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2006-07-24 16:57:31 · 24 answers · asked by My Big Bear Ron 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I admit that, at times, I've gotten weary with Harry Potter
2006-07-24 17:02:47 · update #1
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
2006-07-24 17:26:19 · answer #1 · answered by Hidden 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not so much a book but a series - I'm a David and Leigh Eddings fan, but this latest series, the Elder Gods, is just tedious and I'm only staying with it to find out what happens. The characters split every now and again to do their separate things, but then they have to retell their deeds in detail to every character they rejoin with, so you hear each of their adventures so often that I just tend to skip pages at a time. There is also a lot of superfluous dialogue and trite "asides" between characters that just make the characters seem smug and add nothing to the plot. If he cut that out, the characters would be more likeable, and if he didn't keep repeating himself, he could have condensed the story from 4 books into one without too much of a problem.
It is a shame, because I didn't want the Belgariad or the Mallorean books to ever end, I enjoyed them so much.
2006-07-25 00:14:21 · answer #2 · answered by Aussiemum 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moby Dick
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Great Expectationis
David Copperfield
It
2006-07-25 00:06:29 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Curious 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
2006-07-25 12:38:25 · answer #4 · answered by katj1250 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Da Vinci Code?? In some parts Dan Brown pulls the story sooooooooo long..
2006-07-25 00:01:10 · answer #5 · answered by Deep 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wives and Daughters. It a book for a Victorian Lit class that I read and wrote a paper on. It was about 650 pages and never ended because the author died, leaving it unfinished.
Ahhhhhh.....
2006-07-25 00:33:44 · answer #6 · answered by Left-Handed Lady 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in college, I used to be an English Literature students.. Once, we discussed Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Bronte.. well, the original version was soooo long.. I never read it in proper order... lol.. I only read several beginning chapters and skip most of the novel, then read several ending chapters.. lol..
2006-07-25 00:07:36 · answer #7 · answered by savedbymercy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hours - for such a short book, it is so boringly longwinded
David Copperfield - fantastic, yet somewhat long
The Stand - wish it had been twice as long!
Shardik - longwinded with pages filled with teeny tiny font - grrrr
2006-07-25 01:08:54 · answer #8 · answered by LadyRebecca 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Odessey
2006-07-24 23:59:29 · answer #9 · answered by nbinthahouse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vanity Fair. Ugh! Had to read it in 11th grade. Finished it by the time I graduated...college. Just kidding, but it was a soap opera, for sure!
2006-07-25 13:50:18 · answer #10 · answered by sellb123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋