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[HoonDing]

It's a toss-up between "Die Leiden des jungen Werthers" by Goethe and "Eugénie Grandet" by Balzac.

[Sundance31us]

ErichHartmann wrote...
Catcher in the Rye - self indulgent, unsympathetic, whiny main character who I could care less about.

I second this.

BTW: The ducks are kept in Central Park Zoo during the winter. 

[Homebound]

i hated romeo and juliet. but to leave on a positive note, Macbeth facinated me to no end.

[MorrigansLove]

Harry Potter. Especially "Deathly Hallows".

[mousestalker]

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Of the authors generally recognized as great I'm not very fond of Mr. Dickens or Mr. Faulkner.

[Phaffner]

The Battlefield earth series by L. Ron Hubbard - That man is the longest winded person I have ever read. He could take a cat walking across the floor and streach it out to 5 chapters.

[Volus Warlord]

mousestalker wrote...

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Of the authors generally recognized as great I'm not very fond of Mr. Dickens or Mr. Faulkner.

Ah that. Certainly was pessimism/cynicism inducing, was it not?

I never understood that.

"We want to educate you to be optimists, to always see the bright side in all circumstances, so we will make you read the most miserable stories that will make you hate life and human nature."

Can you tell I had to read it in high school?

[whykikyouwhy]

As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner. I know he's supposed to be wonderful, and my issue may have been *when* I read it. It was just tedious. It insisted upon itself.

The Shack - Wm. Paul Young. Trite, and offensive in its overuse of stereotypes.

[KenKenpachi]

MorrigansLove wrote...

Harry Potter. Especially "Deathly Hallows".

Run it over with a lawn mower. Trust me, its fun.

[naughty99]

The Infernal City by Greg Keyes.

There were some chapters I enjoyed reading, which were set on Tamriel, but other chapters set on the floating, titular Infernal City, felt too much like Alice in Wonderland. As a result, I found the book on the whole to be boring and stopped reading about halfway through.

I really haven't read many books I disliked simply because I immediately stopped reading if I didn't like them. I imagine many of you are referring to books you had to read for schoolwork?

Personally, I really enjoyed Heart of Darkness, As I Lay Dying, Great Expectations and Catcher in the Rye.

Modifié par naughty99, 20 août 2011 - 12:02 .

[Sigma Tauri]

I don't care if it's a classic.

Robinson Crusoe.

I also like to say I hate the Iliad.

Modifié par monkeycamoran, 20 août 2011 - 12:08 .

[Seagloom]

Seduced by Moonlight by Laurell K. Hamilton. The Anita Blake series was already sliding into the drain, but I picked this series up since it was about faeries and I love all things faerie. Okay, *almost* all considering my opinions on these books. The first two were awful, but I hung in there hoping the plot would move forward. It never did. Seduced by Moonlight was wall to wall sex with a Mary Sue protagonist that plowed through a plot that barely went anywhere. Hamilton's first person writing style made it especially odd. I kept wondering if I was reading her personal sexual fantasy.

Modifié par Seagloom, 20 août 2011 - 03:00 .

[KBomb]

Elsewhere by William Blatty. Horrible, horrible book.

[Andarthiel_Demigod]

People might shoot me for this but I really really hated To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, we had to read it in high school. I understand the issues it's trying to cover but it is one of the most dull pieces of literature I've ever set eyes on. And pretty much most of the stuff we read in high school with the exception of Shakespeare(I love Shakespeare).
Also I came across a book not too long ago which I got frustrated with, the first Wheel of Time book Eye of the World. I love the Fantasy genre but the writing style really killed it for me. It's the same reason I dumped Dune and the LoTR books. Everything is just dragged out way too much and the author focuses too much on minor details, the plot moves too slowly and nothing exciting happens for like 5 chapters. After a while I just gave up(I got about halfway mind you and they were only just beggining the journey). And with Eye of the World, most of the main characters seemed pretty generic especially those village boys(forgot their names).

[vometia]

I don't think I've read any of the books mentioned so far. Either I've led a charmed life or I'm about to be nominated as a dishonourable member of the illiterati.

[Homebound]

Andarthiel_Demigod wrote...

People might shoot me for this but I really really hated To Kill a Mockingbird

my english teacher had a soul. he stayed us the hell away from that book.
So what's he doing now? probably reading book analysis for Twilight by 8th graders.
Life can be cruel.

[addiction21]

vometia wrote...

I don't think I've read any of the books mentioned so far. Either I've led a charmed life or I'm about to be nominated as a dishonourable member of the illiterati.

Heh illiterati... did you make that up? It doesnt matter I am stealing it.

For me I went down the wrong path. I mentioned books that I "hated" For different reasons. I would not say they wre bad and would reccomend them to most everyone.

As far as "The Worst" book I have read I cant narrow it down to one but I am happy to make the general statement that and Expanded Universe books are pretty bad.It does not matter if its Star Wars, BattleTech, Warhammer (fantasy or 40k) or video game books but the bad heavily outweighs the good.

[BTG_01]

Many years ago, I read a novelization of Splinter Cell called Operation Barracuda. It's the only book I can remember throwing across the room after I finished.

[RAF1940]

I never get through bad books.

[The Uncanny]

I hated Tess of the d'Urbervilles. I mean... I admired it - and what Hardy was trying to say - in many ways, but when I finished reading it I threw it at the wall and stomped on it.

[Andarthiel_Demigod]

addiction21 wrote...
As far as "The Worst" book I have read I cant narrow it down to one but I am happy to make the general statement that and Expanded Universe books are pretty bad.It does not matter if its Star Wars, BattleTech, Warhammer (fantasy or 40k) or video game books but the bad heavily outweighs the good.

Don't you bad mouth the DA and ME novels. Those were quality reading.

[Lenimph]

Twilight... the only book/story/whatever-you-call-that-trash I joined a hate group to talk about how horrible it was.

Modifié par Lenimph, 20 août 2011 - 04:04 .

[Satyricon331]

Far and away, it would be the overwrought and ridiculous "Recollections of the Golden Triangle," by Alain Robbe-Grillet.  Although I'd be more prone to reading it again than I would be some American lit like "All the Pretty Horses."