"Great Books" that you just don't get

[Eli]

The Catcher in the Rye and I actually felt bad when I finished reading the books because everyone seemed to put it in high regard, but to me it was just... meh. I thought that maybe I wasn't smart enough to get it, until one day I realized I didn't care, to me it will always be one of those books that are amazingly popular but to me they're just dull (also Twilight, it was the first book I never finished, even though I was in it's target audience, to me it was just plain stupid)

[Eli]

Tash wrote: "Anything by Paulo Coelho. I just don't get this 'genius". Maybe I'm just not enlightened enough"

Don't worry, you're not the only one. I don't think people have to be elightened to enjoy a book, but in my opinion the only book I read from him made me to not want to read any of his others books ever again.

[Susan]

I've tried to read various Dicken's novels throughout my life. I think what puts me off about them is the run on sentences.... by the time I get to the end of a sentence, I forget what point he is trying to make. Or maybe my OCD just gets in the way.

More current hates: Angela's Ashes, The Lovely Bones, and anything Annie Proulx writes.

[Stacey]

Catherine wrote: "The Book Thief!! I don't get the hype, especially with the movie about to come out (or is out...?)."

Could not agree more! Couldn't even finish it.

[Kym]

I agree about Dickens. If I want to be depressed, I'll watch. The news. But hey, Oliver Twist made a great musical. :)

[RJ]

The Count of Monte Cristo- I have tried multiple times to read this book and just can't get through it. Its too slow and dry.