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Originally Posted by Mrgauth
For me it is about any 'classic literature'. Have not ever been able to get through a Dickens, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Steinbeck, Austin, that guy who wrote War and Peace, and any other 'classic' writer you can think of. I think it is the fact that I grew up watching TV and not reading that much that I am wired now in such a way that my entertainment has to start quick, act fast, and come to a conclusion promptly or I get bored. For that matter don't think I have ever ready a 1000 page book. Read the Lord of the Rings when a teen but that was more for escape from an abusive mother. Now, I just can't get through it.
Have always wished I loved the classics, but alas. I'll just stick to cotton candy I guess.
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I don't tend to like classics either. In my case I know it's not that I grew up watching TV; I barely watched any TV when I was a kid, and for several years when I was growing up we didn't even get TV reception (we had a TV, but only used it for the occasional movie rental). And length isn't an issue for me - one of my favorite books is close to 1000 pages long. I've just found it really hard to enjoy most of the classics I've tried reading. There are exceptions - I love Shakespeare, for instance - but they're rare. Maybe I just have a harder time getting into a book if it's not written in a modern style; I'm not sure.
Getting back to the topic at hand, the book this thread made me think of was
Dune. My dad gave it to me when I was ten; I've tried several times since then to read it, and I do like it, but somehow I always end up putting it down early on and not picking it back up. I still intend to read it someday, though.