Popular books you don't like - Page 3

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I loathe it. The language is out of this world, but if we strip that away, it is only a tale of the abusive relationship between a whiny, insecure girl and her Svengali master who is old enough to be her dad!😕 I honestly couldn't figure out why people worship it!

East of Eden by John Steinbeck. I have never read a book with so many ugly and negative characters. No more comments.

Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen. 😆 Barry Pierce has an amazing video about it on youtube.

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. A dying old man who wants to have sex with a very little girl because he won't be alive by the time she becomes sexually matured.🤢 No amount of fabulous writing and Nobel Prize will change that.😡

I am generally not into modern trash.😳 So don't know how most of them read.

Modern trash? What does that refer to?

Recent books that are considered trash by today's readers, FSOG for example.

I don't think any book should be called trash. There is a lot of effort behind every book written. Some books appeal to you and some don't.

I beg to disagree though I agree with the effort part. There is a lot of effort put into every book and I respect that. I struggle to write, so I know. But bad language and stupid storylines can't make any great effort greater. That is like saying 'hey I took all the great efforts to fail in the exam'. Besides, there is a generation that grows up believing what books like FSOG describe as true love. My heart shudders at the thought of what kind of people they would fall for. Only if we know what all people go through to get a little acceptance and love...why many suffer abusive relations... Books like these all that look acceptable. Torture is not love, even if one consents to it or enjoys it. As a writer, one has some responsibility to the people one addresses. Judging by it, trash is trash. Nevertheless, to each, his own.

I get your point. But I don't agree with using the word 'trash' for it. It sounds very negative.

It is okay that you don't agree. There are no universal standards to personal perspectives. So it is okay to have different opinions. My understanding and your understanding of the topic is different.

As long as reading is influential, these books definitely influence some, if not everyone who reads it. I did not say that people are bad for reading these books. That is reading beyond writing. These books are bad/negative/worthless in my opinion, and thats it.

I remembered another. 1984 by George Orwell. Well, I know it's a classic, critically acclaimed and lots of academics preaching about it but I can't help it. It ended in extreme pessimism with a glimpse of horrifying future. Guess it was simply not my cup of tea... 😔

Originally posted by: Peaceful_Haven

I remembered another. 1984 by George Orwell. Well, I know it's a classic, critically acclaimed and lots of academics preaching about it but I can't help it. It ended in extreme pessimism with a glimpse of horrifying future. Guess it was simply not my cup of tea... 😔

I've heard about this one a lot by people who had to read it in the school year lol. The wya you are describing ending, it is reminding me of The Giver! Jeez the ending their was left for our imagination but it the negative interpretation is VERY disturbing!