Most annoying book of all time (1 Viewer)

[Empyrean444]

The Shipping News - biggest piece of crap. Stilted and repetitive writing style, boring, mostly noneventful plot - it is unworthy for use as kindling.

 

[greentsquare]

Iliad by Homer

Too graphic. Too gory. And it just drags on and on.

 

[Empyrean444]

Iliad by Homer

Too graphic. Too gory. And it just drags on and on.

Rubbish. The Iliad is one of the greatest books ever written; you really haven't read much literary violence if you think it is too graphic or too gory. Also remember that, as an oral composition (or 'authentic epic'), it is bound to be repetitive from a language point of view. YOu have probably read an inferior translation. If not...

 

[moll.]

The Book Thief
Any of Terry Pratchet's crap.

 

[Empyrean444]

His early stuff is great.

 

[Mrs-Darcy]

TWILIGHT defo takes the cake for most annoying!!

 

[hi scarlet]

twilight. not only is it the worst shit i've ever read, it's also the only book that people at my school seem to read.
:/

 

[aLexTasyy]

twilight. not only is it the worst shit i've ever read, it's also the only book that people at my school seem to read.
:/

AHAHAHA twilight was alright...ish, only because bella is easy to relate to, but meyers portrayel of vampires is really fucked up, and the subtle hints about fucking religion killed it, and the fact that 27 BILLION people are reading it just pisses me off...

 

[x.christina]

Twilight is the rag i wipe my ass with.

 

[^CoSMic DoRiS^^]

Any of Terry Pratchet's crap.

wut

gtfo, he's a legend

His earlier books are better than the more recent ones though. Although I do quite like the Moist arc (going postal, making money etc)

 

[greentsquare]

YOu have probably read an inferior translation. If not...

Oh, and which translation have YOU read, pray tell?
The Superior one, I presume

 

[Empyrean444]

Oh, and which translation have YOU read, pray tell?
The Superior one, I presume

The superior translator for the superior author!

E V Rieu (standard Penguin) is good, though he writes in prose. Pope is the best poetic treatment, though it is more of an adaptation than a 'translation'. It is rare to find poetry translations of a high quality.

 

[tinfoilhat]

crime and punishment... but that's purely because of the terrible translation
reading it felt like grating my brain

hopefully one day i'm fluent enough in russian that i won't have it experience it through a terrible translation

 

[ashie0]

the new testament in the bible.

 

[ashie0]

Maestro... the year 11 text, dunno who its by
i really hated the main character

totally agree, maestro sucked. wanted to murder every character with my bare hands.

 

[x.christina]

the new testament in the bible.

AHAHAHA. Best fiction ever yeah?

 

[Absolutezero]

totally agree, maestro sucked

And then they used one of the author's poems in the 2008 English Exam...

 

[Sevcan]

OBVIOUSLY its great expectations :S

 

[DanteEX]

Catcher in the Rye...

Overrated and Boring

 

[whatashotbyseve]

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.

Of all the books I was forced to read in school, this was the only one I hated. All the others in speculative fiction for Extension One were epic though. Just not this feminist pile of shit.