<p>An opinion can’t be wrong, if you don’t like it, then don’t listen to it…you’re entitled to your own as well. Age doesn’t mean that one’s opinion is invalid…young children have the most honest opinions of all. Not all 18 year olds have mentalities of 18 year olds, and many have had enough experience to have a “valid opinion.” Seriously, who are you to know enough to invalidate the opinions of others based on their age? Most of the people on here are pretty well-read and are “allowed” to dislike a book. Read Portrait of a Lady, seriously, it’s very hard to like. It’s a slow read, achieves nothing and is totally anti-climactic. The main character is a disappointment with not enough rebelliousness in her and runs away from everything the reader would like her to do. It’s depressing, it’s long, it’s verbose, it’s terrible. I don’t appriciate it and I have plenty of maturity. You’re not going to like every book you read, and there’s nothing wrong with voicing that opinion, especially in a thread titled “what are the WORST ‘literary and famous’ books?”</p>