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[TJPags]

Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth Series . . . specifically, every book after #4.

The Runelords is another series that was just monotonous, repetitive, boring.

Hate to say it on here, but DG's book The Stolen Throne makes the list. Disjointed in places, repetitive in others, just really bad writing.

[addiction21]

Andarthiel_Demigod wrote...

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

WEll I did say the bad outweighs the good. I have only read The Stolen Throne the rest are on my "list" and thats why I didnt point them out.

But  Istand by what I said. The majority of expanded universe "novels" are not worth the paper they are printed on. I couldnt put a number on the amount of books I have read but it would be in the hundreds easily.

Star Wars: Heir to the Empire Trilogy. Thats it
D&D: The Dragon Lance saga

Thats really about it. There are others I liked (The early X-Wing books for example) but nothing else that springs to my mind as a reccomendation.

[Rockworm503]

Ringo12 wrote...

Twilight, I read it before it was popular and I don't see how it become so popular. At least Harry Potter was good.

I'm ashamed to admit this but I read the entire Twilight series before I released how idiotic, pathetic, retarded, asinine every single syllable in it was.
To give her credit where credit is due.  Stephenie Meyer has a knack for hiding the crap under giving people what they want.  I'm sort of a hopeless romantic so it spoke to me on a certain level.  I hate that it took me through all of the Glittery vampire and emo, psychic baby uturus BS for me to realize it is NOTHING but porn for people to young to watch actual porn.

[Rockworm503]

KenKenpachi wrote...

Harry Potter. Damn Witches, wizards, and witchcraft >> It was a gift from a teacher, after the first chapter I took it outside, ran it over with my lawn mower. Twice. It was so worth picking up all of those pieces. And the most enjoyment I got out of the book.

I would give anything for Harry Potter to be the worst book I ever read.

[Wicked 702]

Doctor Zhivago

Most boring book I ever read.

[Han Shot First]

ErichHartmann wrote...

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

And here I thought I was the only one who hated that book. Holden Caulfield is a pvssy.

Modifié par Han Shot First, 20 août 2011 - 05:10 .

[marshalleck]

Anything by Ayn Rand. Although to be fair, I've never finished reading any of her garbage.

[Ryllen Laerth Kriel]

The Quran and the Bible. They can't even get their stories straight and the Catholics had to edit it numerous times yet people still follow it. I guess both are necessary because humans aren't inherently moral creatures, so they need fear of hell to keep them all in line. Just look at situations of starvation and parts of the human brain shut down that govern all civility leading to murderous and cannibalistic instincts for survival. But stop preaching at me please "believers," I don't need your dogma, jihads or crusades. Just be nice to each other and coexist.

Modifié par Ryllen Laerth Kriel, 20 août 2011 - 09:54 .

[HurricaneGinger]

Dragon Haven by Robin McKinley.

It's just a big block of dry recounts this man has about his time in a dragon preserve. The idea was interesting (and I picked it up because I LOVE dragons), but it's dry, with no dialogue points. It's like reading my history text book. I don't want my hobby to feel like a project. I did end up finishing the book and like it to a point, but over all, the worst book I have ever read. Seemed like the author was trying a little too hard.

Oh, and To Kill a Mocking Bird...hated it.

Modifié par PhantomGinger, 20 août 2011 - 10:57 .

[Deathwurm]

Han Shot First wrote...

ErichHartmann wrote...

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

And here I thought I was the only one who hated that book. Holden Caulfield is a pvssy.

I liked Catcher in the Rye but I also agree with what you guys are saying...Salinger's mistake was not giving Holden something...anything...that makes you pull for him. Your Protagonist HAS to be able to be liked in some way...

I have a long list, but out of all the books I hated I'd have to say Sword of Shannara. The book reads like Terry Brooks sat down with a bunch of loose pages from LotR, a Dungeon Masters Guide, and a couple of 20-sided dice and "rolled" the Book out.

[horacethegrey]

The Drizzt books by RA Salvatore wrote after the Dark Elf Trilogy would definitely count. But I have a special place of loathing for his Cleric Quintet novels. Never have I met such an unlikable of so called do-gooders in fantasy fiction. Cadderly the priest and his monk wife Danica are two of the most preachy and self righteous characters that I've had the misfortune to come across. I regret the moolah I spent buying this trash. 

[Lord Phoebus]

The worst written book I ever read was Morte D'Arthur by Thomas Mallory.

I think the worst book I ever read was Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes. Two thousand pages of a senile old man being beaten and abused. I suppose part of the issue is that it was a satire, and when you aren't familiar with the subject being satirized it's hard to connect with the book.

[Andarthiel_Demigod]

horacethegrey wrote...

The Drizzt books by RA Salvatore wrote after the Dark Elf Trilogy would definitely count. But I have a special place of loathing for his Cleric Quintet novels. Never have I met such an unlikable of so called do-gooders in fantasy fiction. Cadderly the priest and his monk wife Danica are two of the most preachy and self righteous characters that I've had the misfortune to come across. I regret the moolah I spent buying this trash. 

What's your problem with the Dark Elf Trilogy, just out of curiosity? Because I loved it and sure they're not the best novels written but saying they're the worst is pretty harsh.

[horacethegrey]

Andarthiel_Demigod wrote...
What's your problem with the Dark Elf Trilogy, just out of curiosity? Because I loved it and sure they're not the best novels written but saying they're the worst is pretty harsh.

<_< Please reread my post. I said what RA Salvatore wrote after The Dark Elf Trilogy were some of the worst books I've read. I like The Dark Elf Trilogy just fine, and The Icewind Dale Trilogy as well. But all the novels after those two were just fantasy hackery at it's worst. 

Back in the day I used to think RA Salvatore's stuff was pretty good, despite the flaws and all. But once you're read George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, most fantasy writing comes across as mediocre. 

[Eski.Moe]

Was into the Maximun Ride series a couple of years back. Enjoyed the books quite a bit though I wasn't too keen on the third but I was looking forward to the fourth. 'Final Warning' was the title and it was just terrible. Preachy, characters acting completely OOC or becoming irrelevant, and just headdesk inducing. It put me off the series completely and I haven't gone back.

I also tried reading one of Laurell K Hamilton's books and putting it down within the same reading. The name does escape me but I do recall it being akin to pornography. Just tawdry and completely unexciting.

Do I even need to mention Robert Stanek? lol.

I do have to scratch my head at those who put Robert Jordan and Wheel of Time. I can understand being annoyed with some of the conventions and the pacing of the books (from around 6 or 7 to 11) but worst? Eh, it's your loss I guess.

[Eski.Moe]

Double post. Sorry. 
Triple though, I guess.

Modifié par Eski.Moe, 20 août 2011 - 03:27 .

[Eski.Moe]

Double post. Sorry.

Modifié par Eski.Moe, 20 août 2011 - 03:27 .

[Fishy]

Some book that i never finished.

[slimgrin]

I started reading 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' by Phillip K. Dick, and I quit two pages in. It just seemed like shoddy writing to me.

Modifié par slimgrin, 20 août 2011 - 03:27 .

[Eski.Moe]

slimgrin wrote...

I started reading 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' by Phillip K. Dick, and I quit two pages in. It just seemed like shoddy writing to me.

Now this, I do not understand. I don't get how you can aptly discern the writing of a text within two pages. I mean, I understand being put off by the book and it is a bit hard to get into because styles have changed but further inspection would show that the writing is far from being shoddy. 

[GodWood]

Ryllen Laerth Kriel wrote...
The Quran.

You can read classical arabic fluently?

Modifié par GodWood, 20 août 2011 - 03:35 .

[Beocat]

I'd say all the books I had to read in highschool and for those stupid required literature courses in undergrad. The only one that was worth reading was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and we only got to read that one in high school because our teacher was willing to buy the paperbacks for us to read for fun.

The only book I ever outright made a mistake on buying myself would have been the Rhapsody series by Elizabeth Hayden. Honestly, I loved some of the main characters, especially Achmed and I kind of liked where the story was going. However, she ended up turning Rhapsody into a complete Mary Sue and removing all her flaws as the story progressed. It became annoying how much she constantly talked about how stunningly beautiful she became and how she was perfect in every way. How nauseating. I never got through the second book in the series when it turned into a complete sex-fest. It was the most depressing and disappointing random fantasy book pick I have ever made, and since then I have not read from the fantasy genre.

Modifié par Beocat, 20 août 2011 - 03:39 .

[Chromie]

Ryllen Laerth Kriel wrote...

The Quran and the Bible.

Old Testament is a great fantasy book!

[KenKenpachi]

addiction21 wrote...

Andarthiel_Demigod wrote...

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

WEll I did say the bad outweighs the good. I have only read The Stolen Throne the rest are on my "list" and thats why I didnt point them out.

But  Istand by what I said. The majority of expanded universe "novels" are not worth the paper they are printed on. I couldnt put a number on the amount of books I have read but it would be in the hundreds easily.

Star Wars: Heir to the Empire Trilogy. Thats it
D&D: The Dragon Lance saga

Thats really about it. There are others I liked (The early X-Wing books for example) but nothing else that springs to my mind as a reccomendation.

Have you read Zahn's more recent works like, Outbound flight, Alligance, or Choices of one? Fan of the Grand Admiral Myself.

[slimgrin]

Ringo12 wrote...

Ryllen Laerth Kriel wrote...

The Quran and the Bible.

Old Testament is a great fantasy book!

But a tad verbose. *sniff*