I've read a lot of books I don't enjoy, but honestly I wouldn't be able to say whether or not I enjoy something without finishing it before. A lot of books I initially didn't like ended up buying me in the last few pages.
And the literary canon is very very big. There's something for everyone. Maybe not the one the OP's school teaches but if one just browses wikipedia they'd see a lot of book titles that are considered classics. And there is a lot of books that are considered classics that weren't written by british authors of 19th century.
Like you say, anon, people have different tastes. I don't like Hemingway but I love to read Joyce. That's the beauty of books. It speaks to different people differently and if people don't try they won't know.
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I've read a lot of books I don't enjoy, but honestly I wouldn't be able to say whether or not I enjoy something without finishing it before. A lot of books I initially didn't like ended up buying me in the last few pages.
And the literary canon is very very big. There's something for everyone. Maybe not the one the OP's school teaches but if one just browses wikipedia they'd see a lot of book titles that are considered classics. And there is a lot of books that are considered classics that weren't written by british authors of 19th century.
Like you say, anon, people have different tastes. I don't like Hemingway but I love to read Joyce. That's the beauty of books. It speaks to different people differently and if people don't try they won't know.