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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jun 14, 2011 20:44:16 GMT -5
I think the assertion that "such such isn't overrated because it inspires discussion" is an overrated assertion. Considering the discussion that was inspired was about the content and not the quality, I believe it applies in this case. |
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Post by meh on Jun 14, 2011 21:33:48 GMT -5
Did any of you guys have to read Three Cups of Tea? Hated it.
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Post by andy on Jun 16, 2011 2:52:55 GMT -5
Loving the debate, folks, but maybe shift it elsewhere? Start a Lolita thread in the Literature forum, maybe? It's a good discussion, so you shouldn't scrap it, but the Most Overrated Literature thread isn't the place (especially considering this heated conversation is proof that Lolita isn't overrated, since it inspires such a reaction from each of you). Oh, I didn't know that different threads have radically different rules concerning spam, my apologies. |
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jun 16, 2011 4:33:31 GMT -5
Loving the debate, folks, but maybe shift it elsewhere? Start a Lolita thread in the Literature forum, maybe? It's a good discussion, so you shouldn't scrap it, but the Most Overrated Literature thread isn't the place (especially considering this heated conversation is proof that Lolita isn't overrated, since it inspires such a reaction from each of you). Oh, I didn't know that different threads have radically different rules concerning spam, my apologies. Well, at the moment, we don't have much of any rules -- if you feel like something needs more or less enforcing, maybe bring it up on the suggestions forum or in a PM to a mod? And my suggestion was less to do with anti-spam and more to do with really wanting a Lolita thread in the Lit forum and not wanting to be the one to start it, as I've already started a decent number of threads around here and want to give other people a chance to initiate discussion. Didn't think my wording of it would offend -- which part of my "loving the debate" made you feel so passive aggressive? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2011 18:05:15 GMT -5
I think the assertion that "such such isn't overrated because it inspires discussion" is an overrated assertion. It can't be overrated without having been critically acclaimed, surely?  Perhaps you mean overgeneralisation... |
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Post by Fuck Yeah Dion on Jun 16, 2011 18:28:36 GMT -5
I think the assertion that "such such isn't overrated because it inspires discussion" is an overrated assertion. Considering the discussion that was inspired was about the content and not the quality, I believe it applies in this case. Just because the content inspires discussion doesn't mean the content isn't often rated better than its merits. |
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Post by cyanea on Jun 16, 2011 18:35:59 GMT -5
Isn't discussing the tangential nature of something also tangential? *ducks*
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Post by smallthings on Jun 16, 2011 20:06:13 GMT -5
Am I the only person who thinks Sylvia Plath is overrated?
I admit that I do like her poem "Mad Girl's Love Song", but I've read The Bell Jar and struggled to finish it.
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Post by Eternal Lobster on Jun 16, 2011 20:19:49 GMT -5
Am I the only person who thinks Sylvia Plath is overrated? I admit that I do like her poem "Mad Girl's Love Song", but I've read The Bell Jar and struggled to finish it. I need to read the Bell Jar. I've liked the selected poems that end up in anthologies, though. She's a very interesting person, too. |
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 16, 2011 21:17:57 GMT -5
Am I the only person who thinks Sylvia Plath is overrated? I admit that I do like her poem "Mad Girl's Love Song", but I've read The Bell Jar and struggled to finish it. I hate Plath. She's annoying.  |
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Post by Annie Ozone on Jun 17, 2011 0:18:59 GMT -5
I got about a third of the way through The Bell Jar, and just couldn't finish it. I really enjoy her poetry though--"The Mirror" is one of my favorite poems in general, not just of hers. I wasn't sure if my problem with The Bell Jar was the book itself, or my depression (because, let me tell you, that is a book you should not read when you're on a downswing); it was borrowed from the library, and I've been too distracted with all the other books to get back to it. Also, I've got no problem moving the Lolita discussion to another thread; we were getting pretty verbose. In fact, I will go start that, right now. ETA: Light of my life, fire of my loins thisaway -> fyemarmadillo.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=literatrure&thread=272 |
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 17, 2011 2:15:14 GMT -5
I got about a third of the way through The Bell Jar, and just couldn't finish it. I really enjoy her poetry though--"The Mirror" is one of my favorite poems in general, not just of hers. I wasn't sure if my problem with The Bell Jar was the book itself, or my depression (because, let me tell you, that is a book you should not read when you're on a downswing); it was borrowed from the library, and I've been too distracted with all the other books to get back to it. I had to read it for Modern American Poetry (yeah, prose in a poetry class - go figure). First sentence? Okay, I can dig it. Second sentence? I already wanted to throw the fucking book through the wall. Each of my responses for that class was about how much I hated the book and wanted to stop reading it. My professor was either amused or frightened. |
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Post by Silva on Jun 19, 2011 2:09:33 GMT -5
I got about a third of the way through The Bell Jar, and just couldn't finish it. I really enjoy her poetry though--"The Mirror" is one of my favorite poems in general, not just of hers. I wasn't sure if my problem with The Bell Jar was the book itself, or my depression (because, let me tell you, that is a book you should not read when you're on a downswing); it was borrowed from the library, and I've been too distracted with all the other books to get back to it. I had to read it for Modern American Poetry (yeah, prose in a poetry class - go figure). First sentence? Okay, I can dig it. Second sentence? I already wanted to throw the fucking book through the wall. Each of my responses for that class was about how much I hated the book and wanted to stop reading it. My professor was either amused or frightened. I really enjoyed The Bell Jar, especially how it made everything seem so rational in it. I can certainly see why it would not be good to read it on a downswing though. After reading it I kinda wandered around dazed for at least thirty minutes and forgot my lunch (yeah. strong reaction). What was so bad about it, in your opinion? |
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Post by Fuck Yeah Dion on Jun 19, 2011 4:26:27 GMT -5
I feel like Plath can get a little too over-the-top sometimes, but the imagery in her poems are fantastic.
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Post by Meaghan on Jun 22, 2011 4:31:03 GMT -5
Oh my goodness, two books I cannot STAND are The Catcher in the Rye and Pride and Prejudice.
Catcher in the Rye was well written, but my hatred for Holden completely over powered anything else I could possibly think about the book. Rather than thinking about how nice the writing was or how I was supposed to pity Holden, my only thought the entire time was that I wish he was real so I could throttle him.
I've read Pride and Predujice four times. The first time I disliked it, but I was only 9 so I wrote it off as just not understanding it. I read it twice more and disliked it but didn't think anything of it. Then we read it in class this year and everyone loved it, but I grew to loathe it. I hated all of the characters, which I know we're supposed to, but rather than disliking them as people I thought they were horrible, one dimensional, cliched characters.
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Perhaps you mean overgeneralisation...
