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Post by pennyxdreadful on May 25, 2008 9:06:30 GMT -5
I actually hate Neil Gaiman's "Stardust". I especially hate it these days because, out of all his wonderful, wonderful books, they made that one a movie.
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Post by nymphadora on May 25, 2008 10:02:49 GMT -5
Voc - I couldn't even finish the first one. I've never not been able to finish a book before.
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Post by Victim ~*of *~Circumstances on May 25, 2008 13:08:20 GMT -5
^It's nice to know I'm not alone. Same here with the book thing, that has never happened to me until "A Wrinkle in Time".
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Post by mentalmishaps on May 30, 2008 20:41:12 GMT -5
This thread may as well be titled "Argue about books here." Anyways, I liked The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe. Oh, and, Chibi Chan, it's just about impossible to read Christianity. And, mentalmishaps, I'd like to know what body gave you the authority to know so much more about symbolism in The Great Gatsby than your teacher. I absolutely do not know more about symbolism than my teacher. In fact, my lit teacher that year was the best I'd ever had. I just personally feel that there is no way that the symbolism goes that deep. Some was believable (the green light, voice sounding like money, progression of the clothing colors from white to yellow) but the idea of anyone thinking that much about the symbolism behind a name is ludacris. Maybe I'm wrong, and Fitzgerald was a nut who named his character based on the symbolism of the colors of the flower her name came from, but I doubt it. It kind of reminds me of that movie (I can't remeber the name, I think it was from the 70s or 80s) where Kurt Vonnegut wrote a paper on himself and got a C on it. Stardust was by Neil Gaiman? I saw the movie and didn't really like the plot much. The only things I've read by him are Coraline (I think it's a children's book) and Good Omens which he co-wrote, and I liked both of those.
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Post by username on May 30, 2008 20:53:55 GMT -5
Stardust was by Neil Gaiman? I saw the movie and didn't really like the plot much. The only things I've read by him are Coraline and Good Omens which he co-wrote, and I liked both of those. I know Coraline's getting a film adaptation later this year.
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Post by pennyxdreadful on May 30, 2008 21:21:00 GMT -5
^ I heard about that, and I'm pretty intrigued. I loved "Coraline". I was more excited when I heard a movie for "Good Omens" was planned though. Of course, that fell through pretty quickly if I remember correctly. >.< such a shame
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Post by mentalmishaps on May 31, 2008 15:34:06 GMT -5
Oh I'd love to see a movie version of Coraline!
However, I'm glad that Good Omens fell through. I really can't picture that as a movie at all.
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Post by Awapuhi on May 31, 2008 23:56:36 GMT -5
I loved Romeo and Juliet and the Giver>_<
GREATLY DISLIKED Eragon & co.- Grow a plot, get back to me Catcher in the Rye- You can't "invent teenage angst" it is a time tested practice that one author put to paper- badly, at that. Lost Horizon- Stop being so utterly boring and lacking in story. Because you induced an unduly large amount of sleep in me. The Blue Girl- I know a lot of people who were all hyped up over Charles de Lint, and I was just "...meh." It really lacked a direction, and had too many random chimerical creatures thrown in their- develop a story arc and use the creatures wisely, not as a distraction. Stowaway- A book told in journal like entries with nautical location (!!!!!) about being, essentially, stuck in a barrel. Yay! *shot*
I'll think of more later.
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Post by username on Jun 1, 2008 0:19:36 GMT -5
OH SH-
TOASTING IN AN EPIC BREAD
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Post by bagpipe turtle on Jun 1, 2008 0:28:48 GMT -5
Have I ever posted about Fahrenheit 451 here? I might have. Oh well. I had to read it for school awhile ago, and it was a horrible book, IMO. Ray Bradbury's style of writing just kind of irks me. There were entire pages dedicated to describing something, or using three paragraphs fro what could be said in three sentences. I don't know what denifrice is, and I don't care to read a whole page about Denham's variety of it. It seemed like he was really trying to get a reaction out of the book but it just made it suck. >.>
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Post by Awapuhi on Jun 1, 2008 17:20:01 GMT -5
I forgot something! Dan Brown books are not for me- they rely too much on the sexual relationship between two characters to tell a story based entirely on myth and superstition- and he does this again and again.....plus, his cult following is a giant headache.
Kaneda@ <3
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Tera253
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Post by Tera253 on Jun 6, 2008 20:39:29 GMT -5
what books do I not like? pretty much any book you have to read for an English class... lol and that list is usually extensive. ~Toph~
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Post by cara24 on Jun 11, 2008 14:02:04 GMT -5
Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
I did like it. Until I went back & read it another time. Oh, how I dislike Bella & Edward. ><
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xtal
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Post by xtal on Jun 11, 2008 17:41:22 GMT -5
I've skimmed the thread and found that people dislike Animal Farm because it's "stupid"....LOLWhat? Did you not understand the book at all? @_@ Hey I can accept it if you don't like the writing style or the characters or what ever but when you write off a book as just being stupid then your ignorance is showing. It's one of the most famous political satires ever, specifically Soviet totaliatarianism. Parts of the book are taken from the actual history of the Russian Revolution. Its all about being against the absolute aderehance to idealistic/Utopian thinking and the exploitation of fellow men. *cough* /end rant One book I couldn't get into was The Scarlet Letter. I don't what it was about it but it put me to sleep, I tried to get into but it just didn't work for me. It was mostly the writing style I beleive. It has been so long since I have attempted to read it that I am not quite sure what the exact reason was, I'd have to pick it up and try it again. Note:No offense was meant in this post. It is frustrating when people write things off as simply "stupid" just because they may not have understood it(which is what it seemed like to me). However if you understand what it is about but still didn't like it then that is a different situation entirely, and I have no problem with that. Because if a person understands what they are hating then they have a right to hate it.
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Post by mentalmishaps on Jun 12, 2008 10:20:26 GMT -5
I definately agree about Eclipse. Well, the whole series actually. I just reread them because of Breaking Dawn's upcoming release. My Toph, I want to hit them both. I was originally an Edward fan, but I became a Jacob fan after rereading. I actually had to put Eclipse down a couple of times before I could start it up again.
I also 100% agree with xtal's post.
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