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least favorite classics
Mine has to be The Red Badge of Courage. This was perhaps one of my least favorite books I had to read for class! I was bored with the story and the movie. It was just one long description about some solider who I had no reason to talk about, I just, fell asleep. I honestly feel asleep while reading it.
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Another one that I didn't understand after reading was the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. But I'm planning to re-read it.
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We were just talking about this in our reading group. Our ringleader of sorts shared some tidbits from pop culture that were inspired by this story.gen_g wrote: ↑07 May 2020, 10:54 Oh my, this has to be Conrad's Heart of Darkness. I studied it 3x, and I honestly couldn't get through it all 3 times; it was long, rambling, and all the other similar adjectives you could think of (I'm glad my teachers don't see this, although some of them would be the first to say it was boring). XD So until now, the truth is, I'm not entirely sure what's going on, although of course, I agree it has its own literary merits. I just...don't know how to appreciate them. LOL!
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A Tale of Two Cities was bearable thanks to the rivalry between two of my teachers revolving around the book's movie adaptations. Can't remember if we read The Great Gatsby or another story by Fitzgerald; but it was interesting whichever one it was.
For me, my least favorite classic would be Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Many have stated that it's a great literary work but I could not get through the book. The story dragged at an alarmingly slow pace for me and I couldn't bring myself to push through it all.
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Now, This side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald has to be my least favorite. I just can't get through it and maybe I will try it again another time but as of now it's tucked away somewhere in my bookshelf
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I couldn't agree more. "To Kill a Mockinbird" is overrated.Urvashi Tripathi wrote: ↑19 Jun 2021, 13:27 I'm just not able to finish “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. I know, it comes under top 10 classic books and have a big fandom. But for me, this book is even hard to pick. 70 pages into the book still nothing exciting happens to keep me engaging. For me it was kinda boring, no offense.
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