Ryoika Posted December 25, 2013 Report Share Posted December 25, 2013 Like Water for ChocolateJane Eyre-- why is this book so long? I was literally skipping over large paragraphs while reading it because it was so redundantEven though it's a large book, it's still a fantastic book to read Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryoika Posted December 25, 2013 Report Share Posted December 25, 2013 Romeo & Juliet.... AWFUL play. I like Shakespeare as much as a balanced, sane person can like Shakespeare (he's kind of a BAMF when it comes to language) but I just thought that the plot was something the world could do without. I know that times were way different when it was set, but there is no way that two emotionally under-developed, melodramatic tweens so infatuated with each other that they ignore the consequences of their actions and the impact that it has on EVERYONE around them (seriously...the entire city was affected by it in some parts).... where was I again? Oh yeah. No way does that qualify as true love and anyone who says that relationship sets the standard for relationships everywhere needs help.1984.... I like the politics and the dystopian theme, but I'm just so frustrated with people trying to turn Winston and Julia's political relationship into a romantic one. The Party had so distorted relationships between people that I highly doubt those two would be capable of what we consider a romantic relationship. That being said, they were as much in love as they could be considering the circumstances. It's really not the book, it's the people that think that every book needs to have some sort of romantic aspect.Can I just say that Agnes Grey was an awful book too? I'm genuinely sorry that Anne didn't seem to inherit the Bronte gift her sisters did. I think Agnes is the most ridiculous, unrelatable character I've read about, except perhaps Bella Swann from That Series That Shalt Not Be Named. Agnes is far too perfect, righteous, and unchanging. The constant moralizing drives me crazy. Anne had a lot of talent, and she was the youngest of the three Bronte sisters. Critics claim that had Anne not died earlier, she would have surpassed her older sister, Charlotte, in writing. It's such a tragedy Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddharth bhartiya Posted December 25, 2013 Report Share Posted December 25, 2013 Istanbul: memories and a city by orhan pamukthings fall apart by chinua achebe Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ryuk1 Posted December 25, 2013 Report Share Posted December 25, 2013 Istanbul: memories and a city by orhan pamukthings fall apart by chinua achebeOrhan Pamuk's work is already torturing in Turkish, and they make poor innocent people read that **** in English? So sorry for you... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemui Posted December 25, 2013 Report Share Posted December 25, 2013 In the Heat of the NightRomeo and JulietThe English PatientAntigoneBlood WeddingKing Lear Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddharth bhartiya Posted December 26, 2013 Report Share Posted December 26, 2013 Istanbul: memories and a city by orhan pamukthings fall apart by chinua achebeOrhan Pamuk's work is already torturing in Turkish, and they make poor innocent people read that **** in English? So sorry for you...i knw right atleast someone understands the pain we go through due to our school taking such suckish choices for novels..... :'( Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJRA Posted December 26, 2013 Report Share Posted December 26, 2013 The metamorphosis by kafka, i actually didn't read it because i thought it was really boring. Also, i despised Macbeth, by Shakespeare, i didn't understand anything of that book. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
readysetgo Posted December 27, 2013 Report Share Posted December 27, 2013 Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe as someone mentioned before. Did not make any sense to me and I felt that in many chapters, nothing really happened. Seriously nothing. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vale Vasconez Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 ANIMAL FARM OMG I wanted to kill those animals I know it has a deeper meaning and everything but arghhh I don´t know why but it frustrated me! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechnight Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Hmm, the only one I remember not being able to finish is Robinson Crusoe, that guy got on my nerves so bad. Primary school. Ugh. Speaking of IB, I wasn't over-the-top excited by A Midsummer Night's Dream, but wouldn't say I hated it. It wasn't so bad, just not my cup of tea 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 To kill a Mockingbird, I don't know why but I just find the novel dull. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethiedrama101 Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 OthelloThe Great GatsbyChronicle of a Death Foretold and Perfume (most were last year but the hate is still there) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alysm Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 FRANKENSTEIN. Just thinking about it makes me puke Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
artisticsoul8 Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Frankenstein is nothing compared to Babette's Feast. Seriously, it is so bad!!! I'm doing IB in Denmark so our teacher, as a part of works in translations, chose Karen Blixen's novel.... Maybe if you're Danish, this so-called book makes sense... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingStar16 Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 the giver.. the ending was terrible Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Dead Famous by Ben Elton - it was a pre-IB summer summer read given with the intention of having us read something during the vacation. The teacher said she wanted to give us something easy that we would enjoy. I have never ever hated any book more than this one. Oh, and the Catcher in the Rye was far from my favorites... I just could not connect with it. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sceptyczka Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 I wouldn't exactly say I hated it but I found the Heart of Darkness quite dull. I was expecting something better, especially considering that there are so many people that are almost amazed by this short novel. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yii yann Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Top girls. No... just no. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariiia Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 We had to read Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress *war flashbacks* Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyRodeck Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 (edited) So many people hating on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's literature... I guess it's because it's one of those authors that requires really high levels critical thinking to be well understood Edited October 29, 2014 by DannyRodeck 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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