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Old 12-01-2004, 09:00 AM
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Inspired by the differing opinions on "Catcher in the Rye" in the "Greatest Books" thread.

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

Hated it. If even one character behaved for a moment with a shred of human decency, the plot would have fallen apart. Dreadful.
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Main Street by Sinclair Lewis - Elmer Gantry is a much better book by the author.

Youth in Revolt by C.D. Payne - What Maine-iac said.

Beowulf - 'nuff said
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HARRY POTTER... ALL OF THEM. NO PIRATES! WHAT THE SHIZZ?!!!
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Beowulf is no better or worse than any other story 1500 or more years old. It just has the noteriety of being the worst story written in English.
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Oh, and anything written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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No one has nominated The DaVinci Code????
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Oh, and anything written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
As long as we're also adding authors, I personally can't get into Tom Clancy. His excruciating detail is tiresome. Perhaps the same reason why I didn't like Moby Dick either.
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Oh, and anything written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
As long as we're also adding authors, I personally can't get into Tom Clancy. His excruciating detail is tiresome. Perhaps the same reason why I didn't like Moby Dick either.
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Charles Dickens drives me crazy.

I never read any of his work that was assigned in school...just couldn't do it.

Every paragraph is the same sentence with the order of words changed around.
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