i hate these books:
1. victorian drawing room dramas. i just... I HATE THEM.
2. mary shelley's frankenstein. i stomped on my copy, and i generally believe in non-violence towards books. XD
3. dostoevsky's crime and punishment (i dislike his characters/ideals)
4. most children's book serials. like the nancy drew series, goosebumps, magic treehouse... they are so damned awful.
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Originally Posted by susie
Victorian drawing room comedies are much better. Much love for Oscar Wilde.
And the Dostoevsky hate makes me sad.
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
I know. I'm really quite broken up about it. Jane doesn't get much love around here.
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Jane's cool with me and I LOVED To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Johnny Tremaine....
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yes, she does
I know. I'm really quite broken up about it. Jane doesn't get much love around here.
for Jane O.:
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Dude, I can choke you for this. My older brother got this as required reading when I was in eigth grade and he was in tenth, and I read it for him. To this day it's one of my favorite books.
also, Johnny Tremain is a great book. I only wish it were longer!
the only book I can honestly say I hated so much I couldn't finish it is anything by Dean Kootnz. Fuck him in his fucken ass.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
Oh, man, I loved the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew when I was a kid. They really introduced me to reading, and since there were so many of them, I always had another book in the pipe.
I'm not a Robin Cook fan at all. Every book feels the same.
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Remember, Remember, The Fifth of November, The Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot.
i read all the Hardy Boys books when I was in 4th grade. Loved them, really.
i hated everything by Stephen Crane, and here recently I'd forgotten that. i bought red badge of courage the other day and it sucks!
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
Just a friendly reminder of how horrendously bad writing can get: JANE FUCKIN' AUSTIN!!!!!
Thanks for that reminder Brice.Keep em comin'.
Brice, I hear Jane Austen sucks. What do you think?
i heard she's worse than Dean Koontz, and that's bad.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
A hundred Dean Koontz's couldn't equal the blight on the language that this woman created.
She's so bad they should be legally obliged to clearly print the words "Worse than Dean Koontz" on the jacket of all of her books.
Brice, if you're going to be insulting you can at least spell her name right. It's Austen.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Dark Tower 7.
I'm (kinda) half-joking. Its rare to read a book that I *hate*. I mean, there are books I don't like, but a lot of the time its movies that are more likely to get a strong negative reaction from me.
On the other hand, I enjoyed DT7 more than Scarlet Letter (for example), which I found boring. Still, DT7 pissed me off more for reasons I have stated elsewhere that I don't feel like dragging up now. I mean, Scarlet Letter was harmless in the long run. DT7 left a taint on what used to be my favorite books.
I suppose if I were to read His Dark Materials, I might get a stronger negative reaction because everything I've read about Pullman has him coming off as a prick. King, while I don't like some of his stuff, comes off as nice person.
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"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Brice, if you're going to be insulting you can at least spell her name right. It's Austen.
Oh, well I didn't want to cut off my hands for typing her name.
*runs to start The Reasons There Cannot Be A God: Jane Austen Thread*
*boils hands*
Hey, I love the first six books. I think 6 to 1 is a pretty decent ratio.
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I loooove TKaM. Always have, always will.
However, I did NOT like The Dress Lodger. Couldn't even make it past the first fifteen pages. Blech. The subject matter sounded awesome, but I could not get along with the writer's style. That was a few years ago, I might give it another shot.
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