"Have you read Don Quixote?
How?
Wasn't it very very boring??"
"What the hell is the big deal about Don Quixote?
And not knowing that he was the master of Sancho Panza? People are shrieking everywhere, OH MY GOD!!!!! U MUST BE TEH ILLITERATEZ IF U DO NOT KNOW WHO HE IS! Jesus, get over your ego-centric westernized world views."
"I hate don Quixote. Or maybe I just hate reading or I hate BOTH"
"I. Did not. Enjoy this ... All of this is very, very wrong. He is a silly old man who goes crazy from reading too much and leaves his home to travel and perform feats of knightly-knightingness. However. Don Quixote is, to be blunt, an asshole. Each chapter consists of several episodes of him terrorizing innocent people and getting the snot beat out of him and you NEVER EVER feel sorry for him (or at least I don't). By page 400, you want someone to arrest him or kill him so you can stop reading about what a jerk he is ... Also, Sancho Panza is not funny."
"The real flaw with Don Quixote is in the content of the book. Most of the (more than a thousand) pages are occupied by extended duologues between the two main characters, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza."
"The main character is an annoying idiot. I assume that this is either an accurate portrayal of someone Cervantes knew or a stereotype he was exploring but none of it made me want to continue reading about his pathetic and ridiculous exploits."
"I will not finish this book. Perhaps the worst 'novel' ever written. And - yes - I *get* what's supposed to be humorous, it just isn't."
"Don Quixote does not come off as idealistic as dotty, stubborn and occasionally silly."
"there were parts that were completely unrealistic."
"You have to laugh at the antics of this poor deluded fool, and his sidekick who is just as gullible as his master (does he really believe D Q will give him an estate?) This is what comes of being a do-gooder who blindly goers out to conquer for causes without using common sense.
There are parts of the tale you can skip, just as there are boring tales in Chaucer you can give a cursory glance."
"Widely considered unfilmable. That's because it's rubbish."
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Cervantes - Don Quixote II
"For the first 250 pages, this book lives up to its legendary reputation. In addition to the famous scenes (windmills and sheep), there are some genuinely funny scenes I did not know about before actually reading this book (including a level of violence and vomit out of a South Park episode). However, the next 700 pages (including a 400-page 'Book 2' written 6 years later) just beat the same point into the ground and then continue to beat that point (quit behaving like a character from someone else's book) until my patience wore thin. This may be the first example of a comedian faced with the awkwardness of a sequel, and I sincerely hope that 'Hangover: Part II' avoids the same problem where a sequel just feels like a weak copy."
"This book seriously made me want to gouge my eyes out."
"What I liked about this novel is that Cervantes used humorous writing in almost every notable event in the story. It really helps the reader to continue reading through the pages because the reader will certainly not feel the tedious-ity of the novel unlike the other Classics."
"Too long, too old, too much!"
"Too,Borring for me."
"Though I have yet to finish it, I find it to be one of the silliest books I have ever read."
"This is a book about an idiot, and, therefore, one I would have preferred to never have read but was made to."
"Don Quixote probably was a great book during Cervantes' time, but I found it to be slow, boring and uneventful. In my (humble) opinion most modern readers, used to more concise, faster paced books, will not enjoy this one."
"THIS BOOK IS A JOKE."
"I'm sure that that this is a great book. I can accept that for its time it was really something ... Those that hold it in high esteem are either trying to show respect for the mentally ill, haven't read it yet, or lead sheltered lives where this kind of thing might seem interesting. I suggest other books... that are shorter... and that might compel one to read them to conclusion."
"Cervantes may have been a genius, but the rest of us aren't. For his next book I think he should try to write on everyone else's level."
"This book seriously made me want to gouge my eyes out."
"What I liked about this novel is that Cervantes used humorous writing in almost every notable event in the story. It really helps the reader to continue reading through the pages because the reader will certainly not feel the tedious-ity of the novel unlike the other Classics."
"Too long, too old, too much!"
"Too,Borring for me."
"Though I have yet to finish it, I find it to be one of the silliest books I have ever read."
"This is a book about an idiot, and, therefore, one I would have preferred to never have read but was made to."
"Don Quixote probably was a great book during Cervantes' time, but I found it to be slow, boring and uneventful. In my (humble) opinion most modern readers, used to more concise, faster paced books, will not enjoy this one."
"THIS BOOK IS A JOKE."
"I'm sure that that this is a great book. I can accept that for its time it was really something ... Those that hold it in high esteem are either trying to show respect for the mentally ill, haven't read it yet, or lead sheltered lives where this kind of thing might seem interesting. I suggest other books... that are shorter... and that might compel one to read them to conclusion."
"Cervantes may have been a genius, but the rest of us aren't. For his next book I think he should try to write on everyone else's level."
Friday, February 4, 2011
Cervantes - Don Quixote
"My rating on this book is misleading, not that I have read the book, but I have perused. It is written in Old Spanish and hard to understand. I am not prepared to give the book the time I would need to exploit it."
"midevil night tales. not humorous."
"I definitely concede that Cervantes is a good writer. Unfortunately, I don’t think that’s good enough to recommend the book."
"My impression of this book was that it would end differently then it did."
"I probably won't get past the first few pages since a synopsis told me he ends his life a 'sane, but broken man'. Literature is great, but I would rather not stick this one out for the ending."
"Half-way through the novel I wanted someone to kill Don Quixote to end the 'adventure' - he deserved it ... Quixote's most famous 'adventure' is when he charges a windmill, which he believes is a giant. Yes, he charges the windmill and the sail, predictably, knocks him off his horse. Yeah, that's it"
"My conception of the quixotic dreamer is someone who has the courage to dream big, in spite of the nay-sayers of the world. I was surprised to see that Cervantes did not share my sympathy for dreamers- it was obvious he felt that Don Quixote was simply a fool, and nuts to boot."
"very boring abou the squire, i encourage everybody to no read this boring book, althogh it was pretty amazing"
"The story is written with simplistic language and boring sentences. It also covers difficult topics including 'A boy of about fifteen was tied to a tree, naked from the waist up. He was being hit with a leather belt by a man'."
"midevil night tales. not humorous."
"I definitely concede that Cervantes is a good writer. Unfortunately, I don’t think that’s good enough to recommend the book."
"My impression of this book was that it would end differently then it did."
"I probably won't get past the first few pages since a synopsis told me he ends his life a 'sane, but broken man'. Literature is great, but I would rather not stick this one out for the ending."
"Half-way through the novel I wanted someone to kill Don Quixote to end the 'adventure' - he deserved it ... Quixote's most famous 'adventure' is when he charges a windmill, which he believes is a giant. Yes, he charges the windmill and the sail, predictably, knocks him off his horse. Yeah, that's it"
"My conception of the quixotic dreamer is someone who has the courage to dream big, in spite of the nay-sayers of the world. I was surprised to see that Cervantes did not share my sympathy for dreamers- it was obvious he felt that Don Quixote was simply a fool, and nuts to boot."
"very boring abou the squire, i encourage everybody to no read this boring book, althogh it was pretty amazing"
"The story is written with simplistic language and boring sentences. It also covers difficult topics including 'A boy of about fifteen was tied to a tree, naked from the waist up. He was being hit with a leather belt by a man'."
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