2006-07-26 04:34:51 · 15 answers · asked by Jack Nicholson 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Catcher in the Rye.
Seriously, the entire book is this kid wandering around masturbating and whining. I did not see the “classic novel” in this one for sure.
2006-07-26 04:54:49 · answer #1 · answered by Raignn 1 · 7⤊ 1⤋
As a bookseller, one of the books that we had heard customers say was a big disappointment was Bill Clinton's "My Life". I think they just looked for Monica Lewinsky 's name in the index & were dissapointed that there was only a paragraph or so about the affair.
There are several I have been disappointed in, though they are not really considered "acclaimed".
I am a history buff & the publisher had postponed the on-sale date for "The Monsters of St. Helena' (about Napoleon's exile) by Brooks Hansen. When I finally got it & read it, I was greatly disappointed. Events were out of sequence & it was so fictionallized that it reduced it to triviallity.
The other book was "Four Against the Arctic: Shipwrecked for Six Years at the Top of the World" by David Roberts. It was sold out everywhere when I first tried to get it. After I did find it & overpaid for it it was absolutely terrible. I have learned since by reading his books that most of them are, however. He writes in such a pompous style, dismissing all accomplishments but his own & does not seem to realize that survival situations are totally different than the planned expeditions that he goes on.
2006-07-26 12:25:15 · answer #2 · answered by Selkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moby Dick,
The narrator's reflections interweave the story's themes with a huge swath of Western literature, history, religion, mythology, philosophy, and science. The language is highly symbolic and many themes run throughout the work.
I think the Melville's effort in blending these themes into this work must have been enormous and I believe he was in a lot of respects a literary genius but it was very hard for me to stay focused while reading this story. I kept on thinking of the writer’s intention instead of being absorbed in the story.
2006-07-26 11:54:25 · answer #3 · answered by Ralph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I loved the book, but hated the movie......The Da Vinci Code......simply because Howard tried very hard and succeeded very well during the first 3/4 of the movie to stay true to the book, then as if he ran out of money or time, he totally flopped at the ending, not staying true even a little bit!
2006-07-26 11:47:15 · answer #4 · answered by cutie_006006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lord of the Flies. I simply could not read it. Although the idea of the story line intrigued me, I thought the writing was abominable, and the characters totally unbelievable. I also hated Robinson Crusoe (maybe I just can't deal with the whole "stranded" idea? I don't watch "LOST" either.)
2006-07-26 12:24:33 · answer #5 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blue Smoke
2006-07-26 11:52:07 · answer #6 · answered by zeus_daughter2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Da Vinci Code was very poorly written.
2006-07-26 11:38:37 · answer #7 · answered by Giraffe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Lord of the Rings books. I have tried to read them like five times but they are just really boring, and have to much detail. I love the movies though.
2006-07-26 13:04:24 · answer #8 · answered by kem1812 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The DaVinci Code really wasn't worth all the controversy, I read it and it was good but not really worth the bestseller list. So yeah, it was disappointing.
2006-07-26 11:39:16 · answer #9 · answered by *luz* 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"
So dark and grey and one demensional. The characters seemed hollow. Very boring writing style.
2006-07-26 12:15:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋