Books I did not enjoy
Submitted by marygabucan on Tue, 11/25/2003 - 03:14
Tags:
- 1.The Scarlett Letter
- 2.Holes
- 3.Anything by Jane Austen
- 4.Wuthering Heights
- 5.A seperate piece
- 6.Grendel
- 7.The Odyssey
- 8.Canterbury Tales
Hmm. I remember liking the books from this list that I've read. Wuthering Heights I loved, but for some reason never finished. I should finish it at some point. Canterbury Tales was pretty good, too. A little hard to get through, sure, but I still liked it. I really enjoyed A Separate Peace and it made me want to go to boarding school for some reason. Weird. The Scarlett Letter is actually on my short list, but I don't know when I'll get around to it.
I totally agree with you about _Grendel_, I thought I was going to read a story, instead it was just one long rant.
Also agree about Austen. I tried to listen to _Emma_ on tape and couldn't get through it. Then I thought I might be able to get through the movie but couldn't get through that either.
I did like _The Scarlet Letter_ a lot even though I was forced to read it in college.
Can't remember much about _The Odyssey_ but I don't remember hating it.
Was'nt Grendel hideous? UGH I hated that novel!
Grendel was actually one of the books I was assigned to read in high school that I genuinely enjoyed. We read it back-to-back with Beowulf, and I thought it was an interesting riff on the original Plot Number One tale.
I really liked how it added depth to an infamously one-dimensional character. I think this is the appeal of the Star Wars prequel trilogy as well. In a similar vein, I'd really like to see Wicked, the new Broadway show giving backstory to Oz's Wicked Witch of the West.
Could this be done with other villains? I bet the shark from "Jaws" had a really rough childhood...
Now,the childhood of the shark in "Jaws" was probably very interesting.
I read it in high school as well as in my college mythology class,great class but I felt like the book was built up so much that when it did'nt deliver I was dissappointed.