Everyone has those books that they were required to read in high school or college that they just hated. Here is a list of my least favorite required readings, which is by no means comprehensive.
Animal Farm by George Orwell
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
These are considered classics, but they did nothing for me except lessen my opinion of classic works. That is not to say that I do not enjoy classics- I love Edgar Allen Poe, and Lord of the Flies was like the original Hunger Games to me.
What “required readings” made it on your bookish black list?
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Can we talk about Great Expectations? What made you hate the story?
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It’s been a very long time since I read it so I don’t remember much other than it was long and tedious.
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Ah, I understand. It is a good length. I know many people rather A Christmas Carol for their Dickens read but Great Expectation is mine :).
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I’m curious what you disliked about “Animal Farm.” That book made my short list of assigned books/classics that I actually liked. Also, did you have to read Joyce’s “Ulysses”? I suspect people that read it either love or hate it, and it easily top my “kill it with fire” list.
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The Great Gatsby for me. I couldn’t enjoy the characters, and the plot just kept going and going and going…
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