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/lit/ have you ever been reading a book and you just couldn't handle anymore because of how awful you felt it was?

Pic related for me.

>> No.668059

Atlas Shrugged

The Divine Comedy

I knew better than to even try reading that Dawkins and Hitchens crap.

>> No.668061

>>668059
Where did you stop in The Divine Comedy? In Purgatory?

>> No.668064

>>668061

No. In Hell.

I literally could just not stand it. Worst poem I've ever read.

>> No.668063

your poor, weak minds..
tsk tsk

>> No.668065

The worst part of that book was all the fucking Straw Man Arguments.

>> No.668068

felt the same way about the dawkins book, it wasn't so much that i disagree as that i don't care about whatever fagotry he has found in the scriptures of religion.

>> No.668070

>>668053
I am an atheist, but I seriously fucking hated trudging through God is Not Great by Hitchens.. it was just. Fucking. Awful

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668072

I actually made it through Twilight and because I apparently enjoy masochism I tried to read the second one. Made it like 3 chapters.

>> No.668076

>>668072

I had the same experience with The Sword of Truth series.

>> No.668082

>>668076
I puttered out at Faith of the Fallen

>> No.668087

>>668070
Why?

>> No.668088

>>668070

I found the audiobook entertaining enough. Not sure what your grousing is about.

>> No.668090

Nah, I found God Delusion pretty lax to read. Sure it may come off as sanctimonious at times but compared to religious alternative writing it is downright humble

>> No.668116

>>668053

for me, it was reading the Bible.

>> No.668134

>>668068
why would you read it then?

>> No.668148

>>668116
gtfo christfag

>> No.668150

>>668148
wat

>> No.668156

The only one that comes to mind is Scarlet Letter. I actually like some of the "classic" books they make high schoolers read, but that book SUUUUUUUUCKED.

>> No.668158

>>668116
i read the bible. it's pretty amusing how sadistic god is in the old testament but gets a bit boring when they start describing all the generations of people.

spoiler: jesus dies

>> No.668325

>>668158

Don't cry though; he comes back!

>> No.668339

Gravity's Rainbow. From a literary standpoint it's pretty impressive, but as a novel I never got through it.

>> No.668387

>>668064
>lumping the Divine Comedy with Atlas Shrugged and the God Delusion
Son, I am disappoint.

>> No.668396

>>668387

It sucked just as hard. What do you want from me?

>> No.668404

I read the God Delusion. It was preaching to the choir in my case though

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>>668064

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668412

Why did you nerds tell me this was good?

>> No.668417

>>668408

LOL MAI INGLUSH PRIFOSOR TELLED ME IT WUZ GUD SO IT IZ GUD

>> No.668421

>>668412

Because it is, if you're into that sort of thing.

You obviously aren't. No hard feelings.

>> No.668424

>>668148
Pffft, only atheists actually read the bible.

We Christians only get the snippets from the little book on Sundays.

>> No.668428

>>668421
No, it's just terrible.

>> No.668431

>>668428

Oh, I see, you're a troll.

Good day, then.

>> No.668433

>>668424

Psshaw. My house gets it from Benny Hinn.

>> No.668434

>>668431
> Any opinions differing from mine are the product of trolls.

Enjoy your gritty unrealism portrayed with bricklike prose.

>> No.668436

>>668433
I'm not familiar with that company.

>> No.668440

>>668434

Well, you're certainly entitled to your opinion, if that is indeed your opinion. However, your insistence that no one in their right mind could enjoy the book simply reeks of trolling.

>> No.668446

Did not like War and Peace, but i really like other Tolstoy

>> No.668447

>>668440
It was just that bad. My theory is that it mostly appeals to people who don't read much and to people who don't quite grasp the actions of others, neither of whom perceive style.

Call me a troll if you will, but I don't quit reading a book easily.

>> No.668448

I tried to read it but I didn't feel that it was awful, but that he was just trolling.

>> No.668452

>>668447

Well, again, you're certainly entitled to your opinion. Let's just agree to disagree, shall we?

>> No.668476

>>668452

I lol'd when he stopped responding because you weren't getting mad.

>> No.668478

>>668446
Anna Karenina is top tier.

War and Peace is good, but it really does not need to be so long.

>> No.668482

>>668476
I just don't have anything else to say. I feel my position has been adequately explained. I don't really want to "agree to disagree", as I feel that involves giving some credence to the opinions of a fan of the neckbeard's Stephanie Meyer, but saying so would just be trolling.

>> No.668484

>>668053
OK some asshole told me to read Don Quixote. By his own admission, he only read the first 100 pages or so. I start reading it to humor him and OH MY GOD THIS SHIT IS FUCKING AMAZING!!

>> No.668486

>>668482

Lol, u mad?

>> No.668488

>>668486
A little bit. I was planning on keeping my mouth shut instead of saying something mean, but somebody had to come along and impugn my motives.

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>>668488

lol @ u getting mad

>> No.668491

>>668488

>uses five dollar words

>expects anyone to take him seriously

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668492

i hate the man who wrote this.

>> No.668495

>>668491
i sorry not sound stupid for you

do better whenever get next chance

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>>668495

>I am a huge faggot please rape my face