Comments on: Top 10 Most Overrated Novels

By: Edshu

Edshu — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:22:54 +0000

I never read The Davinci Code, but I liked the other Robert Langdon books because, despite the flawed story and weak writing, they are both intriguing and exciting. I think that Atlas Shrugged is a great book, but poorly written. It still has a great plot and makes thoughtful social commentary. Why isn’t the Harry Potter series on this list?

By: hgfhghfh

hgfhghfh — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:41:14 +0000

@NF: Well, if you know anything about Mormonism, you know that the Book of Mormon loathes Native Americans, so it isn’t very surprising.

By: Kirk

Kirk — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:43:35 +0000

“Precise writing”? Do you mean the way she spends huge blocks of text defining each characteristic of a misogynistic male lead while ignoring her “protagonist” ? Or the shallow motivations of every character, explored to the extent of “this is his/her motivation… now back to the *****.”

By: clara

clara — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:10:39 +0000

i am really confused about what you consider unreadable. one hundred years of solitude makes the list as being unreadable (which i personally found to not be the case) but something like ulysses which is much more difficult to follow and actually has accompanying texts that are longer than the book itself is not here.
i do not know who you are talking to, but i have never heard emma described as the perfect novel. i am pretty sure if i were to ask each of my english professors what the perfect novel is they would each give me a different answer. at least one would suggest in search of lost time, which is much more unreadable than a hundred years of solitude. in fact, it is seven volumes of unreadable (and i say that even though i love it)
you confuse me

By: Levi

Levi — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:17:15 +0000

If you feel this way, you have OBVIOUSLY not read the book. While I do agree some parts of it need a little fixing up, she can top many authors in her precise writing. Besides the fact that she had some slow parts about love, that leave much to be desired, she writes mostly fast paced interesting novels with quite a bit of action, and an imploring plot. More than likely your basing what your saying off of what others have told you, and not your own opinion. This makes you no better than the list maker himself. Do your homework before you come in with ideas you know nothing about.

By: beirutwedding

beirutwedding — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:56:22 +0000

YES!

By: beirutwedding

beirutwedding — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:54:23 +0000

HIGH-sterical list — until you got to ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE where you hurt my heart.

By: Geneva

Geneva — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:54:55 +0000

Thought I was the only person in the world that hated Wuthering Heights. Ha.

By: andrewgroos

andrewgroos — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:56:56 +0000

this is a terrible list. I agree with Atlas shrugged. Why bother even mentioning the Da Vinci Code? Who consideres this good? Is there opinion worth taking into consideration? You might as well include a romance paperbook that hits number one on the new york times best seller. And, the entire list is discredited and ironic reveals your own ignorance by your inclusion of The Great Gatsby, one of the greatest and most beautiful fictional works of prose in history. And that a book is “too complex” in the case of 100 years of solitude, hardly seems like a good reason to denounce its greatness, and, once again, appears to reveal the quite frankly, lack of taste or capacity to understand of the maker of this list

By: G

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:40:45 +0000

How come Twilight series did not make it?? Most overrated eveerr