
04-20-2010, 09:52 PM
I really enjoyed Eragon, Fahrenheit 451, The Crucible, and The Great Gatsby! I think there was a few others I saw mentioned that I liked a lot, but I've already forgotten. But to each their own, no? Mark Twain is hit-or-miss for me, I think. I did not like Huckleberry Finn (though I did appriciate it) and I loved A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. I think I'll give a few more of his books a shot.
As for my least favorite book. Well. I respect Ernest Hemingway. Really, I do. I think he's a grand writer in his own way, and he is such a powerful icon in the literary world. But I cannot STAND his books. I didn't like Old Man and the Sea one bit. But a thousand times worse than that (in my opinion) was The Sun Also Rises. I broke down crying THREE TIMES reading that book, because I hated it SO MUCH, but had to finish it for school. 200+ pages of characters I despised drinking and feeling sorry for themselves. In a boring writing style. There was a small amount of plot in the last ten pages. Not enough to redeem that book at all. I went downstairs shouting with glee when I finished.
Death of a Darklord by Laurell K. Hamilton was awful as well. Years later, I regret the $7 I spent on it. I won't ever read another one of her books, no matter how much I hear 'Anita Blake this, Merry Gentry books that,' because that book was so terrible. I know it's completely unfair to judge an author by one book, but I refuse to waste my time like that again.
Last edited by Iltu; 04-20-2010 at 11:44 PM..
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