worst/best english novel you have ever read in school? (1 Viewer)

[possessionless]

^for me its both!

 

[technicolour]

lol. It's true. Everytime I think that surely I'd have to be able to get Shakespeare this time, I can still never decipher it.

 

[omnipotent]

shakespeare is a blessing, it's poetry and extremely crappy novels (like those written by malouf) that are painful. I don't care why he used alliterations, I don't think anyone cares.

 

[suzlee]

lord of the flies.
Hated it so much.

William Golding's depiction of humanity being fully evil and all that dark stuff was so over-the-top for me.

 

[Fortify]

I like some Shakespeare. Frankenstein is my favourite. Worst is probably Emma.

 

[Caulfield H]

Four words. Tess. Of. The. Du'rbervilles.
Made my life a living hell

 

[kawaiinlove]

best- the outsiders
worst- a fortunate life

 

[orthentix]

Worst novel I have read at school was Alias Grace. Terrible book, horribly structured with lack of quotation. I guess its ok if your into shit.

 

[Live Laugh Love]

LOL
Year 11 animal farm.

gosh, that book made my class fall asleep LOL
but then it got interesting lol *sshifty*

Ohhh, same here. Except it never got interesting imo..

 

[mitch_bucko]

easily the worst book is L'Morte D'Arthur-the most boring book ever written.

 

[krels]

WORST:
wind of the willows + emma + heart of darkness

(i have finally found the key to make an insomniac sleep..)

 

[slummydragon24]

best- to kill a mockingbird harper lee and 1984 george orwell

worst- utopia by tomas more

 

[pessi-mystic]

I was always put in the top classes and given the crappest novels. Though i think Othello was the worst. Our school has 4 different editions to make up a classes worth and half are so old that the one i had my uncles old girlfriend read. The main problem with Shakespeare's to me is you need to read a far but into it to start understanding the language, and even then you usually get it very wrong. I respect that he wrote a lot of plays and was very good at it, but a play is not a novel, and we need explanations and translations!
Though, I do think the main reason I didn't particularly like it was the way my teacher used it.

My favourite set novel was Walking The Boundaries by Jackie French, although my class didn't like it, but then I read all of it and I understood it all. Plus I like her writing style.

 

[mecramarathon]

WORST:
Queen Kat, Carmel and St Jude get a life

 

[rubyyy]

Worst: Goodnight Mr. Tom
Best: Animal Farm & To Kill A Mockingbird

 

[theMoment]

Best: Maestro

 

[Mehae]

Best Lord of the flies in yr 10, probably cause thats the only book i remember reading lol

 

[ninetypercent]

worst: OMG life and crimes of harry lavender
best: Raw by Scott Monk

 

[Stephie-Rae]

Best was Tomorrow When the War Began - John Marsden in year 10.
I can't even choose a worst, there's been so many bad ones.

 

[occer]

Best: Maestro

Maestro is pretty awesome.

I would say Best: One Flew Over The Cukoo's Nest. Worst: Wild Cat Falling.