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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 14:24:48 GMT
Three Men in a Boat: Heard so much praise for this thing over the years abut how funny it is but about a third the way through, I gave up. Just wasn't grabbing me at all and though I recognised the humour in it, it just wasn't actually making me laugh.
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Aug 6, 2018 10:59:27 GMT
Agree on Three Men in a Boat.
I'll add On The Road, Jack Kerouac. "Oooh look, he writes long sentences!" So? Inconsequential tedium.
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Post by yggdrasil on Aug 13, 2018 12:22:59 GMT
Agree on Three Men in a Boat. I'll add On The Road, Jack Kerouac. "Oooh look, he writes long sentences!" So? Inconsequential tedium. I gave up on "On The Road" as well. Zen And The Art Of Motor Cycle Maintenance was another one. |
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Post by Colin Sibthorpe on Aug 18, 2018 23:58:02 GMT
The Secret Agent. Tried at least 3 times, too. Eventually I read Heart of Darkness instead, just so it couldn't be said I'd never read Conrad.
Das Kapital. Has anyone, ever, got past about page four?
If you're talking about books I did force myself to finish but took no pleasure in whatever, the list would go on and on. On the Road would certainly be one of them.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2018 1:01:14 GMT
Hmm, weird, I also couldn't finish on the road.
I forced myself to finish Murphy by Samuel Beckett but it was awful.
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Aug 19, 2018 19:57:43 GMT
Pilgrim's Progress, by John Bunyan.
Really, really ..... really heavy going.
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Post by Colin Sibthorpe on Aug 19, 2018 21:37:37 GMT
Don Quixote. Monumentally tedious and horribly long.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2018 22:31:03 GMT
Don Quixote. Monumentally tedious and horribly long. I actually enjoyed it. The first book more than the second (even though the second is apparently considered to be better). |
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Post by Jam Jar on Aug 19, 2018 22:32:40 GMT
I gave up on Moby Dick. It just seemed to drag. A lot of those 19th century classics seem to be a thousand pages longer than they need to be.
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Aug 21, 2018 19:44:37 GMT
I gave up on Moby Dick. It just seemed to drag. A lot of those 19th century classics seem to be a thousand pages longer than they need to be. That's how I would imagine Charles Dickens to be. I used to have the full collection (inherited). Nice to look at on the bookshelves but I never made a serious effort. I should have really. |
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Post by Lilith on Sept 7, 2018 22:49:30 GMT
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Post by Colin Sibthorpe on Sept 8, 2018 0:34:23 GMT
Wow!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2018 0:45:33 GMT
I gave up on Moby Dick. It just seemed to drag. A lot of those 19th century classics seem to be a thousand pages longer than they need to be. That's how I would imagine Charles Dickens to be. I used to have the full collection (inherited). Nice to look at on the bookshelves but I never made a serious effort. I should have really. I enjoyed David Copperfield. Tale of two cities was dull. |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Sept 8, 2018 7:30:57 GMT
I enjoyed David Copperfield. Did you, sir? Did you? Did you like him, sir? Did you have him and enjoy him, sir? Oooh! Ooooooh! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2018 10:09:48 GMT
I enjoyed David Copperfield. Did you, sir? Did you? Did you like him, sir? Did you have him and enjoy him, sir? Oooh! Ooooooh! Yes. |
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