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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wanted this forum created so that I could talk about books I didn't like. Maybe I'm just not understanding some of these books and maybe they're not written for me but there are still he popular books I really don't like. I won't make them all because that would likely give my identity away.

One I haven't mentioned to anybody is Maya Angelou's 'i know why the caged bird sings". Not to trivialize what she went through but I really finished the book like  seemed like what did I just read. How critical can I be of an autobiography? Especially if it made her who she is? But seeing this put in the same leagues or above invisible man, black boy, native son. I just don't see it.

They're are several others and I hope this doesn't turn into a bash me or bash Maya because I love her other works (especially poetry) but I'm not a fan of that book. [/quote]

I don't get what you didn't like about it.  Be more specific.    I didnt like Invisible man.  I couldn't even finish it while I know why a caged bird sings was very engaging.[/quote]

Even Anonymous, I don't want to do too much of criticizing the GOATs. I respect her too much but it just didn't do any thing for me. Same with Color Purple. That did move me more though, like I had hatred for some characters from that book, but not to the extent of some friends who worship that book.

Maybe it's that when I'm looking for something uplifting, I can't read a book that has r@pe in it and still be uplifted by it. But that's not the worse about Caged Bird. It's more that the why's of the story don't seem to connect to me.

Maybe this is a me problem because they're are certain authors who I gravitate towards and certain ones who confuse me. Baldwin confuses me more than Wright. And Angelou is the same. It seems like there's an expression they want me to get, and I can convince myself to think that way, but my natural reaction is either nah I wouldn't do that or something more confusing. Adventure stories that don't look into the souls of people are much easier to read and interpret because it's either spelled out or not meant to be that deep. [/quote]

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