Worst Book Ever?
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It will sound horribly cliché by now, but yes, Twilight is the worst book I have ever read.
Honourable mention goes to "The Pillars Of The Earth" by Ken Follett.
My god, what tripe. This man took an awesome concept and completely butchered it. He can't write for shit. I'm interested in the mini-series though, since the whole thing reads like a movie script anyway.
This "My Immortal"-thing that gets mentioned every so often, I looked it up, and it even has an entry on tvtropes. I'm half-tempted to go read the whole thing, but I'm afraid I might actually die laughing. "I jumped sexily in front of da bullet" indeed.
Honourable mention goes to "The Pillars Of The Earth" by Ken Follett.
My god, what tripe. This man took an awesome concept and completely butchered it. He can't write for shit. I'm interested in the mini-series though, since the whole thing reads like a movie script anyway.
This "My Immortal"-thing that gets mentioned every so often, I looked it up, and it even has an entry on tvtropes. I'm half-tempted to go read the whole thing, but I'm afraid I might actually die laughing. "I jumped sexily in front of da bullet" indeed.
Oh my god yes! Thank you! Everyone I mention my disdain of this book too loves it. That's what I get for hanging out with English Literature students I guess. But I hated every second I had to spend reading this horrible, horrible thing.Xanian said:
"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Why? Because he uses twelve pages (and I'm barely exaggerating) to describe a woman, quite literally WALKING THROUGH A DOOR! *wallbanger*
I don't think so. Read the last bit of the first paragraph again, it mentions the exodus, and the whole surviving on manna alone. Don't think that was in The Secret...Xanian said:Ah, I believe he was supposed to be referring to The Secret though. Same difference, really.thethingthatlurks said:On a less serious note:
Honestly you had to be expecting Twilight to be said a million times here. I say the same thing. I picked up the first book once, read the first chapter, said "No" and threw it at wall.
I will have too lokk that up, sounds like a sort of funny thing to read, if you don't read it in a serius way.Buzz Killington said:
I have only seen the movie, but i must give that book a look too.Aabglov said:
120 Days of Sodom is a really strange book, but if you are in the right mood, you will have a sort of "Sweet Jesus" feeling whene you read it.WingedIncubus said:
I would like to have a look in to Mein Kampf.. I have heard that it is a really bad book.
Well... True enough, Twilight was bad, I've heard on good authority (couldn't read more than the first one) that they get worse. Oh, wait, didn't Meyer write a book about a character that was only in the main series for three minutes?
Anyway, the book I found most boring was Great Expectations, Dickens. I like some of Dickens other works, but that one... Was so dull... Next to nothing happened.
And the last Harry Potter book. I loved the series as a kid, and I still hold a soft spot for it, but... Fetch quest, crappy epilogue that doesn't even let the reader decide what happens to the characters, and killing off the best characters for no reason.
Did I care when Harry died? Like hell. But Hedwig? Colin Creevey? Fred. She gets no points for that. And then his girlfriend replaces him with his twin? Shallow much. Urgh
I love books, don't get me wrong, but some wind me right up.
Anyway, the book I found most boring was Great Expectations, Dickens. I like some of Dickens other works, but that one... Was so dull... Next to nothing happened.
And the last Harry Potter book. I loved the series as a kid, and I still hold a soft spot for it, but... Fetch quest, crappy epilogue that doesn't even let the reader decide what happens to the characters, and killing off the best characters for no reason.
Did I care when Harry died? Like hell. But Hedwig? Colin Creevey? Fred. She gets no points for that. And then his girlfriend replaces him with his twin? Shallow much. Urgh
I love books, don't get me wrong, but some wind me right up.
I read that the Tralfalmadorians were meant to parody that uncaring "well, it doesn't matter in the large scheme of things" viewpoint. Thats why he wrote them as silly looking aliens, and every death, from the most emotional to the most trivial (the wine going flat) get the same uncaring remark: "so it goes".thethingthatlurks said:
Yea, her ongoing popularity makes me dread that Fabio books will be "classics" in a couple hundred years.FargoDog said:
For me, I would have to say Spellfire by Ed (or is it Al) Greenwood is probably one of the worst books I've ever read. I enjoyed all the other Forgotten Realms books my friend had lent me but that one was really horribly contrived and tedious. The characters were really 2dimensional too.
It was like the author decided to publish a D&D campaign he DMed when he was 8.
tehfeen said:
After reading a description on Amazon.com...
I honestly wanna read that book.
The premise sounds pretty interesting(bit silly, though).
Gonna give it a try. And I can totally see what you mean by "Tarantino rip-off" just by reading the description.
This post could have practically /threadTerminate421 said:"Justin Bieber: My Story"
ALSO Twilight and anything involving spies (Aside from Chekists)
Though in it's defense. Twilight wasn't THAT bad..
Okay fine they were. I'll direct you to my favourite Twilight review ever.
http://otahyoni.livejournal.com/130432.html
The worst book I have ever read was some book I had to read for my Dutch literature class. I don't even remember the title, I've tried forgetting everything about it. I only remember it took me three weeks to get through the first chapter but I had to plow on.
Dutch literature is horrible as a whole, in fact.
Dutch literature is horrible as a whole, in fact.