Top 5 Least Favorite Books: Persuasion by Jane Austen – #5
My Five Least Favorite Books
Number Five
Persuasion
by Jane Austen
I pride myself on the fact that I have never completely read a Jane Austen book. Persuasion is the only time I ever came close but in the end I gave up. Like most books I dislike, I was forced to read this book for a class in college. It was a History of Satire class which sounded like a really fun class only the instructor’s choice of books was a little off. Somehow we got to the point of reading Persuasion by Jane Austen and even after sitting through an entire class of people giving presentations about the book, I have no clue why this book would be considered satire.
Why do I dislike this book?
It’s really, really boring. Maybe as a guy i’m not suppose to enjoy Jane Austen. Maybe this is her worst book and I should give her another chance. Whatever the reason, I found it impossible finish the 160something pages that made up Persuasion. Do they or do they not spend a majority of the novel (novella? novelette?) going for walks in and around Bath? UGH. Just thinking about this book makes me tired.
Also, what’s with the twelve foot tall women on the cover? I don’t remember that being in the book.
Five Least Favorite Books:
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April 5th, 2011 at 12:24 pm
Thank you for having the courage to admit disliking this book. I know it's Jane Austen, but you're right…it's pretty slow. I don't like it when the conflict in a book can be resolved if the two main characters would just sit down and have an honest conversation!
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