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Is there a popular book you hate? Or a famous character you find unlikeable? Maybe even a book you think more people should read? Post tryout opinions on books here!
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#1
Harry Potter is overrated
Final score:
9points
KittyKat 3 years ago
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Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano 3 years ago
Yes, and this is a thread for unpopular opinions. Even if you don't agree with someone, please respect their opinions!
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UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
I’ve tried a couple of times to read the Harry Potter series. It’s just too quaint and trite for me. Can’t get past the first book. Remember kids, there will always be someone who loves what you hate, and hates what you love.
Liney Knotley 3 years ago
But this is the stupidest opinion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Harry Potter is amazing!!!!!! Ugh sorry I need to say it. I just woke up and now I’m mad!
Locke Lamora 3 years ago
Completely agree. It’s okay, but definitely not deserving of the hype.
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#2
The Hunger Games needs more books.
Final score:
7points
#3
The kids books are better than the Adult ones.
Final score:
6points
RedPepper 3 years ago
Adult books must belong to a given literary genre and follow the rules of this genre. Children books writers have more freedom
UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
I don’t think your first sentence is true at all.
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I didn't want Ron and Hermione to get together in Harry Potter.
Final score:
6points
Liney Knotley 3 years ago
Well I guess… I don’t know. I don’t really have a strong opinion either way but I do think they’re cute together
#5
1. The Catcher in the Rye is a great book. Yes, he's bratty and entitled but that's part of the story. It's about the death of his brother and his mental health.
Final score:
5points
#6
Game of Thrones was a tedious read. I liked the story concept.
Final score:
3points
#7
Rikki Tikki Tavi! Sure he’s supposed to be the hero and all, but he’s an idiot.
Final score:
2points
Patricia Stilwell 3 years ago
Hmmm, Rikki Tikki Tavi is part of the Jungle Books by RUDYARD KIPLING not Walt Disney. I've read them probably 20 times. If you never have read them, ALL of them, you have no idea how deep they are. The best Coming of Age books I've ever read. They are thrilling, sad, poignant, beautiful.
#8
I’ve never read the Harry Potter books… I’m sorry everyone I love the movies and I’m the kind of person that if they change the movie from the book I get bothered. I just don’t want to ruin the movie
Final score:
2points
Cindy M 3 years ago
I feel that exact same way, but in the opposite form. I love the books, but I don't watch the movies, because I don't want to overwrite the magical imagery that developed in my own imagination as a kid....
Liney Knotley (Submission author) 3 years ago
Yeah I’m just happy with the movies! I bet the books are great though
Load More Replies... RedBadgerCan'tSwim 3 years ago
Personally, in the case of Harry Potter, I don't think the movies ruin the books or vice versa. There are things in the books that wouldn't have transferred easily to screen. There are a few things I wish they'd left in but nothing that detracts from the experience.
#9
Not sure if unpopular, but I think political correctness, cultural osmosis and overexposure have ruined many classical works of literature. Ninety-Eighty Four, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde or Don Quixote can be dull and filled with clichés for modern audiences, even though they pre-date those clichés and in fact many started them. And the fact most are mandatory readings in high school make young people hate them.
Final score:
2points
#10
Gone with the wind gives a benign view of slavery. Please spare me the love story chestnut, or the fact that slavery did happen. Yeah we all know it did. If you’re comfortable with a book that essentially regards slavery as a good thing, you ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog and you ain’t no friend of mine.
Final score:
1point
Liney Knotley 3 years ago
Gone with the wind is incredible! I’ve grown up with it. I’m free the south so it’s cool to see the southern side of things during the civil war. It’s honest and sad. It gives perspective.
#11
SPOILER FOR TRIALS OF APOLLO!!! Jason Grace was boring. He was literally a stereotypical white cis/straight dude, and I wasn't upset when he died, mainly sad for the other characters. He was fine, until he was just like, "hey bro I get it" when Cupid outed Nico. Like no you don't get it!!!! He never had many hardships in his life other than being a demigod, he had a loving sister and then lived in the legion. So, he's my least favorite demigod (Octavian doesn't count, as a legacy).
Final score:
1point
#12
They need to stop making movies not based off anything and just made up. They need to start making more movies based off books! Such as "The Land of Stories" and the "Cinder" series!
Final score:
1point
#13
I didn't enjoy the sequels of Percy Jackson (the original was good though).
Final score:
0points
#14
People complaining about YA fiction being stupid are just being upset about kids consuming daydream/power fantasy and rarely present a well-thought-out analysis of the genre. Conversely, YA fiction is inherently flawed as an age-bracket is assigned to what primarily amounts to a single genre, and one with a remarkably formulaic set of plot tropes and overarching themes at that. Basically most of the conversation around YA fiction is stupid. I could write so much more on this topic, but I won't bore you.
Final score:
0points
#15
Unpopular, I know, but I don’t like anything by Shakespeare. I don’t like the olde worlde language it’s written in . Sorry. 😂 (However, I love West Side Story that I understand is based on Romeo & Juliet)
Final score:
0points
UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
I haven’t read Shakespeare in ages, but I found that when I did I needed to “practice” read first. I would either read several sonnets or a few scenes from another random play until the language stopped seeming novel and felt more natural. It worked very well.
RedBadgerCan'tSwim 3 years ago
I understand this, I don't enjoy reading Shakespeare either, except the sonnets. But it was never meant to be read like a book, it was meant to be performed on a stage.
#16
Most of the Cell saga would've ended if Vegeta would just swallow his pride for once.
Final score:
0points
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