Zoë Sumra Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Recently read Noughts and Crosses and was very affected by it. Won't be going back to the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frey Filet Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 most boring/least enticing read- All of the Dune series, sans Dune itself. Speaker of the Dead, by Orson Scott Cardmost painful/emotionally traumatic read(s)- Robin Hobb's Farseer series. Poor, poor Fitz!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teng Ai Hui Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 A few years ago, I tried to read Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. After I finished the first chapter, I was too depressed about the actions of the country's forefathers to continue reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Man if you think Fitz had it bad don't read her Soldier Son books... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolverine Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Steinbeck makes this list twice for me for very different reasons. Grapes of Wrath I found almost intolerably boring in high school. Of Mice and Men I found incredibly sad and I think that fits the OP too. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell I could not even finish. It was so boring. I think I could see how some people like it, but it is not for me. Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles is some of the most difficult, as in challenging, stuff I have ever read, but it is really really good. EDIT: Matterhorn fits the really emotional but very good category as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolverine Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 *Masochistic I started reading Catch 22 didn't really like the way it was written and stopped. I struggled through Robin Hobbs Rain Wild chronicles mainly out of love for the previous trilogies, it just dragged and nothing really interesting seemed to happen, and all the characters were insufferable. But I'd say the main book that fits the bill for me is Wuthering Heights. I've tried two times to read it, and just can't get past the start, everyone tells me it's better once the bell end at the start sods off. I will finish it eventually but not yet. Catch 22 got very annoying for me because it seemed so much like the same thing over and over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakkon Blackblade Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Winter's Heart It was so painful that I have to throw the book away and never looked back at that series. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell I could not even finish. It was so boring. I think I could see how some people like it, but it is not for me. Also this. I'm glad I was not the only one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unJon Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Catch 22 got very annoying for me because it seemed so much like the same thing over and over. that's partially the point. Though I understand why someone would find it unenjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming Turkey Ultimate Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Catch-22. It was probably intentional but that book is so damn frustrating and annoying. Still glad I read it but it wasn't pleasurably for the most part. It's an intentionally fragmented, dissonant novel, but it's funny as hell. The humour alone should be able to get anyone through it. Edit: God damn, just realised how many people in this thread couldn't read/didn't understand Catch-22. I read it when I was 17 and loved it. Bunch of philistines here, I tells ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 It's an intentionally fragmented, dissonant novel, but it's funny as hell. The humour alone should be able to get anyone through it. Edit: God damn, just realised how many people in this thread couldn't read/didn't understand Catch-22. I read it when I was 17 and loved it. Bunch of philistines here, I tells ya. I totally saw what the author was trying to do but it still didn't stop me from thinking it was tedious and frustrating in places. It's down to personal sense of humour but I'm not a fan in general of sketches that are intentionally irritating and repetitive - even Python sometimes takes it too far for me. I guess the parts that were funny did indeed get me through the whole book. I agree that the Jonathan Strange book is a bit of a slog - especially with all those footnotes that kept dragging me out of the story. I actually look forward to the BBC adaptation as they should be able to cut through a lot of the extra details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procrastimancer Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I made several attempts to read China Mieville's The City and the City over the course of a few years, but was derailed each time by the sudden, inexplicable onset of an intense headache. Too literal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixFlame Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Painful in a bad way:- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. UGH. My teacher said my scarcely-veiled contempt for it in my paper made her laugh- David Copperfield. Dude, I don't care. Boring kid grows into a boring adult, blah. - The Darkness that Comes Before. It's probably an awesome book but I cannot get into it. Painful in a good way:- Firebringer. The last page makes me tear up just thinking about it. - Black Beauty. Cliche but I'm a horse lover.- Velveteen Rabbit. *cries like a bitch* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuem Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 All the post in general Solaf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First of My Name Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 All the post in general Solaf Haha yes :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfyre Rebellion #5 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Catch-22. It was probably intentional but that book is so damn frustrating and annoying. Still glad I read it but it wasn't pleasurably for the most part. Me too. I found that once I got to the end I was angry at the stuff in Rome. Good read on the horrors of war...... Paid to attack and defend the same city, priceless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfyre Rebellion #5 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 A few years ago, I tried to read Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. After I finished the first chapter, I was too depressed about the actions of the country's forefathers to continue reading. Good call, such a depressing book. Read it all and it took me a long time to get it out of my head. Sometimes I still think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckwheat Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 That reminds me actually: Soldier Son trilogy by Robin Hobb Yeah, that was a painful slog. Like pulling teeth getting myself to finish that last one. I only managed to read the first two ... so you recommend me to to bother buying the third one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen of Whores Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Malazan series, was emotionally draining. The conclusion to the Chain of Dogs storyline is the most depressing thing I've ever read. I remember reading it in school a couple of years ago and that I couldn't concentrate for the rest of the day because of how tragic and shocking and merciless it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Fitzpatrick Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Upon further reflection, A Clockwork Orange was pretty darn tough. First of all, I struggled to get a grip of the 'language', and secondly because of how dark the themes were. Bloody hell, I read that when I was 15 too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitestripe Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Of Mice and Men I found incredibly sad and I think that fits the OP too. Oh dear, yes! It was so sad. Powerful too, but sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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