>What books were a chore to read but are fantistic to look

>>8629645
It got 6 votes in the /lit/ poll.

If ever there was proof of how pleb this board is

Definitely the Iliad for me. I wouldn't call it a chore to read, but when I had finished it I was sort of only lukewarm towards it. Only in hindsight have I begun to appreciate it so much.

Lolita

>>8629683
>He didn't finish it in one day

>>8629645
A Tale of Two Cities.

An insufferable bore of a book with a top top tier ending that makes me want to cry.

>>8629695
>He didn't take the time to appreciate the prose

To the Lighthouse and Absalom, Absalom! come to mind. Both slogs, both incredibly enjoyable to reflect upon

>>8631346
To the Lighthouse is probably the most emotional a book has ever made me while reading it.

>>8629645
except for middlemarch of course. it made me cry 3 time (two from happiness)

Dubliners felt like a chore until I read Metamorphoses and realized it was kind of a negation of Ovid, then all of a sudden i was like

>wow

Dombey and Son is the more choreish Dickens book which is saying something but it grows on you afterwards

I no longer read books that require effort. Time has got to fly when the book is in my hands. It should fill me with curiosity and wonder and leave me yearning to continue whenever I'm stuck with other things.

I made this decision as I was joyfully breezing through Moby-Dick after the Blood Meridian had taken me several weeks of pain boredom.

I do give books several chances though.

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>>8629645
Anna Karenina