<p>As Mark Twain once said, “Any library is a good library as long as it doesn’t contain any volumes of Jane Austen’s work.” (or something to that effect). Needless to say, Twain wansn’t a fan of P&P</p>
<p>I feel like there would be a lot less killings and prejudice if the Bible didn’t exist.</p>
<p>that’s true. It has fueled our anti-Chances prejudice</p>
<p>also Mary Shelley’s FRANKENSTEIN it is a terribly written book</p>
<p>A Tale of Two Cities:
This may be possible the worst, pain-staking, most worthless book I have ever read. The beginning was stupid, the ending was ridiculous, and most of the main characters were empty headed twits. </p>
<p>Crime and Punishment:
Most likely could’ve have been a great book, if it wasn’t for the obnoxious protagonist and the never ending monologue. Not nearly as great as most would lead you to believe.</p>
<p>The Scarlet Letter:
I can only agree with everyone on this. It was bascially old timey baby mama drama with horrifically unlikeable characters. This might be the only time EVERYONE in my grade agreed that they hated a book.</p>
<p>Shakespeare. i don’t know why everyone loves him so much. i couldn’t even get past act I of hamlet, it was so awful. i do like some of his poetry [i.e. sonnets], though.</p>
<p>Brave New World. it was far less realistic & well-written for me than was 1984. LOVE 1984 <3</p>
<p>Harry Potter. seriously. the movies are fun-ish but the writing is horrible.</p>
<p>/\ /\i liked frankenstein, though.</p>
<p>But Shakespeare is such a pervert! :D</p>
<p>(but that’s the only fact about him that I like. I feel like I’d like him more if his writing style would be dumbed down so I could understand all his metaphors and sophisticated words)</p>
<p>“The Old Man and the Sea was so boring.”</p>
<p>Sorry, One of the best books ever written.</p>
<p>im a big classics fan but Wuthering Heights was beyond dreadful. I thought Dracula was pretty bad too.</p>
<p>My vote definitely goes to Heart of Darkness. I don’t know if it’s because English wasn’t Conrad’s first language, but I can’t stand his writing. There are way too many random, unnecessary tangents.</p>
<p>and I forgot to add Beowulf, even though that’s not technically a book. I hated it still</p>
<p>Wow, there are lots of books mentioned here that I love. A Farewell to Arms, The Road, The Great Gatsby…</p>
<p>I abhorred To the Lighthouse. I also didn’t like The Scarlet Letter one bit, but I find that I can incorporate it into practically EVERY AP Lit free response prompt.</p>
<p>Awww… I love most of the books listed here.
Even Pride and Prejudice. XD</p>
<p>I hated Age of Innocence, though.</p>
<p>I guess I should mention I read The Scarlett Letter outside of school, the summer when I was 13, not when we first read it in school two and a half years later. Maybe if it had been forced on me I’d hate it like you guys, but as I encountered it, it’s one of my very favorite books. I adore Dimmesdale.</p>
<p>Any book where it seems the author intentionally made the book hard to understand. </p>
<p>IE. The Scarlet Letter and Fahrenheit 451.</p>
<p>That is SO true when it comes to Fahrenheit 451. I had to read that the summer before 7th grade. -_-</p>
<p>What was so bad (hard to understand) about Fahrenheit 451? (Excluding the allusions)</p>
<p>I don’t remember. It’s been 6 years since I read it. I do remember finishing the book and being really confused.</p>
<p>At this point in my life I was VERY much a math/science person who couldn’t understand important books at all. I blame my incessant reading of Hank the Cowdog.</p>
<p>Pride and Prejudice was AWFUL.
I had to read Farenheit the summer before 7th too and it was way too complex for me at that time. I couldn’t figure out what the electrical hound was until the very end of the book.</p>
<p>I dislike people that use an arbitrary number of carets to indicate the post above them.</p>