What is the worst book you've ever read in your life?

[Gabby]

Deliriate wrote: "Gabby wrote: "Catherine die Epische Ninja für das Kaiserin wrote: "I'm posting it under Twilight under the assumption that at least half the answerers will state the novel above as their response."..."

No. She admits herself to be a troll...you should see some of the topics she posts:

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http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1... (Except for this one, she deleted her first comment. Coward.)
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1... (In which she called us all racist.)
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...Yeah, see, she's stirring the pot and I hate her.

[Lucie]

hands down, without a doubt, the worst book I've ever read is "Fifty Shades Of Grey".

I only managed to finish reading it because I have this compulsion to finish reading any book I begin.

[[deleted user]]

Gabby wrote: "Deliriate wrote: "Gabby wrote: "Catherine die Epische Ninja für das Kaiserin wrote: "I'm posting it under Twilight under the assumption that at least half the answerers will state the novel above a..."

I don't remember deleting my first comment....it probably got taken down or something....

[[deleted user]]

Gabby wrote: "Deliriate wrote: "Gabby wrote: "Catherine die Epische Ninja für das Kaiserin wrote: "I'm posting it under Twilight under the assumption that at least half the answerers will state the novel above a..."

Thanks for posting all of my topics in one place!!
Now I don't have to waste time searching up each one individually.....

Wait a minute, why are you spending time on me to look those up? Hm... XD

;-)

[Deliriate]

You know, a few troll posts doesn't mean that trolls are never srs. I find that this thread seems pretty legitimate.

Maybe you do have it out for Catherine. :( Because you don't have a sense of humor.

[Aditi]

50 shades, definitely worse. read it foe the hype. Never. Trust. Hype. and Oprah's book club. =)

[[deleted user]]

An Eye In Shadows: Memoir from a Controversial Mind Hands down the worst indie book ever written. I don't even think the author used spell check. There's a reason why most of the ratings are 1 stars.

[Karen]

"The Magician", Raymond E Feist. Ugh!How I regret wasting the hours it took to finish this! Unoriginal, derivative, way too much superfluous dialogue and in desperate need of some serious editing! I'll admit it was the revised edition (in which the author was allowed to tinker with the original version and add a ridiculous amount of redundant drivel), but really? Why does everyone else seem to love this?

[Kassandra]

the worst book i have read so far would have to be "the old man and the sea" by Ernest Hemmingway. I DEFINITELY DO NOT RECOMMEND IT

[Stephanie]

Some drivel by James Michner. The first 3 chapters were great,but somewhere in the 4th chapter, the editor abandoned ship. I gave up halfway through chapter 9 and have never read anything else by him. I have no idea why he was popular at the time. Describing what is a simple valley shouldn't take 8 pages.

[Ray]

fahrenheit 451........absolutely sucked

[[deleted user]]

Ray wrote: "fahrenheit 451........absolutely sucked"

Really?
I've heard lots of good things about that one....

[[deleted user]]

Kassandra wrote: "the worst book i have read so far would have to be "the old man and the sea" by Ernest Hemmingway. I DEFINITELY DO NOT RECOMMEND IT"

Everyone who I've talked to about it said that it was boring and terrible, and that they only read it because it was required.

[[deleted user]]

Brooke wrote: "The House of Night series is the WORST series I have ever read. Ever."

I guess that's to be expected out of a cheap Twilight rip off.

[Kassandra]

Catherine die Epische Ninja für das Kaiserin wrote: "Kassandra wrote: "the worst book i have read so far would have to be "the old man and the sea" by Ernest Hemmingway. I DEFINITELY DO NOT RECOMMEND IT"

Everyone who I've talked to about it said tha..."

Catherine die Epische Ninja für das Kaiserin wrote: "Kassandra wrote: "the worst book i have read so far would have to be "the old man and the sea" by Ernest Hemmingway. I DEFINITELY DO NOT RECOMMEND IT"

Everyone who I've talked to about it said tha..."

And everyone who told you that is 100% correct. I mean just looking at the cover is regretful I don't think anyone would read that book for fun unless they...I don't even know what a person who would want to read this book of their own volition would be described as. Anyways yes as unfortunate as it was I did have to read this book my freshman year and IT SUCKED!!!!! Just saying..

[Sadie]

I'd say 50 shades of Grey...I sort of wish it never existed sorry =/

[Lucie]

Sadie wrote: "I'd say 50 shades of Grey...I sort of wish it never existed sorry =/"

I threw my copy away. Disgusted!!!

[Josefine]

Athena wrote: "Wow josephine your school is seriously weird"

I think it is my country. Other schools read the same kind of book.
I love other things about my country though.

[justin]

LORD of the RINGS

[Shoe-mena]

Need by Carrie Jones.

You would think it'd be a wicked book, the beginning starts of good, its different but then after 20% its just so bad. arghh i wasted my time and money on that crappy book. SO stupid. please don't ever read this. save yourselves!

[justin]

i know

[Therealbadkitty]

Well i'd say the Project Fashion books were the worst i've read simply because the writing,story and characters were so bad it was completely unfathomable to me how it got published in the first place, it was like fanfiction written by 13 year olds.
Other series i've hated are Gossip Girl(which i somehow forced myself through the whole series and all i can distinctly remember is a bunch of kids taking drugs,partying and name dropping the fancy clothes they wear, i do like the It Girl books though they have kind of a Private feel)House of Night(i cannot believe this has such a huge following, it's absymal),Strange Angels(just plain boring and irritating) and Modelland(WTF was this????!!!!).

[Barb]

Josefine Amalie wrote: "Twilight.
But I also hate the books we have to read in my school. I live in denmark, so it is those weird, danish authors we have to read.
We read a book about a boy, who is probably sick(?) He wan..."
I feel your pain. I have to read so many terrible books for school that are written by 'well-known croatian authors' yeah, from middle ages -.- I don't mind old books as long as they are good. But those books burn my brain, and I really love books

[Javiera]

"The Odyssey", because its really hard to read, there are a lots of names and places in the book, and when you are finally understanding one part of the book, new names and old words begin to appear, ITS AWFUL! and pretty sad for you too(my teacher asked me to read it, and i was like so fucking estressed, i didnt understood anything of it, i even didnt read it all) and besides, its pretty boring, but i mean REALLY REALLY BORING!
PS: if you have to read it because of the school or something, i think that u should have time for it, or read the resume, or maybe see Troya's movie, that is kind of similar

[Malina]

For me it had to be "American Pastoral" by Phillip Roth, I know it was very well reviewed but I could not get myself to finish it.

[Laura]

It has got to be One Day By David Nicholls. Terrible and overated. And maybe in hindsight Twilight.

[Ysi]

for me was "Veronika Decide Morir" (Veronika decides to die)-Paulo Coelho omg!!!!!!! it's was so awful!

[Linda]

Ahem...feel that way about most of Coelho's books. Many people say that The Alchemist changed their lives..er how exactly! it was sooo boring and rambling.

[Kelly]

50shades of grey, gotta say I don't know how it has all this popularity right now, it's pure and utter rubbish! There are a hundred other books in that genre that are better that it.

[Deliriate]

Kelly wrote: "50shades of grey, gotta say I don't know how it has all this popularity right now, it's pure and utter rubbish! There are a hundred other books in that genre that are better that it."

What can you expect from Twilight fanfiction?

[Shell]

I don't know about the worst book, but the worst movie I have ever seen was Keith. Jesse McCartney anyone? I suppose it was supposed to be artsy but it ended up just being horrible depressing and absolutely stupid. Most meaningless two hours of my life! Anyone else seen it?

[[deleted user]]

Javiera wrote: ""The Odyssey", because its really hard to read, there are a lots of names and places in the book, and when you are finally understanding one part of the book, new names and old words begin to appea..."

Really?

I loved The Odyssey with a passion.
I've always been obsessed with Greek Mythology and I knew just about every name/character and their backstories before I even started the book itself. I fan girl over the Olympians the way that most girls my age fan girl over Edward Cullen or Justin Bieber (*blech*). Athena especially is awesome in every possible way.

Gah, it is so amazing. And literally epic. ;-)

[[deleted user]]

Linda wrote: "Ahem...feel that way about most of Coelho's books. Many people say that The Alchemist changed their lives..er how exactly! it was sooo boring and rambling."

I did not like The Alchemist much at all.

I disagreed with just about most of its philosophies and it wasn't hiding the fact that it was non-stop preaching. I practically wanted to cast the book across the room and scream, "TELL ME A GODD*MN STORY, NOT THIS MYSTICAL MAGICAL PANTHEISTIC KARMA CRAP! IF I EVER DECIDE TO GIVE TWO SH*TS ABOUT YOUR RELIGION, I'LL READ YOUR BLOODY HOLY BOOK!"

I would've put it down and never looked at the novel again had it not been required for school. I had to re-read multiple times, annotate, take some tests/quizzes, write a few essays, finish a few projects, et cetera, which only made me despise it more.

Also, it was difficult to tell whether the author was being literal, metaphorical, or what. Was the main character really getting delusional (desert drugs???) and talking to the sand/sun/sky? Huh.

Other philosophical books such as Tao of Pooh, The Golden Compass, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, and The Analects ( - not finished yet - ) have done much more for me than The Alchemist ever has/will.

[Diane]

Catherine die Epische Ninja für das Kaiserin wrote: "Javiera wrote: ""The Odyssey", because its really hard to read, there are a lots of names and places in the book, and when you are finally understanding one part of the book, new names and old word..."


I totally dig Athena as well, and possibly had a secret crush on Ares. It helps when reading the Odyssey to have a basic knowledge of Greek myth, so you have all the basic characters down, Athena, Ares, Aphrodite. Who slept with whom, and so on, its like reading a long soap opera. All the characters slept around a lot though, I had felt bad for Hephaestus, pictured him as a sad cuckold husband all lonely in his smithy. Then I found out he had half dozen illegitimate children running around....

[Diane]

Peace wrote: "Diane wrote: "Catherine die Epische Ninja für das Kaiserin wrote: "Javiera wrote: ""The Odyssey", because its really hard to read, there are a lots of names and places in the book, and when you are..."

For background information, Mythology by Edith Hamilton provides very solid, but basic retelling of the myths. I still own a copy, I use it for references mostly. Its a book that will make you feel all smart and cultured.

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Catherine die Epische Ninja für das Kaiserin wrote: "Javiera wrote: ""The Odyssey", because its really hard to read, there are a lots of names and places in the book, and when you are finally understanding one part of the book, new names and old word..."
Oooo, have you read the Percy Jackson books? Thanks to them, I now consider myself something of an expert.

[Ashley]

Thirteen Reasons why
I was SO disapointed with this book and will never read it again, nor will I ever recommened it!

[[deleted user]]

Brooke wrote: "Catherine die Epische Ninja für das Kaiserin wrote: "Javiera wrote: ""The Odyssey", because its really hard to read, there are a lots of names and places in the book, and when you are finally under..."

I read Percy Jackson after reading 3 Greek mythology textbooks and then doing some extensive online research on Greek gods and society.

www.theoi.com is a great resource.

[[deleted user]]

Worst book ever= Twilight!

[Siobhan]

Artic Owl wrote: "Thirteen Reasons why
I was SO disapointed with this book and will never read it again, nor will I ever recommened it!"

I loved thirteen reasons why! I just wish there was an epilogue for the last listener. I get that Jay wanted to leave it on a note that Clay had listened to Hannah and was going to help Skye, but the last person on the tapes was a teacher, there should have definitely been something included about his moral dilemma when listening.

[Siobhan]

Oh and other rubbish books beyond my original posting:

-The Game/Gerald's Game, Stephen King (I got halfway through, and there was a rotting corpse in a room with a woman dying of dehydration while handcuffed naked to a bed. This might make sense, except that in the book, maybe five hours have passed from the people involved deciding to go away for a weekend, and one of them died two hours previous to rotting away.)

-Dracula. I thought it was really predictable and said as much on the dracula posts and some condescending a-hole said I must be some kind of revolutionary since it's the most suspensful book of all time. But really, if you couldn't see that Lucy was going to die because of all the accidental mistakes, and that her corpse was never going to be redeemed, then you must be a new breed of stupid. Also, I hated Jonathan Harker's diary which basically read in one entry "Dracula invited me to tea and we had a jolly good chat about geography and literature of which he has a lot of knowledge, and the food was excellent. Ohmigoshimsoscaredimgoingtodie." I paraphrase, but only to modernise the language. He says that in 18th Century speak.

-The best of me, Nicholas Sparks. So contrived. I prefer watching movie adaptations of his books to his books. Even the Lucky One was meh ...

[S.L.J.]

50 Shades of Grey
House of the Night
Twilight
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo...

...Okay, I was only kidding about that last one. :P

[Diane]

Vampire Academy was worse.

[Mochaspresso]

Donna wrote: "Rose Madder by Stephen King..the way the main character was abused by her husband was just so disturbing I couldn't finish it."

I liked Rose Madder up until the point where she stepped into the painting and everything got all weird and mystical. But you are right about the husband. He was completely nuts.

[[deleted user]]

Did anyone else hate books 4 - 8 of Maximum Ride? I mean, the first three were pretty hilarious, but after that it went way downhill.

[Skye]

demon hunting in a dive bar!!!! was stuck at my mothers with nothing else to read but this book!!!!!i can't remember who wrote it but I think the title says it all!!!

[Diane]

Sherrilyn Kenyon's Fantasy Lover is really awful as well.

[Diane]

Catherine die Epische Ninja für das Kaiserin wrote: "Did anyone else hate books 4 - 8 of Maximum Ride? I mean, the first three were pretty hilarious, but after that it went way downhill."

I was just about to start the series, its that bad?

[Ray]

Catherine die Epische Ninja für das Kaiserin wrote: "Ray wrote: "fahrenheit 451........absolutely sucked"

Really?
I've heard lots of good things about that one...."

really really sucked

[Ray]

Mochaspresso wrote: "Donna wrote: "Rose Madder by Stephen King..the way the main character was abused by her husband was just so disturbing I couldn't finish it."

I liked Rose Madder up until the point where she stepp..."

thought this was one of kings best books....