What was the book you hated reading for school?

[Insightsintobooks729]

I couldn't stand The Scarlett Letter. Maybe if I reread it now I woumd enjoy it, but since I didn't like it then I'm afraid to try it now.

[Lincolnshirelass]

I have just remembered that I was bored to tears by 'Kidnapped'!

[Musae]

I hated "Kringe in die Bos" Afrikaans book
Just was so boring

[Dolor]

I hated Math books back then. Specially the Calculus book which I had not read because it's not enough for all the students.

[SPasciuti]

I hated 1984. I know the book is super popular and gets a lot of hype, but I was just so annoyed by the main character that I couldn't bring myself to enjoy reading it.

Also, anything by Steinbeck. I just can't stand him as an author.

[uyky]

The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime. I don't know why, but I hated it in my school years. I should probably give it another chance.

[Sakilunamermaid]

There are actually a couple of books I can think of that I hated and had a hard time getting through, The House of Sand and Fog as well as Across a Hundred Mountain sides. The subject matter of both books I found very disturbing.

[AlainaElric]

Beowulf. As someone who was polytheistic (and have been called heathen for my Pagan views), who were a few times turned down for friendship because they were Christian who weren't allowed to associate with my kind, this story hit a nerve.
However there were others I read (many mentioned above) that while I didn't hate them, I didn't care for them either. The good outweighed the bad, fortunately.

[pinefamily]

Apart from Shakespeare, "Lord of the Flies" comes to mind. Probably should give it another go.
Still don't like Shakespeare (or whoever wrote the material).

[Mailis]

Most school reading was dull, we had loads of Estonian writers and some Russian classics too. For some reason all the movies and books we produce seem to be always with really dark undercurrents. My literature teachers were absolutely lovely though, usually I was such a fast reader, that when there was discussion about the home reading of the first chapter of a war book or something, I had already finished the whole thing already and was allowed to just sit there in class, and read whatever I wanted while teacher tried to explain to everyone else what the book was about. I guess you can tell I was the class (book)nerd.

[Camille Turner]

Back in high school, we had to read Animal Farm and I did not like it at all. Now, as an adult, I do like the book ok but still wouldn't classify it in my favorites by any means.

[Facennagoss]

I had to read Heart of Darkness and I couldn’t do it. It was the only one I gave up on. I had my grandad read it and explain it to me. I think that experience made me a better teacher...!

[ObsessedBookNerd]

My Sister’s Keeper, I hated the book & I wished I wasn’t forced to read it.

[Juliar252]

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury.

[_Delly_01]

I definitely think the environment that you read a book in changes your perspective on the book... Also, the whole deal of HAVING to read a book or WANTING to read a book. ^^;

I totally agree with you! I had to read To Kill a Mockingbird in school and I didn't understand it, I didn't like it, etc. I re-read it recently, and I loved it! I think we should all go back to the books we read and hated in high school and see if our opinions have changed at all.

I was just about to comment and say To Kill a Mockingbird was my most hated read during high school. Lol. I think it was a bit ahead of me at the time, and I couldn't get into it. But I might go back and give it a chance to see if my perspective has changed.