It’s a question inspired by this post https://www.reddit.com/r/books/s/s2jK2DzFrA by u/oh_sneezeus
Is there any book that is considered a classic or regularly shows up on the “100 books to read before you die” lists and such, you had high expectations before reading and then you ended up absolutey detesting?
For me it’s Blindness by José Saramago, it started off good and then page after page it was becoming more unbearable for me to read, I hated the characters, the things they were doing and the conclusions of the book. I was really disappointed because the plot seemed really good and all I ended up with was frustration.
Is there a book that did the same to you?
I read several Hemingway novels last year and have never been more disappointed in an author I’d heard such great things about. Just not a fan of his prose and I could never get into his too simple stories with hollow characters as a result. Probably the best is The Old Man and the Sea, not least of which because it’s the shortest.
The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and For Whom the Bell Tolls were all awful. I tried at least.