Which books bored you to tears?

**meatfinger** · 04-07-2006, 11:52 PM

Okay, I feel obligated to defend some of the books mentioned here:

Great Expectations - I honestly don't understand this one. I guess I can kind of see it. The Victorian style is something that a lot of people (including myself) have a hard time getting past. But man, Great Expectations has so much humor, so much suspense, so many twists and turns... I don't get how you could find it boring if you read more than about twelve pages.

The Great Gatsby - say what you want about this one, but it has possibly the greatest closing line in a novel. Ever.

To Kill a Mockingbird - I thought I was going to hate this one, too. But I didn't. Again, lots of great humor. AND an engaging plotline. I dunno. Maybe I just have a high tolerance for boring books.

One book that DID bore me to death was George Eliot's Middlemarch. Wow. Talk about the stereotype of dry Victorian literature.

***Art*** · 04-08-2006, 10:37 PM

To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the least boring books I have ever read.

SageMenno · 07-21-2006, 01:57 AM

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To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the least boring books I have ever read.

I concur. I mean, come on, the book has Mennonites in it! How can it possibly be boring? On the other hand, it was VERY well-written and one of the few books I was assigned in high school that I enjoyed.

Boy Genius · 07-21-2006, 02:12 AM

I was probably too young (mentally, emotionally, whatever) to read To Kill A Mockingbird when I did (seventh grade, approximately 13 years old), but I nonetheless enjoyed it. Looking back now four and a half years later, I can appreciate it more than I did then. In fact, I think I'm going to re-read it soon.

Insane Drummer · 07-21-2006, 11:27 AM

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Shakespeare's works

And here I thought you were a good person.

zekthedeadcow · 07-22-2006, 09:10 AM

The worst ones for me were:

Joy Luck Club

and I've read excerpts from A Million Little Pieces...and quickly noticed it was the worst book ever.

Palivizumab · 07-22-2006, 01:35 PM

Nothing comes to mind right off the bat.....D. L. Moody's Biography was one of the only books I started and didn't finish.

Boy Genius · 07-22-2006, 10:53 PM

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D. L. Moody's Biography was one of the only books I started and didn't finish.

Well, that just depends on which biography of him (or anyone else for that matter) you pick up. The one I read was very well-written.

tropicana · 08-08-2006, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Boy Genius

I was probably too young (mentally, emotionally, whatever) to read To Kill A Mockingbird when I did (seventh grade, approximately 13 years old), but I nonetheless enjoyed it. Looking back now four and a half years later, I can appreciate it more than I did then. In fact, I think I'm going to re-read it soon.

The first time I read Brave New World, I was twelve and definately too young to understand it, but I reread it three years later, and loved it.

unknown~+~ · 08-08-2006, 02:47 PM

Harry Potter
I might get killed saying this...... I couldn't even get to the second chapter. ( and my 9 year old brother reads them!)

Boy Genius · 08-08-2006, 04:19 PM

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I might get killed saying this...... I couldn't even get to the second chapter.

I generally try to give a book more than the first couple of chapters; some authors are just slow getting started.

As for being killed, you don't have to worry about that because Noelle is no longer mod.

(Of course, she might hunt you down, stalk you, and then murder you in your sleep)

J_freek · 08-08-2006, 05:28 PM

sorry to interupt so late, it's really not the time to enter, but one of the books i had to read for school was the British Josiah- Edward the VI, The Most Godly King of England

unknown~+~ · 08-08-2006, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Boy Genius

I generally try to give a book more than the first couple of chapters; some authors are just slow getting started.

As for being killed, you don't have to worry about that because Noelle is no longer mod.

(Of course, she might hunt you down, stalk you, and then murder you in your sleep)

yes, you are right. I should give it another chance.
I'll watch my back !

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sorry to interupt so late, it's really not the time to enter, but one of the books i had to read for school was the British Josiah- Edward the VI, The Most Godly King of England

j-freek you are really brave to read that, i'd draw on the cover!!!!!, then let the dust bunies eat it!

Mattlock · 11-16-2006, 07:50 PM

Shakespeare's A Mid-Summer's Night Dream.

It's all I've read by good ole Will, but I'm scared to read anything else. When I was reading it, it reminded me of skinny boys running around in girls pants. Horrible dialoge and poorly written.

A Tale of Two Cities bored me at first, but after the first part it was really interesting. The only thing I thought was bad about the book was the fact that Charles Darnay only said about 25 words throughout the whole novel, and not much was known about him, yet remained a pivotal character.

Kenny C. · 11-18-2006, 07:45 PM

I like A Tale of Two Cities but I just hate Dickens' style of writing.