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You hated The Brothers Karamazov? Сталин Send a noteboard - 06/09/2009 02:59:16 PM
That's one of my all-time favorite books. Of course it's slow; Dostoevsky is always slow. However, I suggest reading it again. No, scratch that. Read The Legend of the Grand Inquisitor again. It's Dostoevsky's crowning achievement in denouncing Russian communists, and very prophetic. Then go read the story right before that about the peasant boy torn apart by dogs. If you like that, go back and read the book because it has gems of ideas buried in a narrative that is on its face somewhat trivial.

Regarding Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, I know it has become standard fare in the realm of hyperbole to say "one dimensional characters," but technically his characters (or anyone else's) are "two dimensional" if you are trying to put them down. ;)
You can also write that as "Stalin" *MySmiley*
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So...what books DON'T you like? Сталин - 06/09/2009 04:57:28 AM 2109 Views
I have a couple I really disliked Brian - 06/09/2009 05:28:38 AM 1488 Views
I agree. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 05:49:28 AM 1504 Views
Ohhhh quotefail! Brian - 06/09/2009 05:54:02 AM 1570 Views
I saw that. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 06:03:29 AM 1388 Views
You actually read Monkey Bridge? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:47:39 PM 1395 Views
Haha, I'm surprised anyone has heard of it here Brian - 06/09/2009 04:43:59 PM 1362 Views
Some examples Ellestra - 07/09/2009 08:25:37 PM 1307 Views
You think Battlefield Earth is bad, try reading his Mission Earth series. *NM* Brian - 08/09/2009 02:09:22 AM 751 Views
I read those in high school. I liked them. Stupid comic escapism. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 02:18:31 AM 801 Views
I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 Brian - 08/09/2009 02:47:12 AM 1416 Views
Re: I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 04:18:07 PM 1543 Views
Re: I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 Brian - 08/09/2009 06:26:00 PM 1378 Views
No, thanks. I think all my masochism got spent on Terry Goodkind *NM* Ellestra - 08/09/2009 07:25:41 PM 778 Views
Political polemics, for one. Utopian novels, for another. Haggard - 06/09/2009 05:29:54 AM 1338 Views
People always recommend I read Ayn Rand Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:51:25 PM 1486 Views
I started The Fountainhead. It was pretty dreadful. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:44:31 PM 784 Views
I don't have enough hours in the day to detail this or something even worse Larry - 06/09/2009 05:45:35 AM 1468 Views
The Wanderer's Tale by David Bilsborough. Craig - 06/09/2009 06:24:49 AM 1478 Views
YES! Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:10:29 AM 1323 Views
Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 07:00:34 AM 1465 Views
Re: Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. Brian - 06/09/2009 07:05:51 AM 1423 Views
! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:50:42 PM 1406 Views
Re: ! Brian - 06/09/2009 07:22:43 PM 1293 Views
Well, I do plan on reading it. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 03:38:26 AM 1402 Views
In fantasy, Vellum and Ink were terrible Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:05 PM 1373 Views
Duly noted! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:51:22 PM 1375 Views
Oh plenty Geoff - 06/09/2009 09:37:23 AM 1430 Views
I hated Wuthering Heights more than Jane Eyre, but I hated Jane Eyre, too. *NM* Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:49 PM 837 Views
I was never forced to read Wuthering heights Geoff - 06/09/2009 03:44:59 PM 1503 Views
I disliked both as well... more than disliked. *NM* Jacob - 09/09/2009 08:59:37 PM 832 Views
Well... Jacob - 09/09/2009 09:01:18 PM 1387 Views
I like all books I have ever read. jh - 06/09/2009 12:09:51 PM 1472 Views
You hated The Brothers Karamazov? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:59:16 PM 1440 Views
Umm, yeah. jh - 06/09/2009 03:28:30 PM 1579 Views
Canterbury Tales by Chaucer. In Ye Olde English, it's harder to translate than ancient Greek. *NM* IndigoAjah - 06/09/2009 05:07:49 PM 797 Views
Oh man, the prologue to the Wife of Bath was horrible. Brian - 06/09/2009 05:11:39 PM 1328 Views
The Canterbury Tales are not Old English. They are Middle English. Сталин - 06/09/2009 05:59:59 PM 1502 Views
Indeed, translating old english, and reading middle english are very very different Brian - 06/09/2009 07:11:13 PM 1397 Views
Edit: ignore this, what I had before was blatantly untrue *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:11:37 AM 813 Views
As I'm translating some ancient Greek right now, I call bullshit on that. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:45:46 PM 743 Views
EDIT: Last post was basically equally bullsh*t IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:17:01 AM 1379 Views
I was going to, but I felt I had already been pedantic enough. *NM* Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:34:04 AM 813 Views
Jane Eyre. Chas - 06/09/2009 05:13:27 PM 1443 Views
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel AgentOrange - 06/09/2009 05:58:39 PM 1423 Views
Must remember this. *NM* rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:53:08 PM 781 Views
What do you mean? *NM* AgentOrange - 07/09/2009 10:43:58 AM 818 Views
Re: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel Nolan - 06/09/2009 08:08:21 PM 1409 Views
well it was the best book in the series *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:37:27 PM 748 Views
Catcher in the Rye and Heart of Darkness, among the "classics." *NM* Master Radishes - 06/09/2009 08:15:12 PM 806 Views
Ooh! I second Catcher and the Rye. What a piece of garbage. everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:20:00 PM 1262 Views
I couldn't finish Heart of Darkness random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:39:00 PM 1438 Views
Vellum by Hal Duncan and The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:16:12 PM 1491 Views
Hm. Novo - 06/09/2009 11:20:40 PM 1385 Views
Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Vodalus - 06/09/2009 08:24:07 PM 1374 Views
I liked a Portrait of the Artist, personally, though the (lack of real) punctuation grated *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:18:50 AM 725 Views
I didn't mind Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog...I mean Man Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:40:14 AM 1354 Views
Shame on you. Those books are truly Great. Especially Portrait. Joker - 12/09/2009 10:52:40 PM 1391 Views
What? Handel - 06/09/2009 08:28:17 PM 1544 Views
My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Darth_Katie - 06/09/2009 09:40:24 PM 1386 Views
Re: My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Handel - 07/09/2009 12:27:44 AM 1420 Views
Wait...you're a guy? Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:44:27 AM 1392 Views
Indeed. Handel - 07/09/2009 03:01:59 AM 1398 Views
Stars in His Pocket Like Grains of Sand random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:41:16 PM 1581 Views
Oh, and maybe it was lost on me, but I never got much joy out of War and Peace IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:22:48 AM 1279 Views
War and Peace is pretty straightforward Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:43:25 AM 1412 Views
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. Danu - 07/09/2009 12:54:41 AM 1412 Views
Shame! Shaaaaame! *NM* Craig - 07/09/2009 03:06:55 AM 751 Views
Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:13:26 AM 1317 Views
I'm not sure. Danu - 20/09/2009 04:19:52 PM 1679 Views
It probably doesn't help but Craig - 20/09/2009 06:17:34 PM 1756 Views
Don't flame me for saying it.... Erith - 07/09/2009 04:49:40 AM 1474 Views
Nah. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 05:18:23 AM 1340 Views
For me it was the other way around. jh - 07/09/2009 07:38:35 AM 1333 Views
You know, I kind of feel that way, too. Erith - 08/09/2009 03:40:58 AM 1344 Views
One last one: Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 07:44:48 AM 791 Views
*NM* Novo - 07/09/2009 10:33:08 AM 780 Views
Awww man, I thought we got rid of you! *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 06:05:30 PM 726 Views
Have you ever seen the mini-series? Darth_Katie - 07/09/2009 05:42:45 PM 1419 Views
Never have I seen such good acting in such a dreadful movie/mini-series. Legolas - 07/09/2009 05:44:47 PM 1327 Views
I love really really bad TV movies sometimes....they make for lots of laughter Brian - 07/09/2009 06:06:38 PM 1281 Views
Actually, you might like it. As in, think it's good. Legolas - 07/09/2009 06:11:14 PM 1328 Views
I had a couple of issues with the book that I could easily see being removed from the movie Brian - 07/09/2009 07:01:40 PM 1290 Views
Yeah, you might like it then. Legolas - 07/09/2009 07:20:04 PM 1353 Views
A Confederacy of Dunces. nossy - 08/09/2009 06:13:59 AM 1409 Views
Crap. That's two people now. Chas - 09/09/2009 01:42:40 AM 1302 Views
Don't go by what I say. nossy - 09/09/2009 03:11:17 AM 1374 Views
Anyone with more than half a brain wouldn't. *NM* Brian - 09/09/2009 03:49:34 AM 816 Views
This sounds like a redshirt mission. *NM* Chas - 14/09/2009 01:12:17 AM 794 Views
Re: Hardy Cockatiel of Doom - 09/09/2009 02:42:39 AM 1249 Views
Aw. I liked Confederacy. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/09/2009 06:15:10 AM 770 Views
That probably makes sense for someone from the area though. nossy - 09/09/2009 08:02:23 PM 1414 Views
Oh, I forgot to mention Brave New World. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:26:29 AM 1272 Views
Wha? nossy - 08/09/2009 03:26:29 PM 1439 Views
Wha. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:43:12 PM 1256 Views
*stands and applauds * Here here *NM* M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:19:53 PM 815 Views
The Road andOld Man and the Sea bme - 08/09/2009 04:16:11 PM 1327 Views
Time to give up your man card. *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:53:56 PM 762 Views
The great Gatsby and Romeo and Juliett. M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:24:23 PM 1344 Views
Word! Geoff - 08/09/2009 08:41:27 PM 1509 Views
Hitchickers guide to the galaxy and The Good earth by Pearl S. Buck Murtach74 - 09/09/2009 01:07:01 AM 1389 Views
Ah, man. I love both those books. *NM* nossy - 09/09/2009 08:08:00 PM 805 Views
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