Ever read a book so bad that you actaully stopped reading?
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The last time I tried to read The Two Towers, was back during High School. I wanted to like it, I honestly did. I just couldn't bear to endure it any longer. Loved The Hobbit, liked Fellowship of the Ring, but Two Towers made me put the book down, and I haven't attempted to pick it up since.OriginalLadders said:
The other series that came highly recommended to me was Anne Mccaffrey's Dragonrider's of Pern. I started with 'Dragonsdawn' and just couldn't get into it.
My god really? Kushiels Dart is without a doubt my favorite book and series ever written. She is my Tolkien. She builds worlds so much better than any person I have ever read. If you ever want to give it a try, go for the second trilogy in the set with Phedre's godson Imriel. I am defending this book to my last dying breath.TheBrett said:
But I do agree about Fellowship. I had a guy tell me how the books changed his life blah blah blah and after watching the movie, this was the most disappointing book ever.
I thought that book was like, the definition of suspense and excellent pacing, but we'll just have to agree to disagree on that oneaprilmarie said:
If I added up the amount of time I've wasted in trying to push through shitty books, it must add up to at least a year of my life. And I loathe that knowledge more than you could ever imagine.
That's why, now, if I'm halfway through a book and I still don't like it, I just stop and never pick it up again. There's been a few like that now, although the only ones I can remember are The Cathedral of the Sea (or something) that still hadn't got to the main story promised by the blurb even by the time I was three quarters of the way through, and The Book Thief, which read like a kid's book and used every single narrative device going. Every. Single. One. Pictures. Skipping back and forth in time. Personified death as the quirky narrative tool (which reeked of bargain-basement Terry Pratchett). Stupid quotes trying to sound philosophical. It was all just...so annoying. Good Lord. Everyone else I know loved the thing but I hated it. /literature hipster ;D
That's why, now, if I'm halfway through a book and I still don't like it, I just stop and never pick it up again. There's been a few like that now, although the only ones I can remember are The Cathedral of the Sea (or something) that still hadn't got to the main story promised by the blurb even by the time I was three quarters of the way through, and The Book Thief, which read like a kid's book and used every single narrative device going. Every. Single. One. Pictures. Skipping back and forth in time. Personified death as the quirky narrative tool (which reeked of bargain-basement Terry Pratchett). Stupid quotes trying to sound philosophical. It was all just...so annoying. Good Lord. Everyone else I know loved the thing but I hated it. /literature hipster ;D
Orcs by Stan Nicholls.
It was recommended to my by a friend, but halfway through I just couldn't finish it. Bad pacing, one-dimensional characters, no character development, and a dull plot.
It was recommended to my by a friend, but halfway through I just couldn't finish it. Bad pacing, one-dimensional characters, no character development, and a dull plot.
WHAT?! Someone with a different opinion than you? How can such a thing be!? Surely everything I like, everyone else likes too, right? Right?JordanHavoc said:
Exactly!EternalFacepalm said:
Yeah, I guess I did come off as something of a tosser in that post.I really didn't mean to, that just kind of caught me by surprise. I'm generally pretty used to people not liking the things I like, but I always just assumed that everyone loves (or at least likes) The Great Gatsby because I've never heard anyone say otherwise.
Edit: Also, that is a great username
I read part of a book called 'Rage' by Simon Conway and really didn't like it. It seemed to be more of a porno novel than a book about a war correspondent.
I read 6 whole pages of "Twilight" and promptly threw it across the room. where it lay for months until my friend took it back.
you must have 1 cruel teacher funny how i expected this whole thread to be full of people saying how awful twilight is but appartly their are other books worth making fun of.GreatTeacherCAW said:
Stephen King's Lisey's Story. There can be no secrets, no drama, no revelations that are worth slogging through that woman's long-unexplained but frequently used references to things in her past or twee uses of the word "smucking" in place of the vulgarity.
