Authors you just don't get?
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At least the books of Charles Dickens tell us about Victorian customs. I like history. Therefore, I have no problems with his books.
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I've always loved Slaughterhouse Five but I can see how it might be difficult for some people. The book is written from the point of view of Billy Pilgrim, who has lost his mind. That's how I take it. Mother Night is a more straightforward novel that I liked a lot, it was made into a movie with Nick Nolte which was good. Any other KV book is as you say, I just can't understand them.Letora wrote: ↑18 Jan 2019, 09:39 The only author I have so far been confused by is Kurt Vonnegut. I've tried reading Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions. I just don't understand how he is humorous, or how he even makes sense. When I try to read him, it's like I'm on a drug trip. I can't even really see a plot line or theme for his novels. Maybe there are tamer books out there by him, but I gave up years ago.
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Let's move on to authors who produce novels with the same content from previous novels. The characters might be different but as long as the author is talking about the very tiresome,already done and shouldn't be repeated ideas of a damsel in distress getting saved by some prince charming, the readers are likely to find it boring to tears!!
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I am going through the same thing, literally! But I have only finished reading the first book, I couldn't get past the second one. I kept waiting for the things to make more sense but it never happened and then I lost interest.DakotaA wrote: ↑04 Dec 2018, 07:40 I don't get Douglas Adams... as in I literally don't understand his books half the time! I've been trying to get through the entirety of Hitchhikers Guide (the 4 story book) for a few YEARS now. I've been in the last 'book' for maybe a year and half now and struggle to get through a single sentence sometimes. I genuinely think his mind exists on a higher plane than mine. That being said, I love the absurdity of his writing and ideas.
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I feel the same way. I have several friends in the BDSM community and they all hate her books. It's even worse when you realize that the first book began as a Twilight fanfiction. I was very disappointed by E. L. James. I definitely don't understand all of the hype for her.HalcyonFlower wrote: ↑11 Oct 2015, 15:55 E. L. James D:
I tried to read her novel to get out of my comfort zone but found her writing to encourage abusive relationships and from what I hear, a misrepresentation of the BMSD community. Because of the heavy emphasis on it, I couldn't finish reading the book at all. Sometimes it's hard to figure out whether an author is a self-insert or if the character is truly an original piece and in this case...I don't know.
Just to clarify, I don't hate her but just don't understand her approach to the subject she writes about.
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Yes, exactly. What is the deal with Hemingway. I don't understand it. I was similarly angry at the end of Farewell to Arms.Kitkat3 wrote: ↑18 Apr 2017, 22:41I don't like Hemingway either. I had to read A Farewell to Arms in high school, and I remember being so angry when I finished reading that I threw the book across the room. It was just so depressing, and I couldn't connect with the main character AT ALL. He just seemed so heartless over and over again and so numb, and it drove me insane.Christina O Phillips wrote:I myself do not like Hemingway and I do not think he is overrated, I just don't think he is my kind of writer. I absolutely hated The Old Man and the Sea. And last year I finally read The Great Gatsby and did not like the writing style: there was so much narration: They talked, they ate, they decided to go and drive over to...Gah! Just let me see them talking! Show me more, don't just tell me about it all. Is that novel overrated? Probably not, but like the title of this thread says, I just didn't get it.
I really liked The Great Gatsby though. The lack of dialogue was a little strange, but the way that Fitzgerald wrote is just amazing to me. Every line is so eloquent; I felt like I was reading a poem. I would say the artistry with that book is the way that Fitzgerald portrays Gatsby's loneliness and how money really does not buy happiness.
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