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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 2058 Views
I have a couple I really disliked Brian - 06/09/2009 05:28:38 AM 1438 Views
I agree. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 05:49:28 AM 1452 Views
Ohhhh quotefail! Brian - 06/09/2009 05:54:02 AM 1527 Views
I saw that. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 06:03:29 AM 1342 Views
You actually read Monkey Bridge? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:47:39 PM 1344 Views
Haha, I'm surprised anyone has heard of it here Brian - 06/09/2009 04:43:59 PM 1330 Views
Some examples Ellestra - 07/09/2009 08:25:37 PM 1266 Views
You think Battlefield Earth is bad, try reading his Mission Earth series. *NM* Brian - 08/09/2009 02:09:22 AM 724 Views
I read those in high school. I liked them. Stupid comic escapism. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 02:18:31 AM 772 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 1372 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 1486 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 1329 Views
No, thanks. I think all my masochism got spent on Terry Goodkind *NM* Ellestra - 08/09/2009 07:25:41 PM 750 Views
Political polemics, for one. Utopian novels, for another. Haggard - 06/09/2009 05:29:54 AM 1281 Views
People always recommend I read Ayn Rand Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:51:25 PM 1436 Views
I started The Fountainhead. It was pretty dreadful. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:44:31 PM 757 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 1419 Views
The Wanderer's Tale by David Bilsborough. Craig - 06/09/2009 06:24:49 AM 1416 Views
YES! Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:10:29 AM 1284 Views
Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 07:00:34 AM 1417 Views
Re: Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. Brian - 06/09/2009 07:05:51 AM 1375 Views
! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:50:42 PM 1366 Views
Re: ! Brian - 06/09/2009 07:22:43 PM 1249 Views
Well, I do plan on reading it. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 03:38:26 AM 1348 Views
In fantasy, Vellum and Ink were terrible Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:05 PM 1330 Views
Duly noted! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:51:22 PM 1327 Views
Oh plenty Geoff - 06/09/2009 09:37:23 AM 1385 Views
I hated Wuthering Heights more than Jane Eyre, but I hated Jane Eyre, too. *NM* Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:49 PM 806 Views
I was never forced to read Wuthering heights Geoff - 06/09/2009 03:44:59 PM 1441 Views
I disliked both as well... more than disliked. *NM* Jacob - 09/09/2009 08:59:37 PM 805 Views
Well... Jacob - 09/09/2009 09:01:18 PM 1339 Views
I like all books I have ever read. jh - 06/09/2009 12:09:51 PM 1425 Views
You hated The Brothers Karamazov? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:59:16 PM 1389 Views
Umm, yeah. jh - 06/09/2009 03:28:30 PM 1523 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 771 Views
Oh man, the prologue to the Wife of Bath was horrible. Brian - 06/09/2009 05:11:39 PM 1278 Views
The Canterbury Tales are not Old English. They are Middle English. Сталин - 06/09/2009 05:59:59 PM 1448 Views
Indeed, translating old english, and reading middle english are very very different Brian - 06/09/2009 07:11:13 PM 1355 Views
Edit: ignore this, what I had before was blatantly untrue *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:11:37 AM 783 Views
As I'm translating some ancient Greek right now, I call bullshit on that. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:45:46 PM 719 Views
EDIT: Last post was basically equally bullsh*t IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:17:01 AM 1333 Views
I was going to, but I felt I had already been pedantic enough. *NM* Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:34:04 AM 782 Views
Jane Eyre. Chas - 06/09/2009 05:13:27 PM 1385 Views
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel AgentOrange - 06/09/2009 05:58:39 PM 1366 Views
Must remember this. *NM* rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:53:08 PM 753 Views
What do you mean? *NM* AgentOrange - 07/09/2009 10:43:58 AM 789 Views
Re: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel Nolan - 06/09/2009 08:08:21 PM 1358 Views
well it was the best book in the series *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:37:27 PM 717 Views
Catcher in the Rye and Heart of Darkness, among the "classics." *NM* Master Radishes - 06/09/2009 08:15:12 PM 771 Views
Ooh! I second Catcher and the Rye. What a piece of garbage. everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:20:00 PM 1220 Views
I couldn't finish Heart of Darkness random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:39:00 PM 1390 Views
Vellum by Hal Duncan and The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:16:12 PM 1427 Views
Hm. Novo - 06/09/2009 11:20:40 PM 1335 Views
Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Vodalus - 06/09/2009 08:24:07 PM 1317 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 694 Views
I didn't mind Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog...I mean Man Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:40:14 AM 1314 Views
Shame on you. Those books are truly Great. Especially Portrait. Joker - 12/09/2009 10:52:40 PM 1351 Views
What? Handel - 06/09/2009 08:28:17 PM 1502 Views
My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Darth_Katie - 06/09/2009 09:40:24 PM 1334 Views
Re: My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Handel - 07/09/2009 12:27:44 AM 1368 Views
Wait...you're a guy? Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:44:27 AM 1352 Views
Indeed. Handel - 07/09/2009 03:01:59 AM 1350 Views
Stars in His Pocket Like Grains of Sand random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:41:16 PM 1547 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 1238 Views
War and Peace is pretty straightforward Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:43:25 AM 1372 Views
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. Danu - 07/09/2009 12:54:41 AM 1376 Views
Shame! Shaaaaame! *NM* Craig - 07/09/2009 03:06:55 AM 723 Views
Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:13:26 AM 1269 Views
I'm not sure. Danu - 20/09/2009 04:19:52 PM 1626 Views
It probably doesn't help but Craig - 20/09/2009 06:17:34 PM 1717 Views
Don't flame me for saying it.... Erith - 07/09/2009 04:49:40 AM 1430 Views
Nah. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 05:18:23 AM 1282 Views
For me it was the other way around. jh - 07/09/2009 07:38:35 AM 1289 Views
You know, I kind of feel that way, too. Erith - 08/09/2009 03:40:58 AM 1299 Views
One last one: Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 07:44:48 AM 766 Views
*NM* Novo - 07/09/2009 10:33:08 AM 746 Views
Awww man, I thought we got rid of you! *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 06:05:30 PM 700 Views
Have you ever seen the mini-series? Darth_Katie - 07/09/2009 05:42:45 PM 1377 Views
Never have I seen such good acting in such a dreadful movie/mini-series. Legolas - 07/09/2009 05:44:47 PM 1286 Views
I love really really bad TV movies sometimes....they make for lots of laughter Brian - 07/09/2009 06:06:38 PM 1240 Views
Actually, you might like it. As in, think it's good. Legolas - 07/09/2009 06:11:14 PM 1282 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 1229 Views
Yeah, you might like it then. Legolas - 07/09/2009 07:20:04 PM 1289 Views
A Confederacy of Dunces. nossy - 08/09/2009 06:13:59 AM 1366 Views
Crap. That's two people now. Chas - 09/09/2009 01:42:40 AM 1245 Views
Don't go by what I say. nossy - 09/09/2009 03:11:17 AM 1325 Views
Anyone with more than half a brain wouldn't. *NM* Brian - 09/09/2009 03:49:34 AM 774 Views
This sounds like a redshirt mission. *NM* Chas - 14/09/2009 01:12:17 AM 759 Views
Re: Hardy Cockatiel of Doom - 09/09/2009 02:42:39 AM 1197 Views
Aw. I liked Confederacy. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/09/2009 06:15:10 AM 742 Views
That probably makes sense for someone from the area though. nossy - 09/09/2009 08:02:23 PM 1376 Views
Oh, I forgot to mention Brave New World. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:26:29 AM 1215 Views
Wha? nossy - 08/09/2009 03:26:29 PM 1386 Views
Wha. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:43:12 PM 1209 Views
*stands and applauds * Here here *NM* M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:19:53 PM 783 Views
The Road andOld Man and the Sea bme - 08/09/2009 04:16:11 PM 1283 Views
Time to give up your man card. *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:53:56 PM 735 Views
The great Gatsby and Romeo and Juliett. M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:24:23 PM 1300 Views
Word! Geoff - 08/09/2009 08:41:27 PM 1444 Views
Hitchickers guide to the galaxy and The Good earth by Pearl S. Buck Murtach74 - 09/09/2009 01:07:01 AM 1337 Views
Ah, man. I love both those books. *NM* nossy - 09/09/2009 08:08:00 PM 780 Views
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