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What is a book you started to read approximately 10 years ago or more, didn’t like it, and never tried it again?

For me, it was “Lord Jim” by Conrad (published in the year 1900). I found its prose, or diction, far too stilted, archaic and difficult to decipher, and as such, it was not enjoyable to read.
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Posted - February 2, 2022
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  • 16829
    The Brothers Karamazov. I just couldn't get into it at all. I don't know what purpose pre-Soviet Russian literature was supposed to serve, but it can't be entertainment.
      February 2, 2022 8:53 PM MST
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  • 17614
    It hasn't been ten years but I tried to read Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut and it just wasn't going to happen.  Every time I opened that book I would remember something that I needed to be doing.  I think I cleaned the house a few times before I gave up.
      February 2, 2022 8:58 PM MST
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  • 3127
    Maybe a really large very old book from a second hand that have no picture, that is really complicated to figure out, that's strictly educational.
      April 28, 2022 9:57 AM MDT
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  • 2219
    Remembrance of Times Past by Proust (in translation).

    There are also a couple of Russian novels that I gave up on, it being less laborious to read a trannslation.      This post was edited by Malizz at June 28, 2022 11:13 AM MDT
      June 28, 2022 11:10 AM MDT
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  • 7795
    I tried reading this book in the mental hospital and things didn't go very well. It was the last novel I've ever tried to read. 1300 pages!


    This post was edited by Zack at June 28, 2022 12:47 PM MDT
      June 28, 2022 11:27 AM MDT
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