We all have that experience of a book that we were made to read at school or university that we just detested beyond all reason. I'm interested...
There's a great scene in the movie Finding Forrester with Sean Connery where he and the MC discuss this. I don't have a problem with it if it is...
Another good Sci-fi book that I enjoyed immensely was Snow Crash by Neil Stephensen. I thought his characters and his world were just incredible....
I started reading Dante's Inferno of my own volition. That book was MESSED UP. I never finished reading it though. I'm not sure why because I...
I'm seeing some interesting answers here and some books that I was made to read have already been mentioned. I personally did not like Lord of...
I had the opposite problem actually. Initially I intended the book to be with the character as an adult and flash back to events in his childhood...
I haven't read through the whole thread but I'd like to add a thought as to why fantasy is so appealing. I think that the research side of...
The Hobbit was awful. I like The Lord of the Rings films but the hobbit was mind-numbing. I think I've only fallen asleep during one or two...
Hi guys, I've been working on an idea on and off for a long time now, it is a fantasy setting and the protagonist is exiled from his people (who...
Apologies. Perhaps I came off a bit strong there. I get a bit... opinionated sometimes as you might have guessed from my Farewell to Arms...
I'd tell her that her novel "Zombie" blew my mind.
11 for me but I have a massive issue with Lord of the Flies being on a must-read list. I hated that book with a firey passion that was only...
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