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post your unpopular literature opinions?

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MrShannon385 · 26/10/2023 00:28

Curly was the best character in mice an men

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Woadicea · 26/10/2023 06:55

Dickens is overrated

Tadpolle · 26/10/2023 07:03

I cannot get through Wolf Hall- not the book or even the tv series.

The Hobbit is shit and boring.

NoraLuka · 26/10/2023 07:05

Wuthering Heights is horrible and claustrophobic, all those people with the same names who never go anywhere and just moon about at home. Ugh.

Shraree · 26/10/2023 07:06

Jonathan Franzen is massively overrated. He is where he is mostly because he's a bloke, has unreserved self confidence, literature journalists think he's cool and wears trendy glasses.
His books? Meh.

Shraree · 26/10/2023 07:08

And while I'm at it, Robert Harris can't write a female character for shit. (Although I do generally like his books).

MariaVT65 · 26/10/2023 07:08

Shakespeare is boring overdramatic bullshit and shouldn’t have so much emphasis at school. It would be more useful to focus on modern literature.

(I did like a midsummer night’s dream in year 6 though)

MissLucyEyelesbarrow · 26/10/2023 07:09

NoraLuka · 26/10/2023 07:05

Wuthering Heights is horrible and claustrophobic, all those people with the same names who never go anywhere and just moon about at home. Ugh.

Seconded.

AngryBirdsNoMore · 26/10/2023 07:09

Woadicea · 26/10/2023 06:55

Dickens is overrated

Dickens is borderline unreadable.

GCAcademic · 26/10/2023 07:11

Woadicea · 26/10/2023 06:55

Dickens is overrated

You beat me to it. A very limited, two-dimensional writer.

Phleghm · 26/10/2023 07:11

Robert Galbraith books are dull and are getting more difficult to read.

mdinbc · 26/10/2023 07:14

I did not think The Great Gatsby was very great.

Beninthesortingoffice · 26/10/2023 07:18

The only time I have come across Jonathan Franzen is in Jennifer Weiner's writing. I'm not quite sure what point this makes ...

Beninthesortingoffice · 26/10/2023 07:18

I do love Jennifer Weiner's books, however!

WandaWonder · 26/10/2023 07:19

Jane Austen has issues

Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 26/10/2023 07:20

Jane Austen is as snobby as Mrs Bennet.

MikeRafone · 26/10/2023 07:20

I really enjoyed all the Enid Blyton books and read many of secret seven, Mallory Towers etc

dicedicebaby · 26/10/2023 07:23

MikeRafone · 26/10/2023 07:20

I really enjoyed all the Enid Blyton books and read many of secret seven, Mallory Towers etc

I don't think that's an unpopular opinion, most people loved them 😂

NoraLuka · 26/10/2023 07:24

MikeRafone · 26/10/2023 07:20

I really enjoyed all the Enid Blyton books and read many of secret seven, Mallory Towers etc

I still have some Enid Blyton books from when I was a kid and sometimes read one if I’m tired and miserable, they are like the book version of a teddy 😳

Exasperatednow · 26/10/2023 07:32

Jane Eyre is chick lit for the victorisn era.

Brefugee · 26/10/2023 07:33

The Alchemist was the biggest pile of foetid dingo's kidneys in the entirety of the written word. End Of.😂

BarbaraofSeville · 26/10/2023 07:35

I tried Little Women and didn't like it at all.

moonlight1705 · 26/10/2023 07:35

Dan Brown writes a rippingly good yarn.

DiDonk · 26/10/2023 07:39

Shraree · 26/10/2023 07:06

Jonathan Franzen is massively overrated. He is where he is mostly because he's a bloke, has unreserved self confidence, literature journalists think he's cool and wears trendy glasses.
His books? Meh.

Ah so my unpopular opinion isn't unpopular after all!

Tadpolle · 26/10/2023 07:42

I love all of Jonathan Franzen's novels.

Woadicea · 26/10/2023 07:51

Agreed!

Same with Catcher in the Rye. Massively hyped, to near mythical status and they're both just...OK.