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A Goodreads user asked this question about The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2):
why on earth is this book so BORING?
Rex This book is a masterpiece. The story is not boring. A person who declares such a work as this one as boring simply was not ready to read it. I found …moreThis book is a masterpiece. The story is not boring. A person who declares such a work as this one as boring simply was not ready to read it. I found Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn boring the first time I read it, but I kept an open mind. I was not yet in high school. Before I was 18 I'd read it four times and enjoyed it more each time. I'm not saying this reader (who said Mohicans was borning) would find the same to be true, but you DO need to take a different approach to some books than for others. Modern readers are used to a completely different language. You delve into the classics and you better be ready for a challenge. But the reward will be great. Give yourself time. A certain maturity must be achieved, as both a reader and a person, to appreciate a great work like Mohicans.(less)
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