Books you don't like but others do
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The Stand. I'm a big Stephen King fanboy, and I don't hate the book... but it's overrated. Everyone seems to list that one as their favorite. I think it could've been a couple hundred pages shorter.
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Funny, that's the only thing I've read of his that I thought worthwhile.Mac_Guffin wrote:The Stand. I'm a big Stephen King fanboy, and I don't hate the book... but it's overrated. Everyone seems to list that one as their favorite. I think it could've been a couple hundred pages shorter.
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Really? His prose is at its dullest in that book, and that's one of the major things going for King.Bella Fortuna wrote:Funny, that's the only thing I've read of his that I thought worthwhile.Mac_Guffin wrote:The Stand. I'm a big Stephen King fanboy, and I don't hate the book... but it's overrated. Everyone seems to list that one as their favorite. I think it could've been a couple hundred pages shorter.
You've never read his Different Seasons stories like The Body and Apt Pupil? What about Misery?
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kiki5711 wrote:Harry Potter. Can't stand the books or the movies.
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I loathe this book. Its simply mention disgusts me with extreme tightening of all muscles and guts.
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I started reading this in a Barnes and Noble once, because the title was familiar. Didn't get too far. Can't say I'm surprised it blows.Sisifo wrote:I loathe this book. Its simply mention disgusts me with extreme tightening of all muscles and guts.
Oh, oh, you know what other book totally sucked? Drop City, by T.C. Boyle. I don't know if anyone else liked it, though. All I know is that at one point, in desperation, I flipped to the end and (spoiler alert) thought to myself, "Good. The asshole freezes to death." Then I stopped reading.
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A Clockwork Orange. Absolute rubbish.
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It was alright... but after watching the much better adaptation, it was underwhelming.ScienceRob wrote:A Clockwork Orange. Absolute rubbish.
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Anything by Shakespeare. It may have been innovative and hilarious at the time but decyphering it now really isn't worth the effort
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Seems like a lot of people aren't crazy about A Clockwork Orange. Almost makes me want to read it, find out what's so unlikeable...
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Comedy of Errors, I agree with you.Azathoth wrote:Anything by Shakespeare. It may have been innovative and hilarious at the time but decyphering it now really isn't worth the effort
King Lear, you're a damn fool.
I don't think Shakespeare wrote books, though. Just plays and poetry.
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Shakespeare has great plot elements... but the prose is archaic and wordy and can turn people off.Azathoth wrote:Anything by Shakespeare. It may have been innovative and hilarious at the time but decyphering it now really isn't worth the effort
I'd like to see a great contemporary writer do a sort of remake.
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with zombies. Worked a treat for Jane Austin Pride and Predjudice is one tedious fucker of a book that was made wonderful by the addition of zombiesMac_Guffin wrote:Shakespeare has great plot elements... but the prose is archaic and wordy and can turn people off.Azathoth wrote:Anything by Shakespeare. It may have been innovative and hilarious at the time but decyphering it now really isn't worth the effort
I'd like to see a great contemporary writer do a sort of remake.
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Regarding remakes and King Lear, I really liked Kurosawa's Ran. Samurais are almost as good as zombies.Mac_Guffin wrote:Shakespeare has great plot elements... but the prose is archaic and wordy and can turn people off.Azathoth wrote:Anything by Shakespeare. It may have been innovative and hilarious at the time but decyphering it now really isn't worth the effort
I'd like to see a great contemporary writer do a sort of remake.
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