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I once started to read Moby Dick, but couldnt get past the first page... I was like falling asleep! I also dont like Jane Austen (same comment as before)... I have more, but I dont remember now....

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The Bell Jar was probably an incredible book but the potential for a child being hurt was enough reason to put it down. Just a phobia.

you should be happy you put it down fast... i made the mistake of reading moby dick in fourth grade. good god. i read it all, but when i finished i wanted to burn it... herman melville is sooo verbose =-P

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lol ya I tried Moby Dick in 5th grade I think..read like 2 pages!

Rana

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Worst book ever? Easy... "kitty wants a box" by Carol Moore. It's painfully tedious I tells ya, a cat....wants a box...and bless the poor thing, it can't bloody find one the right shape...picky git

i'll say no more

Dickens' stuff was already mentioned, but David Copperfield made me want to kill small, furry animals.

Oh! And Little Women too! Absolutely LOATHED that book.

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that book is really boring.

Call of the Wild all the way. Forced to read it in 5th grade, will be scarred forever.

It all depends how you view it. At first, I thought that "The Pest" by Albert Camus was the most boring book, I had ever read but then one of my professors gave me some pointers and questions to think about and now I think it is actually quite interesting. Most books in my opion can become interesting if viewed in the right context.

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I rather enjoyed David copperfield, read it some 12 years back or so...

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Since posting the comment on David Copperfield, I have attempted to read Oliver Twist and couldn't get through it.
So I guess with me it's just a strong dislike for Dickens rather than Copperfield specifically.

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"It's no good crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it."

The title of boring goes to Harry Potter.
The death of his parents seem so cliche
I'd take a thriller anyday,
Over a growing wizard boy and his friends
and a book that seems to never end.

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Vanilla, you took the words out of my mouth - "David Copperfield"

A book about the life of the most boring fictional man ever to be committed to paper. I actually forced myself to read the entire book because it is considered "classic literature" and I was convinced that at some point, SOMETHING was bound to happen.

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Now you know what Jeff was doing.

I'll tell ya what I hated was All Quiet On The Western Front. It was UNBEARABLE reading it.

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