Books that got you lost?

[Arkhangelsk]

Have you ever read a book, that despite your efforts to understand it, left you utterly confused on everything the book was about? Books that made you lose track of the plot, what you were reading, and just made you feel like you've entered the wrong room and you're unsure where you're supposed to be?

Mine have to be Good Omens (Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett) and Eye Of the World (Robert Jordan). Both demanded so much focus and dedication, and the latter had such a long and complicated plot that I became confused on what the hell was going on. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it during the time I understood it, but the plot became so entangled and twisted that I had to stop reading cause I had no idea where I lost it. Maybe I'm not the person to read it. I'll try it again when I have time, but right now I'll go with some easier reading.

EDIT: Oh, and I tried reading Objectivist Epystomology and Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal by Ayn Rand. They really make your brain malfunction by overuse.

 

[Sewblon]

Clockwork Orange. I don't know any Cockney slang or Russian, so the language was just too much work for me to get into the story.

 

[orangebandguy]

I never could let Northern Lights set in. I was ill at the time of reading it so I ended up despising it. Maybe if I re read it I might like it.

 

[Gildan Bladeborn]

What was confusing about Good Omens exactly? Seemed pretty straight forward to me the first time I read it.

 

[Jharry5]

'The Sound and the Fury' by William Faulkner is the most confusing book I've ever read. The way he writes it is really quite disjointed.

Clockwork Orange. I don't know any Cockney slang or Russian, so the language was just too much work for me to get into the story.

Also, this. I had to re-read whole pages at times. Very confusing when you read it; I prefered the film for this reason.

 

[Last of the Chinchillas]

I had to read the ending to Ender's Game a couple times over. I was very exhausted at the time, so I blame that.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

What was confusing about Good Omens exactly? Seemed pretty straight forward to me the first time I read it.

The constant character shifting between paragraphs and the cluttered detailing made me lose track on what the book was about. It was extremely obscure, and everything had to be explained so much that I forgot what I was reading. Or maybe I'm bad at reading, I don't know. But it was hard to keep up.

 

[Trivun]

First time I ever read The Colour Of Magic. In fact, this applies to all Discworld books before Maskerade. However, I have an excuse. I was quite young when I read them all. So I didn't understand a lot of the language used anyway, though I still enjoyed it. And every time I've read them since, I've loved them and have understood them perfectly. So no harm done in the end, I guess .

 

[Sampler]

The Hairy Caterpillar - it had pop-up images and really long words, like four and five letters! It was enough to put me off reading and I've never read again..

 

[Shock and Awe]

Honestly, I don't think it has ever happened to me, I have always been very good at reading,(I was at a fifth grade level in kindergarden) I only really get lost if we are reading it in class at school and I start day dreaming out od boredom, which happens often seeing as most of there book choices are total shit.