50 Famous ‘Literary Masterpieces’ That Actually Suck

8. Heart of freaking Darkness. For such a short novel, man it was a struggle to read.

9. The Awakening by Kate Chopin. It was really well written but oh my god every single character was so unbelievably obnoxious and selfish that I hated reading every second of it.

10. Dracula. It’s not a completely terrible book, it was just not what I was expecting and left me a bit disappointed. I was really excited to read it for a class in high school, but did not expect it to be in a the format of journal entries. It just wasn’t a style I particularly enjoyed. I can totally understand why it became such a classic though, it was almost like the Blair Witch Project of its time, like “found” footage in a way.