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  1. Athlai JJD Heads

    God I hate the Simarillion.
     
    Athlai, Nov 4, 2014
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  2. 99* JJ Ritchie

    World of Ice and Fire.
     
    99*, Nov 4, 2014
    #1242

  3. Chewie JA Chewie

    I found it incredibly difficult to read and stopped really early on
     
    Chewie, Nov 4, 2014
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  4. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    Silmarillion was in my primary school library, tried to read it as a 10 year old.


    Didn't touch another book outside of required school reading until last year.
     
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    Sultan Pepper, Nov 4, 2014
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  5. SmellyStuff MP Chung

    Doctor Zhivago, and Great Expectations had the same effect on me, except they were both required reading for school. Never actually finished either of them and just relied entirely on Spark Notes to get me through lol.
     
    SmellyStuff, Nov 4, 2014
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  6. Starris ER Starris

    I have it to. No more than a preliminary look so far though.
     
    Starris, Nov 5, 2014
    #1246

  7. Storer BA Storer

    Dexter series. Half way through the first book.
     
    Storer, Nov 5, 2014
    #1247

  8. Athlai JJD Heads

    Those books are infinitely more readable than The Simarillion. I'd take pretty much any Russion tome over this bloody piece of crap any day of the week.

    Wordy, namey, boring.
     
    Athlai, Nov 5, 2014
    #1248

  9. HeathDavisSpeed HT Davis

    Only slightly more annoying than the Lord of the Rings pap. Most annoying writing other than history books by Simon Schama.
     
    HeathDavisSpeed, Nov 5, 2014
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  10. Captain SSD Dong

    School kinda ruined reading for me. There were a few that I found enjoyable like Flowers for Algernon and To Kill a Mockingbird but there was far too much tedious stuff like Siddhartha and a few other plays.

    More than the content though it was that you couldn't really enjoy the book but had to constantly analyze it and look for literary features and relate them to other texts (that sometimes weren't there and you just made up). Just not my thing.
     
    Captain, Nov 5, 2014
    #1250

  11. Athlai JJD Heads

    Yeah LOTR is a pretty shit book but it has its moments and I appreciate the scope, it doesn't entirely exceed its bounds.

    The Hobbit is still by far the best thing hes ever written.
     
    Athlai, Nov 5, 2014
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  12. HeathDavisSpeed HT Davis

    It's a long time since I studied English Literature at School, but I think we studied David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, Of Mice and Men, MacBeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream and a wonderful book of short stories (the highlights of which were the Signalman by Dickens and the Country of the Blind by HG Wells)

    It's fair to say that I wasn't much of fan of any of them, though Of Mice and Men was a decent enough read and the short stories were pretty good, especially the two I mentioned.
     
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    HeathDavisSpeed, Nov 5, 2014
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  13. Hurricane JD Hurricane

    unless I am getting badly confused I don't know why anyone would read it when it was written by his son.

    I had the sense to give it a miss as a 13 year old even though I had read all the other books.
     
    Hurricane, Nov 5, 2014
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  14. stupersteve03 SJ Cambridge

    t's quite clearly a reference book and nothing more. Why any sane person would read it thinking it might be anything else is beyond me.
     
    stupersteve03, Nov 5, 2014
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  15. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    'Keep aloof from women during their menstrual periods and do not approach them until they are clean again; when they are clean, have intercourse with them....'

    This Quran has some sound advice
     
    Sultan Pepper, Nov 16, 2014
    #1255

  16. Ged GEC King

    Haha. Truer words never spoken.
     
    Ged, Nov 17, 2014
    #1256

  17. Reagan Wheelson RDP Wheelson

    oh my gosh rape culture
     
    Reagan Wheelson, Nov 17, 2014
    #1257

  18. SmellyStuff MP Chung

    Just finished A Bridge Too Far; obviously we have the benefit of hindsight but I can't believe the Allied command thought Operation Market-Garden was ever going to be a success.
     
    SmellyStuff, Dec 1, 2014
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  19. Magrat Garlick M Garlick

    they were high on Overlord, weren't they?

    Plus, sending men to senseless slaughter in the low countries is a proud British tradition
     
    Magrat Garlick, Dec 1, 2014
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  20. Toolman TR Man

    2nd book of malazan was just as shit, made it 45% through on the kindle before finally giving up. Can't believe I wasted that much time on it.

    Currently still trying to trudge through the Sword of Truth series, on the 6th book now. It's alright, good at times but nothing great. Wheel of Time series was way better.
     
    Toolman, Dec 1, 2014
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