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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen
Whew, I thought I was the only one who felt that way.
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I remember having to read
The Old Man And The Sea in high school. It's not that I hated it, I just didn't quite get the whole "OMG Hemingway Great American Author!" thing. Same with... oh, the other one we had to read. Spanish Civil War, dude falls in love with some chick, she dies... yeah, it was so memorable I can't even remember which book it was.
The Sun Also Rises?
Later on I read a couple more of his "big" novels, but they didn't do anything for me either. Again, didn't hate them, just puzzled as to why he's considered one of our "great" authors.
<iinsert obligatory disclaimer re beauty, eye of the beholder, etc. here>