King Tutankhamun Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 What book do you dislike(in nice terms) the most ?Do tell, do tell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 To Kill a Mockingbird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 To Kill a Monkingbird as well. It is written in horrible English and it just rambles on. :thumbdown: :thumbdown: (Two thumbs way down) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tutankhamun Posted November 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 OMG, me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i am reading it also i am on chapter 15 and 16(i have quiz everday on it), but here is a place that can he you better understand the boring story:http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkey.../pmToKill02.aspandhttp://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mocking/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElfTheHunter Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 I luckily haven't read it, only seen a play on it, didn't think I'd like it either.Ok, the book I least liked (watch this, it'll be funny): The Silmarillionj/k of courseUmm... that's actually hard to think of, Halo: The Fall of Reach maybe.If not that I'll stick with the Thesaurus (which sounds like a dinosaur name) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 Hmmm... Stuka Pilot by Hans-Ulrich Rudel. Sure he's the hottest combat pilot of all time (somthing like 800+ tanks, 13+ airplanes air-to-air, and ~two ships - one a battleship), but his book is full of little Nazi tips of the hat and other racist comments (there was one section where he was describing flying over a group of Romanians running away from a group of Russians, and he goes on to talk about the "Eastern hordes" and lists all kinds of "peoples" of Russia.....made me squirm). Fascinating career but man I think that guy didn't hum or plug his ears when Hitler was spewing....BTW, To Kill a Mockingbird kicks butt!! Yeah its kind of sappy, but it is a good book. No question. Love it where she wanted to take the pellet gun along to see her cousin..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKen132 Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 Wow, as I read this topic title, I thought "I wonder if anyone will put TKaM, because that was one of my least favorite books to read"LOL My favorite books on the other hand are Lord of the Rings and Lord of the Flies. LotF has a lot of symbolism, but by itself, is still an interesting story of human nature. So many themes, I liked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNtRePiD Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 The Stone Angel by Margaret LaurenceThis fantastic piece of Canadian Literature was a requirement in the old OAC curriculum, which is the only reason I read it and it is the only reason that any one should read it. This story deals with the tale of a 90 year old women named Hagar Shipley who is approaching death. She spends good portion of the book re living her past before she dies. Now at glance this sounds somewhat interesting, as it seems through the novel you might be able to get a perspective about the last century from small town woman. Do not be mistaken. The protagonist, Hagar, is the most repulsive character you have ever met. By the end of the first page you start wishing that death would finish her off already. With an amazing three pages to go Hagar on her deathbed realizes that she has wasted her life being arrogant gasbag and she tries with her desperate last few breaths to correct all the mistakes she has made, but she is too late and she dies, the end. When you come to the conclusion to this novel, it dawns on you “I am never going to get these hours I wasted reading this book back”. You begin to wish that you had cracked yourself over the head with a brick and spent those hours you used reading the book lying on floor in a puddle of your own fluids.I actually enjoyed “To Kill a Mocking Bird” it has been one of the better pieces of literature that I have been forced to read.If you enjoy stories about decrepit old ladies who have bowel problems and enjoy to candidly tell the reader this for pages on end, then The Stone Angel is for you. The only possible book that contends this one for the worst piece of literature ever produced would be the adaptation of “The Glass Menagerie”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeros Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 To kill a mocking bird here too. I've never read a stupider book. It's got the worst ending too. It just ends, thats it, no questions are answered and it leaves the reader thinking wtf did he just read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNtRePiD Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 You Yanks are quite the uncultured bunch. To Kill a Mocking Bird is a literary classic of excellent caliber. I cannot think or a more heroic character then Atticus Finch. The only reason I can see for disliking it is if you come from the Deep South. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tutankhamun Posted November 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 TKAM is ok, but starts out boring and slow. Overall my least favorite was Across 5 Aprils, it was sooooooooo boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElfTheHunter Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 My math book, wait, better yet: My History book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Op Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 I'm very much starting to hate The Scarlet Letter. The narrative chapters drag on for too long while they could have condensed into 2 pages. At least "The Council of Elrond" in Fellowship of the Ring had diologue in it. Speaking of, I need to start reading ROTK again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeros Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 Atticus is great yeah, but the book is dull and doesn't play on drama too well. The only good chapters are the trial.By the way, why is Atticus considered a Hero? (and was voted the most popular hero ever). He's just a respectable laywer in a story about prejudice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNtRePiD Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 You have to relate the story to the time and the place.I haven't read the book myself in over 5 years, as it was part of our grade 9 curriculum, so I am a little hazy on the details. But I remember it being a very enjoyable read overall.In what grade is To Kill a Mocking Bird a requirement in the United States, or where you live in the United States? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tutankhamun Posted November 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 For the 9th grade for us. later we will read the Oddessy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chichigrande Posted November 22, 2003 Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 :thumbdown: To KIll A Mockingbird is most definately the worst book ever wriiten :thumbdown: I have to read it in English and i feal like shoving a fork in my eye cause if i'm gonna be in that pain im goin to do it to myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tutankhamun Posted November 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 Well I'm almost done with the 'horrible book' as many have put it. Next, I don't know what is required, but I want to red The Jungle.It is really cool sounding, about a meat packing plant in Chicago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 I don't like To Kill a Mokingbird because of its bad English and that there is really no plot. The book just kind of revovles around everyday life. I would have read a Diary if i wanted that. I do agree that Atticus is the best hero ever, but i don't like the story in general, i just don't see a point. Maybe i am not "right brained" enough to see the "magnificant literature" as the way it is supposed to be seen. I just see things the way they are. That is the problem with the left half of your brain. It does that sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNtRePiD Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 I am somewhat curious to find out what other books are on your curriculum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notpete Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Interestingly enough, To Kill a Mockingbird is actually in the Top 21 of the BBCs The Big Read, a quest to find the nation's best loved book. Never read it myself, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chichigrande Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 ever since church last night... the bible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeros Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 I am somewhat curious to find out what other books are on your curriculum. Well, none, brian doesn't read anything My favorite books would be anything by Douglas Adams, followed by anything by Tolkein. Douglas Adams was a genious... it's a shame he's dead now.The reason why I don't like To Kill a Mocking bird is that it's just a pain to read, trying to decypher the southern language with words like Yonder and Yessum that I've never seen used anywhere in the English Language. Thought it was a good story, it's nothing acceptional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishstag Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 Hmm, I liked To Kill a Mockingbird I hate, on the other hand, Persuasion by Jane Austen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chichigrande Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 Cheezy (booby) douglas adams was the greatest the hitch-hikers giude series were the best collection of books ever written, folowed by the Lord of the Rings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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