JoeG Posted October 8, 2010 Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 A book that I had to read for school that I absolutely despise is Julius Caesar. I had to read it back in 10th grade (Pre-IB) and I thought it was absolutely boring. If I read it over a few times more, I might begin to like it, but I doubt that would happen. So what are some of the books that you all can't stand? 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KifujinMizu Posted October 8, 2010 Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 Absolutely hate? I actually have two.Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. I read this on my junior year. The storyline is so dry, and I did not understand where the book is taking me. And I also didn't like the Iliad. It was too much for me to handle (must be because I was a sophomore, heheh). The 45 page-per-chapter thing made me not wanna read it, but I'm getting used to those now. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeG Posted October 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 I heard that Heart of Darkness was a difficult book, from the AP seniors who were studying it with the teacher who assigned me Julius Caesar lol. She is a great teacher though. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumps Posted October 8, 2010 Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 Tale of Two Cities and Huckleberry Finn (preIB) were the only ones I truly wouldn't like even if i wasn't forced to read them. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprintdominator Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 Exterminate the brutes! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Sunshine Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 Ughhh, Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh by a long stretch. It was so confusing and all over the place that just reading like 2 pages took me at least 15-20 minutes because you have to reread it for it to make sense. Definitely glad that text is over Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeciliaL Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. 6 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXaliceinibwonderlandXx Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 Great Expectation (this book made me want to pull out my teeth), and Teaching a Stone to talk I read three pages then burned it. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwich Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 I'm going to have to say....Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.Waiting for Godot by some dude I can't remember the name of.Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Sunshine Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 Waiting for Godot was by Samuel Beckett. We aren't doing that one but our teacher loves it so we don't stop hearing about it. We were almost forced to go and see it but luckily we had some essay due so he said we didn't have to go. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBST Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 Mother Courage and her ChildrenThe SeagullBoth are sooo dead! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahuta ♥ Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 Oh my god...Miss Julie play! That play just made me wish I could make myself unconsious while the teacher is going on and on about it! I read it in arabic, btw.Having said this..All the books I read in english class whether in grade 7,8, IGSCE or even IB..weren't bad. (Danny the champion of the world, Of Mice and Men, All my sons, HIROSHIMA, The silver Sword, Romeo&Juliet, To Kill a mockingbird) I loved most of them.. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexa Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 The Known World was horrible. It barely carried a plot. It still managed to have loads of plot holes. And everything that happened took too long. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Summer Glau Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 Shakespeare plays! I have read Twelfth Night and Macbeth and I didn't like them very much, though Romeo and Juliet wasn't too bad (it was actually good in some parts).Hopefully there are better Shakespeare plays out there, seeing as I've only read 3 of them Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 madame Bovary...ITS so messed up! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally13 Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Madame Bovary! UGH UGH 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
genepeer Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Before I say this I'll have to declare that I'm an African and proud of it. Regardless, I still think African literature is the most boring I've ever read. They're almost always about colonisation and it's freaking annoying. I do appreciate the few who try to break the monotony but overall, I HATE AFRICAN LITERATURE, e.g., The River Between, Things Fall Apart, Songs of Lawino /end rant. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oreocookies Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Huckleberry Finn. from what i can remember i only read the first 2 pages . . . and then used spark notes etc. to answer any questions on it Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IMBATMAN Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Any greek tragedies that i read make no sense to me whatsoever... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narcissist Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Therésé Raquin by Èmile Zola :< Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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