PatList of some popular books which suck
March 31st 2008 12:00
This isn't a complete list; in fact, it is quite short. It's a list that I wrote just now and posted to the 'Books Are For Losers' website enterprise. You will find the title of a book and a short paragraph about why that particular book sucks.
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien - This series is about as enjoyable to read as The Bible (coincedentally another book which sucks, but why bother writing about it). It's a long list of names and places and not much action, and even the action which does take place is described in such an 'epic' fashion that it's completely worthless and impossible to picture. Everything is so goddamn wordy and horrible to read and the fact that I managed to read this as a child proves that I was one hell of a terrific kid, but as an adult I am fully aware that this series was an extraordinary painful reading experience. Basically what I'm trying to say is that Tolkien was a talentless hack.
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx - I can't remember what possessed me to read this book but I would have been in my early teens and someone gave it to me and there I was: a teenage boy reading a book by a stupid woman about a fat man in a boat. My life sucked, but not as much as this book (actually, my life was great but that didn't fit the context of my sentence).
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - So many people rave about this piece of crap. It would have been ok if I felt the slightest empathy towards any character in the story whatsoever. Instead it was just a dull description of boring events. Who cares.
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - Completely unreadable. I'll make an exception for this book because it's obvious that Dickens is a great writer (not a very controversial opinion) but reading him is just plain hard work. I don't know about anyone else, but I like to read for enjoyment. I'm the first to admit that I'm an idiot so please take this comment as an idiot admitting his flaws, but this book was too difficult to bother with and I grew frustrated that my feeble brain had to work so hard to get my head around the flowery prose and I couldn't be bothered paying that much attention. I gave up about halfway through and it was one of the best decisions I have ever made (not really, but as above, context etc).
Animal Farm by George Orwell - Not talking about the cultural significance of this book. I don't care about that rubbish and someone who is doing an arts degree could probably write 100,000 words about the topic and they would undoubtably come up with a million reasons as to why this book is terrific. I couldn't care less. I'm talking about the fact that ADULTS list a book which is written in the style of a CHILDREN'S book as one of their favourite books. Morons. Every single last one of them.
There are a lot of popular books which suck, and maybe I will write another list eventually and pretend that I don't like one of your favourite books. Maybe if you click on a billion 'Google Ads' links, I'll write it but otherwise I don't care about what you want.
xoxo
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien - This series is about as enjoyable to read as The Bible (coincedentally another book which sucks, but why bother writing about it). It's a long list of names and places and not much action, and even the action which does take place is described in such an 'epic' fashion that it's completely worthless and impossible to picture. Everything is so goddamn wordy and horrible to read and the fact that I managed to read this as a child proves that I was one hell of a terrific kid, but as an adult I am fully aware that this series was an extraordinary painful reading experience. Basically what I'm trying to say is that Tolkien was a talentless hack.
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx - I can't remember what possessed me to read this book but I would have been in my early teens and someone gave it to me and there I was: a teenage boy reading a book by a stupid woman about a fat man in a boat. My life sucked, but not as much as this book (actually, my life was great but that didn't fit the context of my sentence).
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - So many people rave about this piece of crap. It would have been ok if I felt the slightest empathy towards any character in the story whatsoever. Instead it was just a dull description of boring events. Who cares.
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - Completely unreadable. I'll make an exception for this book because it's obvious that Dickens is a great writer (not a very controversial opinion) but reading him is just plain hard work. I don't know about anyone else, but I like to read for enjoyment. I'm the first to admit that I'm an idiot so please take this comment as an idiot admitting his flaws, but this book was too difficult to bother with and I grew frustrated that my feeble brain had to work so hard to get my head around the flowery prose and I couldn't be bothered paying that much attention. I gave up about halfway through and it was one of the best decisions I have ever made (not really, but as above, context etc).
Animal Farm by George Orwell - Not talking about the cultural significance of this book. I don't care about that rubbish and someone who is doing an arts degree could probably write 100,000 words about the topic and they would undoubtably come up with a million reasons as to why this book is terrific. I couldn't care less. I'm talking about the fact that ADULTS list a book which is written in the style of a CHILDREN'S book as one of their favourite books. Morons. Every single last one of them.
There are a lot of popular books which suck, and maybe I will write another list eventually and pretend that I don't like one of your favourite books. Maybe if you click on a billion 'Google Ads' links, I'll write it but otherwise I don't care about what you want.
xoxo
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Comment by aimee
Except The Great Gatsby, you don't appreciate that wonderful book because you are a cold-hearted cad.
Comment by darkstar
Gatsby is wonderful.
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
That's perfect.
Comment by Pat
Books Are For Losers
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Comment by Kim L
Diving About
I hate Steinbeck - especially 'Of Mice and Men'. God, that book made me ill for days.
Novels should be about enjoyment and (here's a new concept) entertainment. Authors who waffle on in a tiresome attempt to fool people into believing they have access to greater wisdom, truths and understanding than the rest of us make me want to shout 'oh just bog off!!'
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Books Are For Losers
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Diving About
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Comment by Timothy Powell
subjective determinist
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