/lit/ - Literature

the Grapes of Wrath

Catcher in the Rye

>>775488
Fuck that. Moby Dick is awesome. I don't mean that in the sense that it's chock full of literary depth and whatnot. I mean that it kicks fucking ass.

>>775492
this

>>775492
I haven't read every novel ever written, but John Steinbeck is pretty fucking tedious.

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>>775488
Moby-Dick? Overrated? Christ, man, it seems *nobody* likes Moby-Dick. If you're gonna call a classic overrated, go for something that's apparently immune to criticism, like Crime and Punishment. I hear people call Moby-Dick "dull" and "terrible" all the time.

(As a brief aside, Moby-Dick is awesome and OP most likely has ADD)

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>>775489

I agree with that, I don't know about most overrated book of all time, but the it's definitely the most overrated book I've ever read

>>775510
Crime and Punishment is hella dull. Fuck Tolstoyevski.

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Fucking this.

HOUSE OF LEAVES IS PRETTY FUCKING OVERRATED

SHITS GOOD. FUCK IT, I'LL EVEN SAY GREAT.

HOWEVER, THAT GOOD DID NOT CHANGE MY LIFE THE WAY EVERYONE AND THEIR MOTHERS PROMISED ME IT WOULD

>>775489

This.

atlas fucking shrugged.

the only thing shrugging was me, following my completion of that book.

>>775520

I could not get over the fuckton of inane shit. Maybe I need aderall or something.

>>775517

Try The Brothers Karamazov. Couldn't put it down.

Brave new world. Good concept, terrible writing.

A lot of philip k dick stories as well. People seem to give SF free passes just because they have original concepts. But if the writing is below average, then the novel is still below average.

>>775546
Completely agreed on BNW, good story, terrible writing, Huxley's worst writing.

My face when people call 1984 overrated

Brave New World isn't worth shit as a piece of writing.

>>775546
>People seem to give SF free passes just because they have original concepts

I have to say I've not encountered this - rather the opposite to be honest. I've met plenty of people who liked Dick and thus went out of their way to prove that he was something other than sci-fi.

>>775575
i suppose contextually it was a good concept. by todays standards even the story is pretty fucking dull. little imagination after the first chapter imo

>>775489
That's not Brave New World.

I love Brave New World ;_;

>>775601

I love the idea of BNW, but the writing was pretty terrible.

The Scarlet Letter. Fucking christ I hate that book.

Frankenstein. Not its ideological impact mind, but it's endless purple prose that makes it drag on and on. Should have been a short story really.

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>>775493

This.

Some book that I had to read in high school and I'm all butthurt about 'cause I didn't understand it.

A Clockwork Orange.

ITT: People say classics are overrated in hopes to start a flame war.

Fight Club.

Too many hipsters riding it's dick.

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sure is 12 years old in here.

>1984
>BNW
>Crime and Punishment

I fucking hate this thread so much

>>775775

It's not really overrated, it's just that it basically pictures what happens when a teenage angst meets a man who is actually willing to make a move.

And if you enjoy such shit you're below 20 years old.

>>775488
The Bible.

>>775810

The problem is that people read the Constance Garnett translation of Crime and Punishment, which is a complete piece of shit. Pevear and Volokhonsky are the only way to go.

>>775751

lol


Also Wuthering Heights/Great Gatsby.

FUCKIN COME AT ME

>>775765
That's all these threads are and that's all they'll ever be.
They ought to be a bannable offense, like "prove me wrong".

>>775810
BNW really is overrated