Mein Kampf of reading Mein Kampf.

Boom_Bap · 08-12-2015 10:37PM

Ann and Barry Save The Day. That was a bastid to get through.

Crime and Punishment. What a pile of bolllocks. I've never not put a book down without finishing except for that.

08-12-2015 10:43PM

The Sun King wrote: »

So I've taken it upon myself to write up a piece of work about Hitler's depiction of the Jews in Mein Kampf. It's proving to be an absolute pain in the whole.

'Tis all well and good for you to say that now, but FFS who in their right minds was ever going to tell yer man his book was sh!te?

meeeeh · 08-12-2015 10:44PM

Irish Halo wrote: »

Don Quixote or Les Miserables, sometimes classics are worth the fuss (e.g. Phantom of the Opera, Dracula and Frankenstein) some are not. DQ and LM are in the latter category.

Don Quixote was the third on my list of annoying high school reads.

strelok · 08-12-2015 10:45PM

oh

because mein kampf means my struggle

that's good

Bulbous Salutation · 08-12-2015 10:47PM

Catch 22. One moderately funny joke spread out over 350 pages.

biko · 08-12-2015 10:49PM

The Metamorphosis by Kafka

actually I never made it through.

RayM · 08-12-2015 10:49PM

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Ann and Barry Save The Day. That was a bastid to get through.

I liked the one where they went to the zoo (I think it was called Ann and Barry go to the Zoo). It was a senior infants book, but I 'acquired' a copy when I was in junior infants. Smaller print, longer sentences... fucking loved that book.

The Iron Giant · 08-12-2015 10:51PM

The Bible. Meandering character development and inconsistent storyline.

FallSilently · 08-12-2015 10:52PM

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea. I'm a sci-fi buff with a particular love of classic sci-fi but Christ, I don't need a list of every fecking fish in the ocean. Get on with it!

The_Valeyard · 08-12-2015 10:52PM

Manufactured Miracle wrote: »

The Bible. Meandering character development and inconsistent storyline.

Spoiler. Jesus dies on page 681

The Iron Giant · 08-12-2015 10:53PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Spoiler. Jesus dies on page 681

Goddamn it. Might as well just watch the film adaptation now.

blackcard · 08-12-2015 10:54PM

Peig.
Portrait of a Lady

Boom_Bap · 08-12-2015 10:55PM

RayM wrote: »

I liked the one where they went to the zoo (I think it was called Ann and Barry go to the Zoo). It was a senior infants book, but I 'acquired' a copy when I was in junior infants. Smaller print, longer sentences... fucking loved that book.

In Junior Infants! That's incredible. Although I was disappointed in the Kangaroo narrative as they failed to recognise them as marsupials and focused solely on Joey's being the young.

...And Justice · 08-12-2015 10:59PM

Manufactured Miracle wrote: »

The Bible. Meandering character development and inconsistent storyline.

Can you just leave the aethiest bollocks out for one thread?

Boom_Bap · 08-12-2015 11:03PM

...And Justice wrote: »

Can you just leave the aethiest bollocks out for one thread?

There is a marvellous scripture called the After Hours Charter that has been scribed by the forefathers of the internet. Please consult the section on Backseat Moderation. Don't make me post in bold.

ArnoldJRimmer · 08-12-2015 11:05PM

I've tried reading Catch 22 twice now and can't make it past around 70 pages, I just find it to be a bit ****. It might have been biting satire for its time, but it's aged badly

I actually went for a beer after reading Crime and Punishment to congratulate myself. I ended up enjoying it, but it was such hard work

longfellow deeds · 08-12-2015 11:05PM

Peig, 3 years spent studying it and I don't remember a single line or story from it now,
it scarred me and a lot of others.

kettlehead · 08-12-2015 11:05PM

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Ann and Barry Save The Day. That was a bastid to get through.

Some of their new stuff is great though.

http://www.ybig.ie/forum/uploads/20090715_033606_untitled1.JPG

Capt'n Midnight · 08-12-2015 11:10PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Spoiler. Jesus dies on page 681

But he recovers later

Capt'n Midnight · 08-12-2015 11:10PM

Irish Halo wrote: »

Don Quixote or Les Miserables, sometimes classics are worth the fuss (e.g. Phantom of the Opera, Dracula and Frankenstein) some are not. DQ and LM are in the latter category.

DQ was better in the original Klingon.

Buona Fortuna · 08-12-2015 11:12PM

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

I've tried reading Catch 22 twice now and can't make it past around 70 pages, I just find it to be a bit ****. It might have been biting satire for its time, but it's aged badly

I actually went for a beer after reading Crime and Punishment to congratulate myself. I ended up enjoying it, but it was such hard work

You know it all makes sense on page 74

GoodKill · 08-12-2015 11:15PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Was that the buck with the stupid songs?

It was.

So frustrating. Just when you get to the end of one and think an actual answer is coming he pipes up again! Awful stuff.

Samaris · 08-12-2015 11:15PM

I can't be dealing with the Russian classics at all, and I've tried Crime and Punishment, -waded- through War and Peace in my teens and made a run at Anna Karanina. Probably won't bother with any of them again.

Figbiscuithead · 08-12-2015 11:16PM

kfallon wrote: »

Emma, read it as part of Leaving Cert English....turned me off books for life

Emma was an absolute arsehole! Bint of the highest order!

The Sun Also Rises. The man couldn't write and it's as simple as that - it's a **** book because the man simply couldn't string a coherent, interesting sentence together. The whole book read is if it was written by a 4th class child. Brutal beyond belief.

I've some Belgium beers so you've caught me at a particularly ranty time. Sorry 'bout that governer!

Ally Dick · 08-12-2015 11:19PM

namloc1980 wrote: »

Hard Times by Charles Dickens was the worst book I've ever read. Did it for the Leaving Cert and it was so tedious and drawn out that I actually never managed to read it in full. Relied on those "notes" books for the exam. Did pretty well too!

I like most of Dickens stuff, but I didn't like the character with the lisp in Hard Times, where Dickens insisted on spelling what he said to include the lisp. Very hard to read

MRnotlob606 · 08-12-2015 11:19PM

Voltex wrote: »

Free To Choose by Milton Friedman. Its like Fox News's Hannity on steroids...but without the empathy.

Milton Friedman, now there's an actual príck of a man.Him and Ayn Rand are inadvertently responsible for creating the modern republican party with their free market -law of the jungle jargon.

hidinginthebush · 08-12-2015 11:19PM

Bulbous Salutation wrote: »

Catch 22. One moderately funny joke spread out over 350 pages.

Its like one really long, really bad episode of MASH

JPNelsforearm · 08-12-2015 11:19PM

Anything by Roddy Doyle, I cringe when reading his dialogue, even worse is when fb friends "like" his Dublin dialogue take on the issue of the day on facebook, terrible terrible writing.

Anything Marxist in nature, its like Ayn Rand, but with boredom and cult levels usually raised over 9000

Zillah · 08-12-2015 11:23PM

JPNelsforearm wrote: »

Anything Marxist in nature, its like Ayn Rand, but with boredom and cult levels usually raised over 9000

So...like Ayn Rand?

padd b1975 · 08-12-2015 11:28PM

Robinson Crusoe.

I thought he'd never get to the part where he became shipwrecked.

Mein Kampf of reading Mein Kampf.

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