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What are the worst books you had to read in school?

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Anything by jane austin(sp?) or dickens.
austin is just vapid and annoying. dickens has good story and characters but his writing style has all the force of constipated turd.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: keeleysam
The Scarlet Letter

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ditto.

im by no means suggesting it isnt a literary masterpiece. i say it simply because it was so painful for me to read. so wordy, so hard to keep focused. i definitely hated reading the scarlet letter.

on the other hand, HS books i thoroughly enjoyed:

catch-22 (especially), brave new world, their eyes were watching god, heart of darkness
 
I can't believe no one has said this yet, but Bridge to Terabithia is by far the worst book I have ever read. I had to read it for 6th grade literature class. Seeing as it was 7 years ago, I can barely remember anything about it except how much I hated it. However, I do remember watching the movie after we finished watching it and the entire class laughed when the main female character died (she falls of the "bridge" which was a log i think). The next day the school guidance counselor lectured to us about why that wasn't funny.

Their Eyes Were Watching God is mediocre at best, but it has a great paragraph near the beginning where the tree has an orgasm (yea I know it's weird).
 
The Last Chronicle of Barset

Hello? AP english teacher???? you realize we should be preparing for the AP test. i don't see that ever showing up on sample tests or preparations. wtf are we doing wasting our time with that sht???

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oh, not too fond of that holden caulfield one either. but still, that Last Chronicle of Barset sht is still tops for stickin' in my craw :|
 
are we limiting it to novels?

James Joyce - Finnegans Wake, no question.

there's probably no "major" literary figure that I hate more than James Joyce.
 
fahrenheit 415 Ray Bradbury

I did not actually read this to completion. VeggieFrog was forced to read this in high school and really struggled thru it. Normally she got 100% on everything she did in English, even after skipping a grade and taking all AP classes.

I did not think it could be so bad... so I tried to read it. It was the worst, more boring... drag on... book EVER.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: pontifex
i had to read some book about the revolutionary war (i think it was that war). OMG was it boring. can't remember what it was called.
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The Red Badge of Courage (Civil War)?
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possibly. i seem to recall a revolutionary war period though. i dunno, been so long.
 
The Great Gatsby. I hate Fitzgerald for some reason. Most of the books other people mention in this thread were enjoyable to me though, so I obviously have different criteria.
 

Originally posted by: Razgriz
To Kill a Mockingbird. I understood the story, but the whole book was confusing to me. The Scarlet letter wasn't that bad...I expected it to be much worse actually. Usually I don't read books though, sparknotes/cliffs FTW.
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TKAM is one of the best books ever.[/quote]

It may be, but I just couldn't get into it...YMMV.
 
Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead
Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
The one with the twins... One is named Niles (I think).... They had a cat. One fell down a well.

Can't think of the name...

Also Hatter Fox and I Am The Cheese.
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ugh!!! That book sucked so bad!!!

Now that I think about it... so did the Outsiders. WTH kind of name is Ponyboy?!? that book reeked of stupid.
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I liked I am the Cheese 🙁


 
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