The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion
The worst book you read
Ok don't kill me , but I have to say the twilite series ugh, I know that so many people liked it, but It just seemed kind of whiny to me. I thought Bella was a whiny brat and Edward was an overbearing stalker. Besides vampires sparkling to me is disturbing. Nope, I prefer nox arcanas version of a vampire in the music video night of the wolf. Now that is a vampire!
"Chasing the dime" by Michael Connolly. I suspect the reason for this being the worst book I have ever read is because he is one of my favourite writters. I could not finish this book, after reading a lot of the Harry Bosch books this was plainly disappointing.
Jude the Obscure by Thomas HardySons and Lovers by DH Lawrence, and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce.
I had to read all 3 in my Modern Literature class and I hated them. They all feature self-absorbed, self-hating young men whom I just could not root for. Strangely enough though, I loved the course!
Also, I have to agree that the Twilight books were HORRIBLE! The worst thing about it is that girls were reading it and enjoying it. Bella, besides being the most annoying heroine ever, set feminism back by about 40 years!
*Spoiler* The Host *SPOILER* was terrible, and apparently none of my friends thought it was weird that the non boyfriend guy (read it so long ago, forgot names) fell in love with an alien in another girls body, and was okay with her being in some OTHER random girls' body in the end? Like this girl wouldn't have cared or something if she'd been alive?The Fallen series and Beautiful Creatures...ugh.
For some reason, could NOT get into The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo or The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
I could agree on the Host. It was a long struggle but I finished it and I just read it as a study of how Meyer sees us human beings, that makes it fun.The same goes with Twilight, I liked the first one but it was getting worse and worse and I just don't understand how people think that is good or normal.
For me lately it was quite a surprise that I didn't like Emma from Jane Austen. I tried to read it but after 30 pages or some more I found myself struggeling to read again and I just dropped it. The first book in my life! It felt horrible especially because I want to read classics.
The last book I read, The Fall by Anthony McGowan, was the worst book I've ever read in my life. You can see my review, I just hope I wasn't too harsh, because it was the worst book EVER!
It used to be Tess of the D'Urbervilles because I hated it in sixth form, but now that I can read for the fun of reading I kind of like it. So, I have to say Twilight.
Rose wrote: "I could agree on the Host. It was a long struggle but I finished it and I just read it as a study of how Meyer sees us human beings, that makes it fun.The same goes with Twilight, I liked the fir..."
Try again inn a couple years I loved all Anne Rice's books until I got to Merrick. I hated it couldn't even read ten pages but three years later not only did I finish it, I devoured it. Sometimes your age and point in life effects what u like to read.
I am not done with it yet but it's probably Delirium by Lauren Oliver.Ever by Alison Noel is up there too. Also Frankenstein.
To all those who dislike the Host ... it's gonna be a movie. Imagine my horror.
The worst book I have read would be The Mermaid Chair. I just couldn't get into the book, though I'm sure that if I went back and tried to read it now I would still think the same way.
Haha, I'm reading The Host right now... I gave it a chance, because a friend of mine said she liked it. It's okay, it's not a great book but it's not that I hate it. There are no sparkling vampires :D.
The uglies trilogy; god it was horrible ;)
Some people like the Uglies triology. I haven't read any of those books, don't even know what kind of books they are.
Emily wrote: "The uglies trilogy; god it was horrible ;)"yeah I couldn't really get into it
Michelle Charlotte wrote: "Haha, I'm reading The Host right now... I gave it a chance, because a friend of mine said she liked it. It's okay, it's not a great book but it's not that I hate it. There are no sparkling vampires..."I actually enjoyed it a lot but I mean everyone has different opinions of books the best way to find out if you like it is to read it yourself!
Erin wrote: "*Spoiler* The Host *SPOILER* was terrible, and apparently none of my friends thought it was weird that the non boyfriend guy (read it so long ago, forgot names) fell in love with an alien in anothe..."Girl with the Dragon Tattoo does take a minute to get into and it takes a minute to get used to his writing. I actually read The Girl who Played with Fire first and that helped me get through GWTDT. And then the Girl who Kicked the hornet's Nest the best in the series if you ask me .
But I started Beautiful Creatures but I couldn't finish it...it was just I dunno there was nothing that made me want to keep reading it.
I couldn't finish Moby-Dick..omg, so much detail. I also couldn't get into The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I read the beginning and just put it down. I was really disappointed because I thought I was going to love it, but I had a hard time with his writing. A lot of people say that it takes a while to get into it though, so I may give it another chance.
It took me a while to get into Girl With the Dragon Tattoo...maybe even half way through the book before I was getting into it. I'm glad I stuck with it though because it was great. The second and third book aren't as hard to get into right away. It's a very elaborate story so the first book takes a while to lay the foundation for the rest of the series.
Right now I am trying to get through Almost Moon by Alice Sebold, it's pretty bad.
firelight.I could not finish this book.and the immortals series.ughhhh.
oh! and the twilight saga.
Also, Evermore. I have practically blocked that book from my mind. I honestly don't remember when I read it, but I hated the main character and the main guy and just... bleh.
시드니 Usul wrote: "I hated this book, Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. I don't know why it won a Pulitzer Prize, or maybe I just don't appreciate depressing literature..."I'm not a Steinbeck fan at all. I barely got through both Of Mice and Men and Grapes of Wrath, and only then because I had to for school.
Jennifer wrote: "Ok don't kill me , but I have to say the twilite series ugh, I know that so many people liked it, but It just seemed kind of whiny to me. I thought Bella was a whiny brat and Edward was an overbear..."
Ever wonder if the general plot idea was given to ANY other author, the series could have been not a pile of teen angst crap? Eloquence and deeper thought go a long way.
Ever wonder if the general plot idea was given to ANY other author, the series could have been not a pile of teen angst crap? Eloquence and deeper thought go a long way.
Anyone else utterly despise Lev Grossman's The Magician? Or whatever it's called. It was such crap: Narnia and Harry Potter mushed into Holden Caulfield in a truly painful way. I tend not to leave off books in the middle, but I didn't want to get any angrier than I was when I wasn't even halfway through it.
Ellyn wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Ok don't kill me , but I have to say the twilite series ugh, I know that so many people liked it, but It just seemed kind of whiny to me. I thought Bella was a whiny brat and Edwar..."I wonder that about a lot of books sometimes! I think it's really cool to wonder how a book might have turned out if someone else had thought of the idea first.
Mildred wrote: "The worst book I have read would be The Mermaid Chair. I just couldn't get into the book, though I'm sure that if I went back and tried to read it now I would still think the same way."I agree with you - don't bother going back to it, you will feel the same way. There are so many other good books out there, just waiting to be read...
Kristie wrote: "I couldn't finish Moby-Dick..omg, so much detail. I also couldn't get into The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I read the beginning and just put it down. I was really disappointed because I thought I ..."It took me about 3 tries to get into the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, I couldn't understand what everyone was raving about, but by the end of the book, I was hooked and read the next two right away. Then I rented all the versions of the movies and that trilogy has made it into the top 10 best books of all time for me.
Terry wrote: "Kristie wrote: "I couldn't finish Moby-Dick..omg, so much detail. I also couldn't get into The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I read the beginning and just put it down. I was really disappointed beca..."I may have to try again. That's exactly what I thought when I tried to read it!
Don't mean to offend anyone, this is about my tastes, but the worst book I've ever read, for me, is a tie between Twilight and The old man and the sea. -_-
Worst Books List:Twilight (all of them)
Anything by Ernest Hemingway. Sorry I just don't like anything the man has ever written. I've tried, I've really tried.
Wuthering Heights. It makes me angry.
That's a start. . .
I'm not a huge fan of what I've read by Hemingway either. My guilty secret is I don't like Charles Dickens at all (except for Muppet Christmas Carol!)
Worst book i ever read., the girl with the dragon tatoo ., and also the movie huh? Can't start to read it boring
This is a catch 22 for me because the really bad books serve as good comedy, thus making them... Good!Hmm...
I'm not an Edgar Allen Poe fan at all. The Tell-Tale Heart and The Raven...awful.
Anything written by Danielle Steele
50 shades if grey. The only book which I had stopped reading halfway.
Twilight! ugh! the movies are even worse!
I Don't Know How She Does It. The only book I read that I wish I had that time I spent reading it back.
Any book with sex or excessive violence
The worst book i've ever read was through an english class and i would never recommend this book to anyone. It's call the bluest eyes by Toni Morrison. It's about culture during 1950 when america's definition of a perfect family was created. The white fence, two kids and a dog thing. It relates it to this neighborhood of dysfunctional families. It's really depressing.
Gone by Randy WhiteAmblers Warning by the robert ludlum ghost writer
Room!
Sweet Evil; it was a torture!!!!
Jon wrote: "This is a catch 22 for me because the really bad books serve as good comedy, thus making them... Good!Hmm..."
I agree with Jon. Like that movie about megashark versus giant octopus. World-wide cult status...bad or good.
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