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over a year ago
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What well known books were you unable to read even though you know lots of people like them?
The alchemist here "
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The hobbit was something I couldn't get into even when I loved LOTR
I agree when people say that Tolkien spends a lot of time on some details that aren't so interesting. I'll go back though at some point |
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"I'm dyslexic so I'm still on Ann and Barry.... Give me a puzzle book any day "
Haha or posts on here and I’m sure I haven’t helped
But hey fuck um if they can’t take a joke |
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"The hobbit was something I couldn't get into even when I loved LOTR
I agree when people say that Tolkien spends a lot of time on some details that aren't so interesting. I'll go back though at some point "
There are parts where he goes into a long history of who's father to whom but as I can never retain that type of info I just skip onto the interesting bits. They are books that you always find something new or "ooooo forgot about that wee bit". |
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I started reading The Tokyo Trilogy by David Peace (probably best known for the Red Riding trilogy and The Damned United, both of which have been filmed) and I immediately fell in hate with his writing style. Couldn't get past a few pages. Sorry David. |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
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Although a significant percentage of the world's population are adherents of formlised religions, I could never read any of the texts that they use:
The Bible, The Quran, Gita, etc.
The world has moved on, by leaps and bounds over the last 2,000+ years and modern scientific journals provide a more accurate and valid analysis of how the world's many complex systems functions and "The Human Condition". |
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"The hobbit was something I couldn't get into even when I loved LOTR
I agree when people say that Tolkien spends a lot of time on some details that aren't so interesting. I'll go back though at some point
There are parts where he goes into a long history of who's father to whom but as I can never retain that type of info I just skip onto the interesting bits. They are books that you always find something new or "ooooo forgot about that wee bit"."
My favourite is talking about all the big hobbit families and the dynamics between them..... just for it to basically never come up again till the very end. He's still an amazing an author but man sometimes I question what I'm reading |
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1. DREAMS OF MY FATHER by BARRACK OBAMA which was self indulgent tripe and really just a vehicle to show how intelligent  Obama was before going for election
2. 50 SHADES (of B.S) as let's face, it words were added just to impress the reader. A much better read is by an Irish author is CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET by KATIE COLLINS and it's based on real life   |
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"I was going to say Ulysses but I don't know anyone who read it."
The RTÉ Players recorded an audio book version of it back in the eighties. I listened to it a couple of years ago. I'm now tempted to read the book just to see how close they are. Life is too short though. |
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"Dubliners. Its been on the shelf for 8 years. Cant start it. "
Dubliners is an easy enough read tbf. It's a collection of short stories so it's not the same thing all the way through. Mind you, Joyce didn't believe in making reading easy for people. |
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"Although I read an above average amount of material I have never actually read a book, cover to cover, in my entire life!
And I have never read a novel or any other work of fiction."
Not going to lie, I'm completely shocked. I would have believed you would have read many biographies |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
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There is almost nothing to be learned from either ghost-written biographies or autobiographies; they are invariably sanitised of a person's life and their psychology and how they have navigated the vicissitudes of their lives.
Just as the website called Glass Door usually tells the truth about employers, rather than their company websites full of positive testimonials, and glassy smiling employees ! |
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"There is almost nothing to be learned from either ghost-written biographies or autobiographies; they are invariably sanitised of a person's life and their psychology and how they have navigated the vicissitudes of their lives.
Just as the website called Glass Door usually tells the truth about employers, rather than their company websites full of positive testimonials, and glassy smiling employees !"
I dunno, I doubt Glassdoor tells too much truth, it's okay for interview prep but not great at saying how good the job actually is.
As for autobiographies and the like, you are probably right, being honest, I haven't read any or at least any that I remember |
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Definitely the Silmarillion. Tolkien was some man for the names. You'd read two lines and there would be another character introduced. Spent more time thinking, "wait who's that now..ah, I'll go back again"
Celebrimbor is the only lad I remember |
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If I start a book I'm compulsed to finish it and don't like starting another until I do.
War and Peace was tough going but got through it.
But Ulysses, seen it as a must read book but couldn't get through it. |
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There's a couple that I managed to get through but didn't like very much:
On the Road- Jack Kerouac
The people in it are the absolute WORST. I also cannot agree that it's well-written.
All the light We Cannot See- Anthony Doerr
Set during WWII and set in Nazi Germany, the American colloquialisms absolutely shatter any illusion of it being authentic. The plot based around a missing diamond also bears no relevance to the rest of the book.
Ones I couldn't finish
American Psycho- Brett Easton Ellis
I have to point out that I didn't hate his writing style, but the animal abuse and violence knocked me sick. Couldn't finish on that basis.
The Corrections- Jonathan Franzen
Wholly pretentious rubbish, yet it makes every single 21st century classics books list. Hated everything about it and hated it even more when I read after putting it down 200 pages in that Franzen on making the Oprah Book Club on its release opinned his book was too good for that particular list. You can tell when reading it that the bloke is full of himself.
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By (user no longer on site)
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Got through ulysses, didn't make it through the first half of fellowship of the ring.
War and peace is on the shelf a good few years, not brave enough to start it yet, should probably finish crime and punishment first.
Enjoyed zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, although a 10 minute youtube video would tell you all you need to learn from it.
Currently have Where's my flying car? by my bed and I've only read one passage from it that compelled me to buy it
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By (user no longer on site)
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The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by Anne Rice, I started it in my early 20s and was just like... nah! I am considering giving it another try.
I love all her books especially the Mayfair Witches series.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The hobbit was something I couldn't get into even when I loved LOTR
I agree when people say that Tolkien spends a lot of time on some details that aren't so interesting. I'll go back though at some point "
I think he wrote the hobbit as a bedtime story, shows in parts.. the movies are a shit show tho  |
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"The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by Anne Rice, I started it in my early 20s and was just like... nah! I am considering giving it another try.
I love all her books especially the Mayfair Witches series.
T x"
Funnily enough I remember enjoying the Mayfair Witches the first time around but I gave up them when I tried a later reread. |
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By *dfabMan
over a year ago
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"The dark tower. Something about it just kept putting me off"
Hopefully not off Stephen King though?
Love his books. Never read any of the Dark Tower series though.
If you haven't read any of his usual, definitely read The Dark Half and Rose Madder as two excellent examples, one a shortish book and the other more his usual length. He's just brilliant |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The dark tower. Something about it just kept putting me off
Hopefully not off Stephen King though?
Love his books. Never read any of the Dark Tower series though.
If you haven't read any of his usual, definitely read The Dark Half and Rose Madder as two excellent examples, one a shortish book and the other more his usual length. He's just brilliant "
I used to devour Stephen King books but The Dark Tower put me right off, couldn't finish it and haven't picked up a Stephen King book since.
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By *oghunter33Woman
over a year ago
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"I was going to say Ulysses but I don't know anyone who read it."
I proudly know one person who read it from the first page to the very last one.  
Anyhow I got stuck half way through 'The Brothers Karamazov' more than two decades ago... |
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