Your opinion of classics

[Flarityxx18]

The only classics I could actually find myself liking were To Kill a Mockingbird and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (that I actually read on my iPhone...which is kind of contradicting because it was written in 1900... blaugh ) I tried reading Dracula and Frankenstein, and I literally couldn't even read a page before I was bored to death with both of them.  

[Bokusenou]

Frankenstein's slow but good, and it takes a while to get going.  

[Art Greylace]

Hated Catcher in the Rye. And I am David. And Romeo and Juliet. Oh, and the Bronte stuff. blehhh.

But I liked Pride and Prejudice and loved Midsummer Night's dream. And once I determined that I had to read LOTR, I got through one and a half books and only gave up because I had to give them back to the library. I should give it another shot...  

[Bokusenou]

Artemesia Greylace

Hated Catcher in the Rye. And I am David. And Romeo and Juliet. Oh, and the Bronte stuff. blehhh.

But I liked Pride and Prejudice and loved Midsummer Night's dream. And once I determined that I had to read LOTR, I got through one and a half books and only gave up because I had to give them back to the library. I should give it another shot...

With LOTR, I found it helped me to listen to an audiobook version, rather than read it (though I usually prefer reading), oh, and see Shakespeare performed (or a non-modern movie version), and then read it if you can, I found I gained a greater understanding of the plays that way.  

[Art Greylace]

Bokusenou

With LOTR, I found it helped me to listen to an audiobook version, rather than read it (though I usually prefer reading), oh, and see Shakespeare performed (or a non-modern movie version), and then read it if you can, I found I gained a greater understanding of the plays that way.

I got through that much LOTR on sheer willpower- my favourite teacher (chemistry) had told me I had to, so I did. It's the only book I've ever read where I had to take breaks to understand.

I did see Shakespeare performed. I just hated Romeo and Juliet because it's a story about two annoyingly stupid teenaged brats and their so-called 'love'.