Simviation Forum - Worst book you ever read?

Jul 25^th, 2003 at 9:25pm

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Whats the worst book you ever read? Any kind any subject. Mine was a book I had to read for school a few years back called One Fat Summer. It was about a fat kid who spent his summer mowing and taking care of this old guys lawn. Whats yours?

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Reply #1 - Jul 25^th, 2003 at 9:29pm

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LOL...Grapes Of Wrath anyone? lol... I had to read it for college english II...but actually the worst one that I read has to be last of the mohicans because it is so freadfully boring...

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Reply #2 - Jul 25^th, 2003 at 10:11pm

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Hamlet, original shakespeare version.

One Fat Summer was also read at our school. BOOOORING.

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Reply #3 - Jul 25^th, 2003 at 11:03pm

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If a book doesn't capture my interest within the first few chapters I won't read any further. There have been plenty of these, but I can't think of any specific titles at the moment.

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Reply #4 - Jul 26^th, 2003 at 4:07am

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Steinbech, something about these mexican pearl divers. Of Mice and Men was OK, but that other one was absolutely dire.

Now I'm nolonger at school I get to choose what I read and I know what I like.

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Reply #5 - Jul 26^th, 2003 at 5:40am

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Hmm there are a lot on this list for me. At uni. we had to read a lot of things I didn't like.
I'd say almost any book that has won the Nobel Prize For Literature is on my list especially One Hundred Years of Solitude. That bored me to the point of entering a coma!

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Reply #6 - Jul 26^th, 2003 at 6:01am

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I'm agreeing with Grapes of Wrath... Roll Eyes

...no doubt it's a classic, but it's so evil the way everything goes wrong and everyone dies! Embarrassed

Oh, yeah, I've read The Pearl too...another sad one... Roll Eyes

The worst thing is my Englsh teacher thinks I'm doing an RPR on Grapes of Wrath. I'm doing Piece of Cake whether she likes it or not! Tongue

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Reply #7 - Jul 26^th, 2003 at 7:58am

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Good for you Craig, its a much better book Wink

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Reply #8 - Jul 26^th, 2003 at 8:28am

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My worst book must be General Physics by ? I had it for my homework 40yrs ago, have still got it, and have still not read it because it is still double dutch to me.
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Reply #9 - Jul 26^th, 2003 at 2:00pm

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.....so I loaded up the plane and moved to Middle-EEEE..........OIL..that is......

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Reply #10 - Jul 26^th, 2003 at 2:47pm

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Moby Dick - how did this boring piece of rubbish ever become a "classic"?

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Reply #11 - Jul 26^th, 2003 at 5:16pm

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I read Treasure Island a few years ago...booooring! Roll Eyes

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Reply #12 - Jul 26^th, 2003 at 5:28pm

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Reply #13 - Jul 27^th, 2003 at 6:12am

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I tend to find the 'classic' books the most boring. I really don't like Macbeth (which we are doing in english now). How can a person who writes in such a way that no-one can decipher what is going on be called a genius. Shakespeare is weird.

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Reply #14 - Jul 27^th, 2003 at 7:37am

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That is how they spoke 400 years ago Poly.
Personally I rather like The Bard, but then I'm an English teacher Grin

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Reply #15 - Jul 28^th, 2003 at 6:24am

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That book touched me is several ways. If I havent known better that book changed my life. Cry

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The following books I really did not enjoy reading

Two Solitudes

Its about 590 pages long, the author should have ended it around page 300. I think when the author starts wrting about his own life in a fictional book, hes running out of material

Heart of Darkness

This book was based on Joseph Conrads experience in the Congo. The book is full of symbols and a bunch of other jargon. Then it started to deal with the destruction of the human mind. A small thing I learnt from the book, is that we must perservere to fight the things that can destroy us. It was worded properly when I was taking notes, but you get the point. The movie version was called Apocalypse Now

The Wars

I had to read it for school, but I didn't. The first chapter was just too boring. I was more worried with Calculus and Geometry. Not reaading it cost me on the final exam, but I passed. Roll Eyes

As an extra, I hated Dr. Killgore from Rainbow 6.

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Reply #16 - Jul 28^th, 2003 at 7:13am

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Ozzy,

I just don't see it as particularly relevant to any type of University Course i am going to start next year. But I have learnt to accept the fact that there are somethings i just have to do.

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Reply #17 - Jul 28^th, 2003 at 8:00am

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I know what you mean Poly, a lot of the stuff I was forced to learn at school has since proved be to be slightly less useful than a chocolate teapot!

Ozzy 8)

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Reply #18 - Jul 28^th, 2003 at 8:32am

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I had forgotten about Heart of Darkness. I read it after I heard the Apocalypse Now story. Moby Dick had a story, even if it was fully predictable after page 1. Heart of Darkness never made any sense at all.

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Reply #19 - Jul 29^th, 2003 at 3:42pm

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Actually there is a film of heart of darkness but it was called heart of darkness.

Apocalypse Now is just based on the same ideas and still a very good film.

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Reply #20 - Jul 29^th, 2003 at 4:28pm

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I remember somebody here recently getting into reading the classics and didn't stop talking about it for about 2 weeks.......
I can't remember his name. ???

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