Anything written by King in the past two decades, anything written by Dan Brown, ever. It figures you guys would be trashing on the classics.
I just finished up a Bronte class, and if you think Wuthering Heights is bad, read Jane Eyre. Wuthering Heights was a breath of fresh eyre after that.
Camus' Stranger could have made its point as a short story, IMO. I never could get through it.
Strongly disagree with OP on his choices, I would guess that he simply doesn't like twentieth century creative fiction.
As for me I think the worst most highly read book I ever finished would have to be Davinci code. God what an awful book, a coworker asked me to read it, and for his sake I did. Never again.
Strongly disagree with OP on his choices, I would guess that he simply doesn't like twentieth century creative fiction.
As for me I think the worst most highly read book I ever finished would have to be Davinci code. God what an awful book, a coworker asked me to read it, and for his sake I did. Never again.
Actually I've read everything that Salinger ever published, and I didn't like Catcher the first time that much.
I really think what's going on with Catcher is that people with a background in literature read it and fall in love with it, then they force it down the throats of adolescents because they think they'll relate to it. From this many end up absolutely despising Catcher and it's numerous derivatives.
The secret to Salinger is to start with the short stories, move on to the Glass family novels and end at catcher. No wonder he stopped publishing... he was done... he finished the story.
When he dies I fully expect a ton of mindless drivel to come out with Salinger on it... it will probably permanently ruin him for history....
blah... back to work for me. :/
I really think what's going on with Catcher is that people with a background in literature read it and fall in love with it, then they force it down the throats of adolescents because they think they'll relate to it. From this many end up absolutely despising Catcher and it's numerous derivatives.
The secret to Salinger is to start with the short stories, move on to the Glass family novels and end at catcher. No wonder he stopped publishing... he was done... he finished the story.
When he dies I fully expect a ton of mindless drivel to come out with Salinger on it... it will probably permanently ruin him for history....
blah... back to work for me. :/
Funny, I totally agree with the OP, also if ayn rand's Atlas Shrugged would be counted as a classic I would put that at the top of the list. I finished Grapes of Wrath on my own but I had to begrudge myself at each turn to get through the sheer boredom.
I agree, and the cult of anti-intellectualism is depressing. God forbid anyone should critically analyze anything.
:roll:
nakedfrog
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You're crazy, Catch 22 was fantastic.
Catcher in the Rye I thought was meh. Didn't hate it, didn't like it. I read it the year after I graduated from high school to see what all the hub-bub was about. Turns out that people just have sticks up their butts.
zinfamous
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I have a background in literature and I'm quite neutral towards Catcher in the Rye.
but yeah...once Salinger kicks the bucket a lot of crap is finally going to be published
similar to the problem people have with Joyce--they read Ulysses, and b/c they have no hope of understanding it (certainly nothing to be embarrassed about...) they won't read Dubliners.
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