H.P Lovecraft banged on about “eldritch horrors” and “cyclopean architecture” a fair bit. Robert E. Howard couldn’t shut up about Conan’s “iron thews”.

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. I know it’s a beloved classic and highly regarded but I knew after a few pages the author’s sense of humour was going to irritate the shit out of me. You can’t please of all the people all of the time and no doubt there’s stuff I love that others think is woeful.