Absolutely not joking. Highly overrated.

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Mar 11, 2018
6:14:30pm

joelvandyne Starter

I won't argue it wasn't influential, because it clearly was, but the quality of the writing just isn't there.

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joelvandyne

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cvd6262

3/11/18 9:12am

To Kill a Mockingbird, and Catcher in the Rye.

Supercoug

3/11/18 9:14am

TKM is one of my favorite all time. But agree 100% with Catcher.

Jimo Dashen

3/11/18 9:16am

TKM one of the few I've read more than once. It is correctly rated.

WorfoSAUR

3/11/18 9:18am

I tried to start Catcher in the Rye a couple times.

El Careeb

3/11/18 9:22am

I agree on Catcher in the Rye

I Am The Walrus

3/11/18 10:19am

Did she wear a "butt twitcher" skirt like Holden Caufield's girl

Tsisquan

3/11/18 1:04pm

He’s definitely not the best namesake.

Capricious Cougar

3/12/18 3:05pm

Atlas Shrugged. That one was about 500 pages too long.

Jesse Pinkman

3/11/18 9:18am

I was conservative and lived in a conservative town and still hated it.

vagabonder

3/11/18 9:21am

Can you imagine being married to Ayn Rand? It'd be torture.

ClackamasCoug

3/11/18 9:40am

Isn’t she dead?

SJS

3/11/18 9:43am

Well there's that, and those residual checks...

ClackamasCoug

3/11/18 9:52am

RE: Well there's that, and those residual checks...

SJS

3/11/18 9:58am

RE: Well there's that, and those residual checks...

ClackamasCoug

3/11/18 2:32pm

It was.

Blue Print

3/11/18 10:24am

The "characters" in that book make me wonder if Ayn Rand had ever actually met any human beings

spinner

3/11/18 10:22am

However many pages it is, minus, like, 2, is how many pages too long it is.

Jay Rick

3/11/18 2:42pm

Such an awful novel. I liked the speech, but the book/story is awful.

shimmy

3/11/18 10:19pm

The Great Gatsby

BeefNoodleCoug

3/11/18 9:20am

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cvd6262

3/11/18 9:22am

I get why people say Gatsby is the greatest American novel

I Am The Walrus

3/11/18 10:22am

The writing is fantastic but the overall plot and characters are just ok.

IntelCougar

3/11/18 3:12pm

I like it, but it is far from my favorite. The symbolism is so completely overt

Adrielle

3/12/18 11:39am

I prefer Melville.

Archaea

3/12/18 12:53pm

+10000000000000000000000000

Bruton Guster

3/11/18 6:40pm

The characters are insufferable.

Archaea

3/12/18 12:54pm

The Hobbit

joelvandyne

3/11/18 9:21am

Lol. You must be joking. One of the best ever.

Orem58thBall

3/11/18 4:40pm

Absolutely not joking. Highly overrated.

joelvandyne

3/11/18 6:14pm

I have to agree. Even though I’m a LOTR fan.

StalwartBraveTrue

3/12/18 4:16pm

Anything Steinbeck.

vagabonder

3/11/18 9:22am

I guess I just met my downvote quota for the month.

vagabonder

3/11/18 10:59am

Don’t worry we can help you meet your annual quota too

JohnnyComeLately

3/11/18 4:47pm

Ender’s Game

SJS

3/11/18 9:23am

The Good Soldier

Gustav

3/11/18 9:25am

Dianetics

bruincoug

3/11/18 9:27am

RE: Dianetics

SJS

3/11/18 9:40am

Catcher in the Rye, Mango Street,

valleus

3/11/18 9:29am

The Miracle of Forgiveness

CDV

3/11/18 9:39am

You're kidding right?

Sooner Cougar

3/11/18 9:48am

It was banned reading on my mission.

joelvandyne

3/11/18 10:22am

recommended in mine

runnincoug

3/11/18 10:33am

Mine too.

Orem58thBall

3/11/18 4:46pm

Probably not for the reason you think

cougarnerd

3/11/18 10:33am

Banned in my mission too.

ditch

3/11/18 4:35pm

RE: The Miracle of Forgiveness

85fan

3/11/18 2:02pm

This book was amazing and helped me during a dark time.

IronPotato

3/11/18 5:43pm

It's a miracle if you're forgiven

AxelDC

3/11/18 7:34pm

What do you mean?

crazY

3/11/18 7:49pm

That's a lot of praise without any explanation. Care to expound?

Ash

3/12/18 8:28pm

CDV

3/12/18 8:44pm

Wuthering Heights— serously bad.

PJMort

3/11/18 9:41am

I hated that one so much

buffgato

3/11/18 9:56am

Yes Yes Yes

BigBlue04

3/11/18 11:33am

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cvd6262

3/11/18 11:44am

Amen

BYUfan92

3/11/18 1:26pm

Not a Bronte fan

AxelDC

3/11/18 7:35pm

Don Quixote.

Sooner Cougar

3/11/18 9:48am

Harry Potter

Busiturtle

3/11/18 9:58am

Only explanation: he hasn’t actually read them.

Kid_A

3/11/18 1:42pm

I don't hate HP. But it doesn't merit more than a meh.

panguitch

3/11/18 2:56pm

The Good Earth or Of Mice and Men

RexIdaCoug

3/11/18 10:18am

Loved Of mice and men. Really good story.

Delicate Genius

3/11/18 12:48pm

I hated the way that book ended.

RexIdaCoug

3/11/18 1:26pm

Definitely a difficult ending.

Delicate Genius

3/11/18 1:51pm

I loved both of them when I read them 30 years ago.

Belboz

3/11/18 3:13pm

I love threads that encourage people to out themselves as having terrible

supertux

3/11/18 10:23am

Ya these threads turn into dumpster fires real quick

Jezza

3/11/18 10:44am

There are a lot of good books people have mentioned here....

CoachSpeak

3/11/18 10:50am

I love Cormac McCarthy but I hated the Road. Couldn't finish it.

Dillinger

3/11/18 10:54am

I finished it but didn't understand the hype. It was just ok. Haven't tried any

IceCreamButt

3/11/18 11:04am

Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, No Country For Old Men, and Child of God

Dillinger

3/11/18 11:06am

I've read every Cormac book and worship at his altar. The Road is totally different but I love it.

shimmy

3/11/18 10:46pm

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cvd6262

3/11/18 11:46am

I get so annoyed by his lack of punctuation

Turd Ferguson

3/11/18 3:15pm

Man. I loved The Road.

RSL

3/11/18 8:33pm

Me too. Sucked me in immediately. Loved it all the way through.

Jay Rick

3/12/18 12:06am

I thought it was the best book I had read in 5 years or more. A lot of people

jkccoug

3/11/18 11:13pm

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UberDeek

3/11/18 10:58am

Frankenstein 100%

Dissenter

3/11/18 1:08pm

Yeah.... Don't read one of the most influential novels in Literature

Adrielle

3/11/18 1:43pm

RE: Yeah.... Don't read one of the most influential novels in Literature

85fan

3/11/18 2:03pm

lol...why would I care about influence? I hated the book start to finish

Dissenter

3/11/18 6:22pm

Again, when did you read it? I read it for the first time as an adult in college.

Adrielle

3/12/18 11:50am

It's surprisingly (to people who think Halloween) rich

jkccoug

3/11/18 11:14pm

Anything James Joyce.

panguitch

3/11/18 2:56pm

All the light we cannot see. Zzzz

doups3

3/11/18 3:00pm

Yeah, that wasn't that good.

Turd Ferguson

3/11/18 3:14pm

Les Miserables. I want to like it and I’ve started it 3-4 times but never get past the first 130 pages or so.

sgriff

3/11/18 6:42pm

This thread does not speak well of CB. One of the most disheartening.

Coug Eastwood

3/11/18 8:19pm

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cvd6262

3/11/18 9:08pm

You're just covering, because you started this thread!

Coug Eastwood

3/11/18 9:22pm

I can't fathom hating some of the books in this thread.

shimmy

3/11/18 10:21pm

Being a “great” work doesn’t mean it

Archaea

3/12/18 5:55am

Oh, gee, thanks for the lesson. I hate Gatsby, I just can't comprehend hating Of Mice and Men or Catcher in the Rye.

shimmy

3/12/18 9:40am

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cvd6262

3/12/18 9:59am

I love all three of those books....

CoachSpeak

3/12/18 10:53am

I appreciate all three for what they are, but I wouldn't read any of those

Archaea

3/12/18 12:52pm

Because people have differing opinions on books?

AxelDC

3/12/18 7:10am

Ready Player One, The Martian, White Noise

joelvandyne

3/12/18 8:57am

Loved ready, player, one but I was in the mood for a lighter read.

doups3

3/12/18 3:30pm

well of course you didn't like White Noise

Turd Ferguson

3/12/18 4:02pm

The Giver

StalwartBraveTrue

3/12/18 4:18pm

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