Books I did not enjoy

Submitted by marygabucan on Tue, 11/25/2003 - 03:14
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  • 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
  • 9.Catcher in the rye
geek11/25/2003

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.

Rhaam02/21/2004

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.

marygabucan02/23/2004

Was'nt Grendel hideous? UGH I hated that novel!

jim02/23/2004

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.

AJDaGreat02/23/2004

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...

marygabucan02/26/2004

Now,the childhood of the shark in "Jaws" was probably very interesting.

marygabucan02/26/2004

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.

Nance03/27/2010

Well this is difficult to judge compulsory books reading from schools, maybe it was not the good time or didn't feel to read them in that moment didn't help sometimes. I hate a lot of books from schools, but I had some nice discoveries (Maupassant, Mishima...).

I didn't read the Odyssey yet, because I find the writing hard and heavy, I prefer documentary like The Greek Myths by Robert Graves, even if I find it a little bit maniac to talk about all the gods to the most minors heroes with all their variant.

Catcher in the Rye was badly translated in french (in the way it's so bad it's good), but I read it all in one shot and I remember like it, feel close to the semi-rebelious hero...

I didn't found Jane Austen works bad, but when I read it I was in some romantic mood so.

I found A seperate piece average too.