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I had to read Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth for an American Humor lit course. I couldn't find anything remotely funny in it (neither did most of my classmates). It's just one long complaint.
Since secondary school I also hated A Tale of Two Cities and Wuthering Heights thanks to the way we were taught reading skills. We had to read those short books, the easier ones were purpose written but the advanced level ones were basically short summaries (20-30 pages including drawings) of classics. I had to read both of these books and I didn't understand anything of it, especially A Tale of Two Cities was confusing. Which isn't that strange considering both books are 500+ pages in paperback. I only got two fails for literature tests ever and that were for those two book.
I've read Wuthering Heights for a lit course and although I didn't love I did like it. I still haven't read A Tale of Two Cities yet, I want to but I just keep remembering that horribly confusing book and that puts me off starting the actual book.
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