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  1. No, wait, "A Mercy" was the most boring book. That one was so bad.

    Monday, 09-Nov-15 19:30:23 UTC from web
    1. @mrmattimation The Scarlet Letter was the most boring book I've read

      Monday, 09-Nov-15 19:30:39 UTC from web
      1. @rarity Oh my god I thought I was the only one. That book is unbelievably dry and drab.

        Monday, 09-Nov-15 19:32:57 UTC from MuSTArDroid
        1. @northernnarwhal the only reason students still read it is because it was so controversial and edgy at the time, but nowadays it's so dated

          Monday, 09-Nov-15 19:35:15 UTC from web
          1. @rarity I actually never read it as a student, I'd just heard about it and decided to try it out since it seemed to have garnered lots of praise (and I've actually enjoyed a fair share of 19th century literature so I wouldn't be out of my element reading it). Honestly, the psychological viscera of the novel is certainly greater than the standard of the time based on what I've read, but good lord is the novel blandly written. The symbols are heavy handed and obnoxiously intrusive, and Hawthorne's actual prose lacks colour and personality in my opinion. I appreciate what the book did for literature at the time but I cannot for the life of me get into or enjoy his author's voice.

            Monday, 09-Nov-15 19:43:28 UTC from MuSTArDroid