Ever read a book so bad that you actaully stopped reading?
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A Tale of Two Cities. The style of writing of that period is completely different from what we're used to, tons of narrative and fewer characters, less development of said characters too.
It just became tiresome after 50 pages or so.
One book I wish I'd put down was The Grapes of Wrath. That's not a good book.
It just became tiresome after 50 pages or so.
One book I wish I'd put down was The Grapes of Wrath. That's not a good book.
Try Victor Hugo. He wrote AN ENTIRE FREAKING BOOK on what Paris looked like one fine day.Enkidu88 said:
I'm an on again, off again fan of Warhammer 40,000, but I cannot read any of their books. They're so poorly written it makes my head hurt.
The Great Gatsby, I HATED that book, and I gave that book the benefit of the doubt. A friend of mine let me borrow it since I told her I never read it, and she knew I don't like John Steinbeck, BUT told me I'd like it.
What blatant lies.
What blatant lies.
Wuthering Heights. I was supposed to read it for English class in grade 10. I ended up getting the Cole's Notes version and I was barely able to get through THAT.
I've heard Atlas Shrugged is pretty boring, too. I think that comes from the fact that it's really more of a manifesto for Ayn Rand's "I'm a selfish prick" philosophy of Objectivism than it is a novel.
I've heard Atlas Shrugged is pretty boring, too. I think that comes from the fact that it's really more of a manifesto for Ayn Rand's "I'm a selfish prick" philosophy of Objectivism than it is a novel.
I can't get out of the Old Forest. I know it picks up, but bleh. I share your opinion on the Hobbit. One of the few I've actually read multiple times.Zerazar said:
I had to read this last year... in 11th grade. It was much more bearable when I imagined that she was just trolling the narrator and pretending to be a normal girl.silver wolf009 said:Stargirl.
Just... Ugh... Not fun to read. Not fun at all.
"Daisy Miller: A Study" by Henry James
Most pretentiously boring book, I have ever been forced by college to read.
Most pretentiously boring book, I have ever been forced by college to read.
The Pearl by John Stienbeck
I had to read that dammed thing for summer one year it took me the entire summer because it was so boring that I always read around 4 pages then either passed out or threw it across the room.
I had to read that dammed thing for summer one year it took me the entire summer because it was so boring that I always read around 4 pages then either passed out or threw it across the room.
Same here. I made it through the Hobbit, but Fellowship was ridiculous. Tolkein takes so much time describing menial stuff I don't give a damn about for 3 pages before the characters take any kind of action, and he does it all the time. I don't think it's a stupid book at all, but I can't stay with it if I fall asleep while reading it.DJDarque said:
Similarly, I couldn't get myself past the second chapter of The Hobbit. It was so incredibly dull.DJDarque said:
Generally, if I don't like a book, I don't finish it. Happens a lot with books for school (the only required reading I've actually liked or read in its entirety was Of Mice and Men). Books that fall under this category include, but are not limited to: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1984, works of Shakespeare and To Kill A Mockingbird, off the top of my head.
The one book that I seriously cannot stand, however, has to be A House on Mango Street. So... so bad.
Because its pretentious and long winded. Oh and Tolkien coudnt just use common sense in battle scenes.retyopy said:
OT: Black boy, i barely finished the grapes of wrath.
His Dark Materials series.
I actually read Northern Lights, but gave up a chapter into the second book. I don't remember a thing that happened, except there was a bearfight at some point that managed to make a duel to the death between polar bears boring.
I actually read Northern Lights, but gave up a chapter into the second book. I don't remember a thing that happened, except there was a bearfight at some point that managed to make a duel to the death between polar bears boring.
Same here. It wasn't bad though, it's just... well this is really my personal experience, but I had happened to read The Fountainhead right before it. If you've ever read either, I'll just let you know now, they're both the exact same language... It gets old... gets old.Flamezdudes said:
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I had read the first three books (Which were fine), but the next 3 were shite. I kept reading hoping that it would get better, but it never did. I quit about the 7th book.
"A Game of Thrones"
Although im thinking of picking this up again, the reason i dropped it was because of two things; i felt that there were too many characters in quick secession, and i was having trouble with who had killed whose father, and who had sex with which sister and so forth.
The second, and vastly more important reason, is that on page 100 or so, a man has sex with a 13 year old girl in great (Or... Too great) detail. This was against my liking. However, i have since learned that this is actually in some greater context and not just a scene thrown in for shock factor or the like.
I had read the first three books (Which were fine), but the next 3 were shite. I kept reading hoping that it would get better, but it never did. I quit about the 7th book.
"A Game of Thrones"
Although im thinking of picking this up again, the reason i dropped it was because of two things; i felt that there were too many characters in quick secession, and i was having trouble with who had killed whose father, and who had sex with which sister and so forth.
The second, and vastly more important reason, is that on page 100 or so, a man has sex with a 13 year old girl in great (Or... Too great) detail. This was against my liking. However, i have since learned that this is actually in some greater context and not just a scene thrown in for shock factor or the like.
I came close with two Agatha Christie novels.
One was "And then there were none" and the other I can't remember but it was a Miss Marple novel. I was never so bored in my entire life than reading those books. I forced myself to finish 'cause I was going through this phase where I'd never read a book that I never finished and I wasn't gonna start now.
One was "And then there were none" and the other I can't remember but it was a Miss Marple novel. I was never so bored in my entire life than reading those books. I forced myself to finish 'cause I was going through this phase where I'd never read a book that I never finished and I wasn't gonna start now.
I made the mistake of buying Witch and Wizard without reading any of it first, got home, and realized it was written on a second grade level, That was a let down