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Books you think are most overrated?
Posted on 5/30/25 at 11:13 am
Posted on 5/30/25 at 11:13 am
I have to go with To Kill a Mockingbird. I found it boring. And Scout is so unfeminine almost bordering on transgender, even down to her masculine sounding name.
This post was edited on 5/30/25 at 11:16 am
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Posted on 5/30/25 at 1:22 pm to UFFan
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
It’s ridiculously repetitive almost as an insult to the reader and the plot makes no sense at all.
It’s ridiculously repetitive almost as an insult to the reader and the plot makes no sense at all.
Posted on 5/30/25 at 1:51 pm to UFFan
Blood Meridian
Posted on 5/30/25 at 2:24 pm to UFFan
Catcher in the Rye
Posted on 5/30/25 at 3:02 pm to UFFan
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IAnd Scout is so unfeminine almost bordering on transgender,even down to her masculine sounding name
Well this is just dumb. She was a tomboy and a daddies girl, just like a lot of girls that age, nothing more. Not sure why you would apply some modern phenomenon to a kid living in a time where that didn't even exist.
And scout was her nickname doofus. Her name was Jean Louis, a very southern belle name.
To answer the question though, it's Gone Girl. Just a crap book with a really stupid "gotcha" moment. Just an author trying to prove that she is so much smarter than the reader.
This post was edited on 5/30/25 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 5/30/25 at 3:43 pm to UFFan
The few Stephen King books that I've read.
While it had some high points, the Dark Tower series really shite the bed at the end.
While it had some high points, the Dark Tower series really shite the bed at the end.
Posted on 5/30/25 at 5:25 pm to Paperbackwriter
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Catcher in the Rye
Clicked to post the same. The only part I enjoyed was when the little bitch boy got beat up by the pimp.
I'd throw anything by Gore Vidal in there as well. His prose is on a grade school level. He spells the names correctly and gets every other detail completely wrong. Actually, not wrong. False. But he makes random historical figures gay, usually without any hint of supporting evidence, and the New England book critics laud him as an important writer.
This post was edited on 5/30/25 at 5:27 pm
Posted on 5/30/25 at 5:50 pm to Breesus
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It’s ridiculously repetitive almost as an insult to the reader and the plot makes no sense at all.
Weirdly, I agree!
Posted on 5/30/25 at 5:52 pm to boxcarbarney
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While it had some high points, the Dark Tower series really shite the bed at the end.
Yeah it got real wonky. I actually liked the ending but the last two books were a drag. I got tired of Susan’s split personality bullshite and the alcoholic gay priest bullshite.
Posted on 5/30/25 at 6:02 pm to Paperbackwriter
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Catcher in the Rye
What the heck?!?
Posted on 5/30/25 at 6:03 pm to shinerfan
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I'd throw anything by Gore Vidal in there as well. His prose is on a grade school level. He spells the names correctly and gets every other detail completely wrong. Actually, not wrong. False. But he makes random historical figures gay, usually without any hint of supporting evidence, and the New England book critics laud him as an important writer.
Have you read or listened to Julian? I think its his best work. Hes in my top 5 but some of your criticisms are legit. He was a huge paedo and he made everyone gay. Hope that we see the Kevin Spacey / Gore Vidal biopic one day
Posted on 5/30/25 at 6:27 pm to UFFan
90% of Pulitzer winners.
Posted on 5/30/25 at 8:50 pm to UFFan
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I have to go with To Kill a Mockingbird. I found it boring.
I haven’t read Mockingbird but I avoid the classics. I find them boring in general. I’m sure there are some that are great and I’m missing out by not trying them.
Posted on 5/30/25 at 9:17 pm to UFFan
Recency bias because I just finished it - Moby Dick. Chapters upon chapters of useless information about whaling and whales, most of it outdated since the fish vs mammal debate was ongoing. A whole chapter pondering what comes out of a whale’s blowhole.
Posted on 5/30/25 at 9:44 pm to UFFan
Grapes of Wrath
The Pearl
East of Eden
Of Mice and Men
The Pearl
East of Eden
Of Mice and Men
Posted on 5/31/25 at 8:10 am to AllbyMyRelf
The Road-Cormac McCarthy
Posted on 5/31/25 at 10:06 am to Allthatfades
I was excited to get into Hemingway earlier this year. Started with For Whom the Bell Tolls and it was an absolute chore. Some on the board said all his books are pretty much just like that so my Hemingway excursion went 1 and done
Posted on 5/31/25 at 12:28 pm to UFFan
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Posted on 5/31/25 at 2:49 pm to boxcarbarney
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The few Stephen King books that I've read.
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Of Mice and Men
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Posted on 5/31/25 at 3:28 pm to UFFan
I know I will get downvoted for this but I really don’t understand the hoopla around Hemingway. I really enjoyed The Old Man and the Sea but most of the others I have read really don’t do it for me. The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and Farewell to Arms all bored me. I really don’t like his dialogue and it feels contrived. Calling every person Darling and Chap constantly wears me out.
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