Tell me about the worst book you ever read. Did you struggle to the end or give up halfway through?
#121
A Prayer for Owen Meaney - I had the book recommended to me by so many people. I tried to like it but it was an ordeal to read. Perhaps with all the hype, I was expecting more.The capitalization of Owen's dialogue grated on every fiber of my being and detracted from any enjoyment of the story, which in retrospect was interesting ... but what a frikken ordeal!!!
1point
#122
The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
The plot was basic. I could predict what was going to happen EASILY. The plot twist was so predictable it was painful. Full of clichés. The characters were so 2D, it was painful. Sure, there was character growth, but it was basic and expected.
The plot was basic. I could predict what was going to happen EASILY. The plot twist was so predictable it was painful. Full of clichés. The characters were so 2D, it was painful. Sure, there was character growth, but it was basic and expected.
1point
#123
Jonathan Strange and Mr.Norrell
A good premise, but it is so soooo boring. It feels like it takes forever to say anything, and then anything it DOES manage to say could be summed up in a few words. It's like someone was trying to reach a word count. Not only that, but half of every page is entirely dedicated to footnotes! If they wanted to write multiple books then they should have instead of taking up half the page in smaller print with asterisks next to them. It's ridiculous. I tried to like and I tried to finish it, but lord it was a slog. Just....no.
A good premise, but it is so soooo boring. It feels like it takes forever to say anything, and then anything it DOES manage to say could be summed up in a few words. It's like someone was trying to reach a word count. Not only that, but half of every page is entirely dedicated to footnotes! If they wanted to write multiple books then they should have instead of taking up half the page in smaller print with asterisks next to them. It's ridiculous. I tried to like and I tried to finish it, but lord it was a slog. Just....no.
1point
#124
The World According to Garp.
0points
#125
The World according to Garp
0points
#126
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.
At one point I threw this across the room shouting g “JUST BUT THE FÜCKING FLOWERS!!!!”
It took me about eight months to read this because after three pages I would get a humongous headache, it felt like I was being bashed on the head by a bridge whilst my toenails were being pulled out by wild horses.
0points
#127
My brother just was assigned a book for class called “shadows of war” it was utterly horrendous and I couldn’t find anything to salvage from it lol
0points
#128
The cricket in the hearth by Dickins. Thought it would be another great Christmas tale like a Christmas Carol. It is not. Its only a novella and pretty much unreadable.
0points
#129
Faust I.
Part II is full of adventures, trips around the world, battles, kings and emporers....
But part one is just an middle-aged guy with a midlife-crisis who pays the devil to knock over a 14-year old girl (while killing her mother and brother in the process)
Part II is full of adventures, trips around the world, battles, kings and emporers....
But part one is just an middle-aged guy with a midlife-crisis who pays the devil to knock over a 14-year old girl (while killing her mother and brother in the process)
Why is this book part of school curriculum?
0points
#130
I have a few.
First and foremost -
The Handmaid's Tale : I was so confused by the lack of any punctuation that it stopped me enjoying the book, although I really wanted to.
Oranges are not the only Fruit : Hated the writing style, liked the series with Charlotte Coleman though.
The Institute : Had to say Stephen King had a miss there.
Haunting of Hill House : I knew it wasn't supposed to be like the series but even as Gothic Horror, I considered it pretty bad storytelling.
Fairie Tale (Feist) : The characters were terrible, loved the idea but wasn't executed very well.
First and foremost -
The Handmaid's Tale : I was so confused by the lack of any punctuation that it stopped me enjoying the book, although I really wanted to.
Oranges are not the only Fruit : Hated the writing style, liked the series with Charlotte Coleman though.
The Institute : Had to say Stephen King had a miss there.
Haunting of Hill House : I knew it wasn't supposed to be like the series but even as Gothic Horror, I considered it pretty bad storytelling.
Fairie Tale (Feist) : The characters were terrible, loved the idea but wasn't executed very well.
These are mine, if you liked them... by all means let me know why :)
0points
#131
The graphic novel version of brave new world. I really wish I had never read it. Stupid mom forcing me to read it. If you’re 18 or older, you might like it, but kids would definitely find it a bit… not sure the right word for it, but I know I hate the book.
0points
#132
To Kill a Mockingbird. I found many of the characters annoying and unlikeable, and the way she wrote the accents also really annoyed me. I'm not a fan of when authors attempt to fully write the transcription of accents into their books, because it just comes off as annoying many times (not always, though, with books like Outlander being able to do it well for the most part).
Also, Breaking Dawn. Honestly, I read the first three and thought they were good. Not amazing or anything, but fun, short books. While Breaking Dawn is still short, I found that it took characters' worst qualities and dialed them up.
0points
#133
I've never been able to make that far into religious writings of any religion. If you feel like I'm attacking you or your religion in particular then I know exactly which religion you are, but I'm talking about the other one so quit pretending you're being attacked this is not about you.
0points
#134
Steinbeck's The Pearl. Total s**t.F**k the school system that made me read that.
-2points
#135
The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt.
After I was significantly into this very thick book, I read a review that called it Dickins-esque. And that made sense. It was a very depressing, drawn out, negative story of a young man. How he was neglected in this situation so he stole stuff, and this other situation he came up with a con just to line his pockets (and hurt a friend), and that situation which was just un-glorified drug use. Depressing. Dark. And probably some prosaic symbolism about the human condition.
After I was significantly into this very thick book, I read a review that called it Dickins-esque. And that made sense. It was a very depressing, drawn out, negative story of a young man. How he was neglected in this situation so he stole stuff, and this other situation he came up with a con just to line his pockets (and hurt a friend), and that situation which was just un-glorified drug use. Depressing. Dark. And probably some prosaic symbolism about the human condition.
-2points
#136
Hitchhikers Guide series, the first book is well written, great concept, amazing story, etc. Then they progressively get worse, become nonsensical, no questions are ever answered, certain plot lines and characters are forgotten about, it’s like Adam’s forgot what he was writing about 1.5 books in.
-4points
#137
Middlesex is one of the BEST books I've read
-5points
#138
The Great Gatsby. I taught high school literature, had to read and teach it year after year after year. Lifeless, annoying characters. Ridiculous imagery. Gatsby reaching out to the green light across the water, the whole "but these shirts" Daisy scene, owl-eyes in the library, all just ludicrous, deep and profound as a tide pool. And the weird "here, you drive mine and I'll drive yours" car-switching plot device that is required to set up the big climax has never, not even once, made sense to me. Like a guy in a boat rowing upstream in the river of time and regret blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Dreck.
-5points
#139
The Great Gatsby. I taught high school literature, had to read and teach it year after year after year. Lifeless, annoying characters. Ridiculous imagery. Gatsby reaching out to the green light across the water, the whole "but these shirts" Daisy scene, owl-eyes in the library, all just ludicrous, deep and profound as a tide pool. And the weird "here, you drive mine and I'll drive yours" car-switching plot device that is required to set up the big climax has never, not even once, made sense to me. Like a guy in a boat rowing upstream in the river of time and regret blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Dreck.
-6points
#140
"A Midsummers Night Dream", followed closely by "The Scarlet Letter".
My daughter had to read both in school, and we, of course, had to help her. Sorry if I'm treafing on anyone's favorite classic, but what a drag!
-6points