50 Famous ‘Literary Masterpieces’ That Actually Suck

18. Atwood’s The Handmaiden’s Tale. It’s currently my literary pet peeve as it could have been so much better. The world building was fascinating and compelling. A dystopian, neo-theocrastic American state born out of the environmentally related collapse of fertility rates. But there were just way too many coincidences used to drive and resolve the plot. It’s lazy writing.

19. War and Peace. Honestly I’ve never felt so disconnected from a reading in my entire life, and that is counting the back of shampoo bottles. Can’t bring myself to give a shit about any of the characters even if Tolstoy himself got out of the grave and said hey man can u give it a try.