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Am i the only person who fails to understand why this book is considered a classic, to me it was boring and tedious and the plot failed to engross me as many other books have?

Aelys You have to be a Baby Boomer to like the book. The book is terrible. I grew up in poverty, even suffering from malnutrition, in the hovel of a violent…moreYou have to be a Baby Boomer to like the book. The book is terrible. I grew up in poverty, even suffering from malnutrition, in the hovel of a violent drunkard. I went to one of the notorious underfunded public schools in the USA. I studied hard and got a full collge scholarship. I escaped the misery of my childhood.
The kid in the book goes to one of the best private schools in the country, but he gets kicked out because he's too self-entitled and lazy to study. The boy won the lottery of birth and thumbs his nose at it. He's a typical spawn of white american bourgeois.(less)

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