If You Were Forced To Read A Truly Awful Classic Novel In School, Come Tell Us Which One And Why Exactly You Hated It So Much

Picture this: You're sitting in your 10th grade English class when your teacher announces the next book your class will be reading. Everyone groans because they've heard the horror stories about this one.

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I'm almost positive there's a specific book that popped in your head, right?

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For me, that book was The Scarlet Letter. I hated every single second of it and thought it was easily the most boring book I had ever been subjected to in school.

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Ballard Classics

I'm a pretty big reader and generally enjoyed a lot of the books I was assigned, but not even my love of Easy A could have saved this one for me.

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Now, I want to know if there are any books you read in school that have made a lasting (horrible) impression on you.

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Maybe you think The Great Gatsby is overrated and was a huge waste of time...

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Scribner

...or perhaps you wish A Tale of Two Cities had simply never been published.

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Signet Classics

No matter what book it is, I want to know what it is and alllll of the details about why you hate it so much.

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