worst/best english novel you have ever read in school? (1 Viewer)

[squeenie]

Kestrel for a Knave.

Do not ever read it unless you want to slowly die. It is the most boring, pointless dullest book ever written. The story line goes nowhere. Avoid at all costs!

Awww, Kes wasn't that bad... Its not as boring as Henry Lawson's short stories...

My favourites are the books we did in year 10: Maus, To Kill A Mockingbird, Romeo and Juliet and The Rabbits. And then everything went downhill in year 11...

 

[ASNSWR127]

Must be '1984'!

 

[squeenie]

Must be '1984'!

1984 is one of the best books I've ever read. Too bad I didn't get to study it in school...

 

[ASNSWR127]

1984 is one of the best books I've ever read. Too bad I didn't get to study it in school...

What a bummer!

I used the anti-terror laws of Howard and co. as my supplementary texts in trial lol

 

[scarybunny]

I loves me a bit of Orwell.

The worst novel I've ever studied or had the misfortune of reading is The Nargun and the Stars.

It's quite literally about a rock.

 

[loosh]

oh god definately emma by jane austen biggest crock of shit

 

[eldore44]

A) The Hobbit is awesome.

B) I have never had a good novel for school.

C) Best book ever; 'The Secret Life Of Bees'.

 

[the-derivative]

1984 is one of the best books I've ever read. Too bad I didn't get to study it in school...

Yeah - it was an optional supp text for our class in Year 10 - heard it was a good book.

Why did I choose 'Lord of the Flies' over that?

 

[NEVAGIVEUP]

"The Power of One" - Now that's great literature!

Worse book so far: "Sense and Sensibility"; haven't had the courage to complete it, its a bore!

 

[Tully B.]

My favourite book is Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card which is a Journeys text. It's really really good! I recommend everyone to read it.

no no no no NO! That's a bad Moodchanger08, very bad! Book's terrible, author's worse. Sorry if I offended anyone, but I have a deep-seated hatred for Orson Scott Card.

 

[Aerath]

Best - John Le Carre's The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
Worst - I dunno, but it'd be like.....something about Noble Savage in Yr 9.

 

[ASNSWR127]

Yeah - it was an optional supp text for our class in Year 10 - heard it was a good book.

Why did I choose 'Lord of the Flies' over that?

Why indeed?? LOL

 

[Betty Zhang]

wtf you did that book for school?!?!?

LOL!!! i noe..i swear, marina or whateva her name is from "So Much To Tell You" is a fucking constipated bitch....srsly!!!!!! sorry 'bout the swearing, guys.

 

[chaldoking]

All of them - simply love English and our English department.

 

[Aerath]

All of them - simply love English and our English department.

Oh, I didn't think you did English - I thought you had Majored in Philosophy at Yale.

 

[Munitions]

Best/s:

• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card for English Advanced this year (Comparative Study of Texts, with The Matrix) - very entertaining
• The Hobbit - Year 7 for some comprehension quizzes
• To Kill a Mockingbird - Year 9

Worst:

• The Catcher in the Rye - boring, boring, boring, boring and the protagonist is the most annoying character I've ever encountered bar none

 

[Doctor Jolly]

Well, most interesting by far was Of Mice and Men while TIRRA LIRRA BY THE RIVER WAS THE MOST BORING BOOK I'VE EVER READ IN MY LIFE - BURNNN

 

[the-derivative]

Well, most interesting by far was Of Mice and Men while TIRRA LIRRA BY THE RIVER WAS THE MOST BORING BOOK I'VE EVER READ IN MY LIFE - BURNNN

Ahh Steinbeck - I was going to use 'Of mice and men' for my english assessment - but didn't have enough time to read/analyse the book.

 

[Doctor Jolly]

Ahh Steinbeck - I was going to use 'Of mice and men' for my english assessment - but didn't have enough time to read/analyse the book.

It's pretty thin Nathan

 

[the-derivative]

It's pretty thin Nathan

LOL you know me and my level of commitment to English.

Heart of Darkness was pretty thin... I still didn't read it