<p>it doesn't have anything exciting in it. Censorship was much more extreme than it used to be. Seriously, how could anyone find Homer's Iliad exciting to read? Or anything from that time period? People were never really open with each other. Nor did they express the intense squealy feelings associated with the final culmination of romance. </p>
<p>well, I guess the Tang Dynasty Yingying's Story was an exception. But otherwise...</p>
<p>it doesn’t have anything exciting in it.</p>
<p>Subjective, but Homer’s Oddyssey is jam packed with adventure</p>
<p>Censorship was much more extreme than it used to be.</p>
<p>Read Catcher in the rye</p>
<p>Seriously, how could anyone find Homer’s Iliad exciting to read?</p>
<p>Many do</p>
<p>Or anything from that time period? People were never really open with each other. Nor did they express the intense squealy feelings associated with the final culmination of romance. </p>
<p>Read shakespeare.</p>
<p>Beowulf was good. Canterbury Tales is hardly censorship at its finest (though it ripped off The Decameron). The Divine Comedy isn’t too censored in its descriptions. Many myths (I like Celtic myths) are quite enjoyable. Greek plays and Roman poems (especially Ovid)… not much censorship to be found.</p>
<p>"Censorship was much more extreme than it used to be.</p>
<p>Read Catcher in the rye"</p>
<p>crap, i screwed up. i meant censorship was much more extreme than it is in the modern era</p>
<p>by modern literature, i actually mean anything 1500s on</p>
<p>and nothing feels intense. i want something intense, like the GTA IV storyline</p>
<p>The ramayana is kind of interesting if I remember, as is Gilgamesh, which deals with immortality.</p>
<p>The bible is kind of exiting. Especially The the two creation stories where it’s explained how God created us and everything else in his overflowing magnificence. God is so omniscient and powerful sometimes, or at least he pretends to be. When he’s not acting omniscient he’s often being erratic. No wonder his disciples stumble so much. But they try to please him! (and some even try to reason with him, like moses). I still try to please him! I love God!</p>
<p>I found Iliad very exciting to read. For one it deals with the dynamics of warfare and not some silly drawing room conversation among middle class housewives. The narrative isn’t simple and is surprisingly artful for a work that ancient.</p>