Anything by Faulkner or Joyce. Can't understand them.
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Anything by Faulkner or Joyce. Can't understand them.
Because the entire purpose of the book was to make people (or perhaps just me) uncomfortable and depressed and eff that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shorty
Everything by Steinbeck and Hemingway. But special mention to my least favorite "important" book ever, The Awakening (Kate Chopin).
Pike, if you don't like King Lear, I can fix that for you with a movie recommendation. Let me know.
I'm judging all of you right now :doublecolbert:
the only "classic" literature I can think of that I actively dislike is Ayn Rand but I think everyone realises that's troute by now
Jane Eyre was the most boring book ever where nothing ever happened. Thanks, public school for droning on it from 5th grade to Junior year of High School.
The Great Gatsby. Such a superficial book. I hated Of Mice and Men as well. If the moral of the story is to kill your best friend who is also retarded, that's horrible. The Old Man and the Sea was boring. Steinbeck is overrated. Heart of Darkness was terribly boring as well. The movie was better. Andddd...mostly everything written by British authors, I hate.
....killing Lennie being "the moral of the story" is a very rare interpretation. And by rare I mean wrong and I don't know who would ever seriously think that.
I'm game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spuuky
Ran (1985) - IMDbQuote:
Originally Posted by PikeI'm game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spuuky
Wow. That's a pretty long list. Surely you can't hate everything?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shiny
I can believe that Shiny hates most all classic British literature. Pretty much all classic British literature has the same style of being pretty slow paced.
the scarlet letter
I had no idea that this was based off of King Lear. I feel a bit dumb now!Quote:
Originally Posted by SpuukyRan (1985) - IMDbQuote:
Originally Posted by PikeI'm game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spuuky
The thing about Faulkner is that all of his novels have a completely different tone, and consequently some of his stuff is more difficult than others. Absalom, Absalom! , for instance, requires your complete attention and goes way off into absurd tangents of stream of consciousness. That was a difficult read. But, if you'd be willing to give him another chance, something like Sanctuary is a much less intimidating read, and is quite short.Quote:
Originally Posted by Del Murder
Everything I've read or gotten pretty far in, but didn't finish. It's still a pretty long list. British Literature just isn't my cup of tea.Quote:
Originally Posted by BubbaWow. That's a pretty long list. Surely you can't hate everything?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shiny
I remember I saw Ran. I fell asleep halfway through. I also fell asleep during the in class reading of King Lear. Ffffff uuu British Literature. It's a wonder I managed to get an A in that class.
Other books I dislike: Black Spring
If you want to talk about random tangents, this book has got them. Also it was always weird to imagine someone like Henry doing most of the things he claims he's done. Gross old man.