opinions but i think one can only appreciate him if read in the right way and under some great guidance!

I see lots of folks disliking "Wuthering Heights" on this thread....but i love the character of Heathcliff. there is something very dark, dangerous and attractive about him. i also love the book "Gone With The Wind". Rhett Butler has become my classic idea of a hero. though one can also appreciate Scarlett O'Hara's never-say-die attitude.

I hated reading Great Expectations.

Looking back on it though, I love thinking about it.

I Love Dickens!!!! his "A Tale of Two Cities" is the best!! i also love "Hard Times" and "Great Expectations" though the character of Pip sucks!!

After reading "Pride and Prejudice" one will agree "Emma" is irritating!!!

[Marloo]

Anything by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.

[PoeticPassions]

I cast my vote for Cry, the Beloved Country. While I could appreciate what it was trying to do, I was bored out of my mind the entire time.

And I love Fitzgerald, but gosh, Tender is the Night was a chore to get through!

Oh, Tender is the Night is my favorite Fitzgerald... ay, how it stings but to each his own

I would say most Hemingway works are pretty dry and boring... also, every time I try to read it, I just cannot seem to get through it-- Heart of Darkness I feel like many people might think that's blasphemous, but my god, Conrad is just so unexciting....

[sixsmith]

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers.

[Wilde woman]

Wuthering Heights off the top of my head

Really? I've heard Wuthering Heights called a lot of bad things...poorly written, melodramatic, two-dimensional, a rough precursor for Jane Eyre, but never EVER boring. I've found that people either love or hate the book (personally I love it) but they've all, without exception, had strong reactions. I've never heard anyone say 'eh'.

I'll agree that I don't remember Moby Dick being too exciting a book, but then again, I read it in the 10th grade. I doubt my reaction reading it now would be the same.

Okay, I'll say it. Dickens is a boring writer to me. I can never get sucked into his novels. I was bored sick by Great Expectations in high school. I've started and stopped read Oliver Twist (which is, I'm told, his most accessible novel) at least three times. And I've never gotten past chapter three of A Tale of Two Cities. I just don't understand his appeal.

[PoeticPassions]

Really? I've heard Wuthering Heights called a lot of bad things...poorly written, melodramatic, two-dimensional, a rough precursor for Jane Eyre, but never EVER boring. I've found that people either love or hate the book (personally I love it) but they've all, without exception, had strong reactions. I've never heard anyone say 'eh'.

I'll agree that I don't remember Moby Dick being too exciting a book, but then again, I read it in the 10th grade. I doubt my reaction reading it now would be the same.

Okay, I'll say it. Dickens is a boring writer to me. I can never get sucked into his novels. I was bored sick by Great Expectations in high school. I've started and stopped read Oliver Twist (which is, I'm told, his most accessible novel) at least three times. And I've never gotten past chapter three of A Tale of Two Cities. I just don't understand his appeal.

I agree with Moby Dick since I could barely get through it, but I was also pretty young when I read it, perhaps middle-school, so I probably missed a lot of the point...

But I for sure agree with Dickens. I actually loved Great Expecations when I read it in high school, but have never been able to get through Oliver Twist or A Tale of Two Cities... I keep giving him a chance, he is unable to capture my attention every time.