2048 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2004 I have to read a book called Angelas Ashes for grade 12 english. Its such a bad book. I swear an 8 year old wrote it. No quotation marks or anything. Is the author retarded or what? I hate how so many things that suck are "So amazing" in the world. Sometimes I just dont understand whats so great about some of this stuff the schools make us study. You don't have to follow proper grammar in a novel. Just read Blood Meridian. Amazing book with incredible language and tons of dialogue, but not one quote. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crosskore 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2004 Its just so crazy though. WHen I read it he changes thoughts and stuff so fast, and the whole book feels like a run on sentance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2004 Does anybody like Kinky Freedman? I read one of his books, Kill Two Bird and Get Stoned, it was pretty good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LkptTiger 1 Report post Posted December 11, 2004 The worst book I ever read was probably The Red Badge of Courage (AP English summer reading). Absolutely terrible. I didn't think it was possible to make a Civil War story so incredibly boring, but Mr. Stephen Crane did it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mseguin 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2004 I agree, the Red Badge of Courage was pretty bad. Now, All Quiet on the Western Front, that was an amazing war story. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hockey_player_11 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2004 Moore is a frecking dumbass. I really respect your opinion; it reflects you are highly capable of being a critic of literature based on your fine vocabulary and spelling accuracy. I take it you haven’t read his books, I do find some of his stuff controversial, however, he does raise some good points. At first, I thought Moore was very clever. But, apparently, a lot of his evidence is not correct, and he leaves out details. An example of this is in Bowling for Columbine: the video of Charleton Heston talking at the "NRA meeting right after the shooting" is actually a couple months after. Hes very entertaining though. As for my favourite authors, I've recently read Great Expectations, and I think that Dickens is a great author. Besides Dickens, I like Orwell, and the Harry Potter books:p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dangles 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2004 Dave Bidini. Ya, he's pretty good, some of his books are hard to understand sometimes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
