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I couldn't finish Cold Mountain and I tried four times. I had the same problem with American Gods.
How do people feel about The Scarlet Letter? I read this book in one sitting and I absolutely fell in love with it.
Everyone else in my junior English class (high school) detested it. So far I don't think I've met anyone else who loves that book as much as I do.
absalom, absalom :faulkner
great expectations :dickens
put both down happily. f* dry classics where the narrator waxes in a lofty voice his characters wouldn't even understand. if you're writing about poor, simple folks write in poor, simple language. ...imo. (pet peeve, sorry)
Also for some reason I stopped halfway through Marquez's 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' despite absolutely loving it. Strange enough... It's now in my TBR pile until I get back to it. But it's a huge pile.
I did that with The Crimson Petal and the White.Also for some reason I stopped halfway through Marquez's 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' despite absolutely loving it. Strange enough
Didn't you know it is a crime to hate this book?boy do I hate to say this...
I absolutely loathe and despise To Kill a Mockingbird.
I know! I know! I'm supposed to love it...but I can't. so there! nyah!
.I've started The Red Tent, The Liars Club and On Writing with Stephen King and can't seem to continue
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Wow I loved "On Writing" by Stephen King. I could not put it down and I have a HUGE libarary of writing books and his is by far one of the best in that it really gets down to the nitty gritty things that most books don't touch and does it fast.
Maybe this one's not quite so well-known or "highly prized" in the first place, but I couldn't finish Lie Down in Darkness. After reading Sophie's Choice and absolutely loving it, I had high hopes for LDID, but ended up pretty bored and disappointed.
Lets see.... I usually finish any book regardless of how terrible. But there is the occasional special book I just can't get through:
Foucault's Pendulum - I couldn't get into this one at all- and I normally adore Eco's writing
The Lovely Bones - yeah, ick. All I can say is ick.
I agree with the above. I couldn't get into Foucault's Pendulum either and gave up. Finished Lovely bones though, but didn't like it.
I also found Dr Norell and Mr Strange (or the other way around?) ten times too long, too boring and too obvious. I ended up giving it away to someone living in the back of beyond, who is starved for books. She probably used it as a doorstop!
I also found Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth one of the most boring and badly written books I've ever read. Which says a lot for bestsellers! I read today that it's the number one seller in Spain (where I live) for the past five years!!!!!!!!!