<p>I second that. First half of Heart of Darkness might give Bronte a run for her money, though</p>
<p>Oh, come on. From a literal perspective, Heart of Darkness is not hard.</p>
<p>No, it's just really boring to read, not to understand. It picks up in the last part, though, when they're heading back down the river.</p>
<p>Finished "The Count of Monte Cristo". Just when I thought I had a hard time remembering everything, I realized I had the abridged version and one person has the unabridged version, which was...twice the size, I think.</p>
<p>The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. It's so dense. It's probably the equivalent of eating dry wall.
Atlas Shrugged was so much better.</p>
<p>i liked Heart of Darkness for about the first 10 pages then when it actually started talking about africa it got so boring. Grapes of Wrath was painful to read and i think that One Flew over the cuckoos nest was boring as well.</p>
<p>I would have to say Heart of Darkness. Though, I have to say I must have led a privileged reading life if that's the most boring/difficult book I've ever read.</p>
<p>Alex</p>
<p>the first few dozen pages of the scarlet letter...haha. couldn't resist sleeping when i read the beginning parts....</p>
<p>Alas, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott has scarred me for life. I have read every book with fierce determination and enjoyed a majority of my reading. But, Little Women was the first book that I hated almost every single page. Plus, I had to read it when I was in the Fifth Grade for accelerated reader...</p>
<p>Bottom line, never read Little Women, Little Men, or Jo's Boys. The entire series is horrible.</p>
<p>moll flanders. by daniel defoe.</p>
<p>My Antonia and Ethan Frome. They were not that "difficult", but they still were a pain to read for school.</p>
<p>Another vote for Jane Eyre...although i do agree that Ethan Frome was a waste of my time.</p>
<p>When I read the beginning of Jane Eyre I just kept thinking...oh god...not a good way to start a book if you ask me.</p>
<p>of course I havn't read many of the books listed, so I can't compare them all. Evidently not many of you have read 'The Trial' by Kafka. Actually I havn't read it yet... completely. I have attempted a few times,(I'm stubborn), but halfway through it I keep giving up.<br>
To comment on some listed, I actually enjoyed 'Longitude', most of Hemmingway, and Steinbeck, along with House on Mango Street.<br>
Please give me feedback on 'The Trial'.</p>
<p>Everything we read in AP Spanish is incredibly hard for me. :(</p>
<p>Don Quijote de la Mancha (Don Quixote)... I read it in spanish class. My native language is spanish but that book was extremely hard to understand and in the end boring as hell. Sorry if I can't stand a "classic". For that matter I hated El cantar de Mio Cid. Reading this poem was simply torture.</p>
<p>A Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. I had to read it for school, and I had to literally read 5 pages, go to some math homework for like an hour (otherwise I'd have fallen asleep), read 5 pages, go to science homework, etc... Wow, most boring book EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Heart of Darkness.</p>
<p>WHAT?! Jane Eyre was amazing!! Now Grendel, by John Gardner, was one piece of boring ****....</p>
<p>In terms of sheer difficulty, probably tractatus logic philosophicus, although that can be attributed moreso to his writing style, and not so much to the ideas being presented. Any math books that employ formal logic, in all its many notations, are also a pain to read through, simply because I don't. quite. know. it. yet.</p>
<p>The former was read of my own volition, though, so barring any masochistic urges that I might have, I wouldn't necessarily describe it as unpleasant. :)</p>
<p>green eggs and ham</p>