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Jan 02, 2014 10:30AM
You know a book is bad when you often put the book down and take a break from it. This is something rare for me, but right now experiencing it as I'm reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
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@Jamira: Yey for that! And I understand that you hate the metaphors. It's alright. xD
You know a book is bad when EVERY male character in the book is in love or has an ultimate crush with the lead female character. IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?! XD.
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Matthew wrote: "You know a book is bad when EVERY male character in the book is in love or has an ultimate crush with the lead female character. IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?! XD."Espcially when in the beginning, they describe her as "Average looking, unpopular and clumsy"
Sarah wrote: "I have read so many books like that!! I mean is she really that great that EVERYBODY loves her!!"Yeah! What is she? The Goddess of all the Goddesses?! XD.
Abbie wrote: "Matthew wrote: "You know a book is bad when EVERY male character in the book is in love or has an ultimate crush with the lead female character. IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?! XD."Espcially when in the ..."
So true. Why not write it straight to the point that she is beyond beautiful? XD.
Hannelore wrote: "It's very hateful, yes!"I agree with you, Hannelore. :D
You know it's bad when your only thought is, how did this book get published?Sorry to say but I'm thinking of you
Abbie wrote:I've read all of those.
I enjoyed HON until about book 8. They've been pretty awful since then.
I have the same opinion. But each time a new book comes out, I feel obliged to read it, because I don't like to leave a book series once I've read at least 2 books. And even though sometimes I read pieces of the book and I think, I really like this character, the fact that it just doesn't end, upsets me.
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Yes! And I just have to know how it will end. I mean I've spend so much of my time reading all the books and I want to read the end of it.
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When you don't know you're reading a dream sequence bc the plot has already had so many ridiculous twists and turns.
Abbie wrote: "Savannah wrote: "When parodies are way better than the real thing... Have you guys tried evermore or house of night?"I've read all of those.
I enjoyed HON until about book 8. They've been pretty ..."
I just finished the last book and when I started making a rough draft of my review, I realized that I'm feed up with the characters. I just want the series to end already! And I'm so sick of everyone switching sides! Ugh. Plus I'm tired of the little reminders scattered throughout the books. Normally I like that, but for heaven's sake we're on book eleven, quit wasting my time reminding me of what already happened and wrap it up already! Ok, rant over. Lol
@Matthew I agree! Ohmygosh. It's like the character just seems like a cardboard cut-out 'cause readers would find her unbelievable.
@Sarah Yeah. I don't understand why others like it. I guess it's about taste. I heard that the movie is so much better tho.
You know a book is bad when you get halfway through and still have no idea who anyone is or whats going on.
You know a book is bad when you read the summary and you pretty much know what's going to happen and how it's going to end. A lot of the "pop fiction" books here in the Philippines are like that. -.-
You know a book is bad when events from the book were in other books
@Savannah Have never read Noli Me Tangere before. Is it good? It's just that pop fiction books here are all supposed to be like realistic and romance YA but they just lack the depth to be considered YA (to me, at least). They're really famous around some of my friends, but whenever I read the summary on the back cover, I can already predict the outcome. :/
@Savannah Since you're a Filipino, you might recognize them. Like "Diary ng Panget", "Secretly Married", "The Bet", "548 Heartbeats", etc.
You know a book is bad when you can here all the background noise in the room. You should be buried inside of a good book.
@Tris Can relate. When I'm reading I never get bothered by noises, except when I'm not exactly enjoying the book.
@Savannah Yeah, I heard that DnP is better than the other local YA books. They ARE suckish. xD
I'm a Filipino, too, and as much as possible I steer away from books that came from Wattpad. Very judgmental, I know. :/
@Mei The local published "Wattpad books" (as they call it) are all cliche and don't really deserve to be called YA books. But some Wattpad stories are pretty nice. I tend to read them when I run out of books (and money to buy them).
I agree, they are cliched. The characters were also unbelievable and stereotyped, too. Well, some.
Sarah wrote: "You know a book is bad when......That acknowledgements page at the end has never looked sweeter
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hahahaha!
I've read "The Bet" and "Secretly Married". The prose was fine, keeps you hooked to the story. But I can just predict every move they'd make. And yes, I agree about the characters! In "Secretly Married", I got so confused about Phoebe's feelings. She said she has no feelings for her husband and then she gets all jealous when her husband flirts with some other girl and she's all like "but he has a wife blah blah blah". And then in "The Bet", Drake has the stereotype bad boy "tsundere", which means he's only a bad boy outside and a softie inside. Ugh.
Jamira, what year are you now? I take it you're not yet a junior HS since you haven't read Noli?
Still in 7th Grade. :) I hope I get to read Noli Me Tangere soon, as a mandatory read.
@Savannah Is there an English version? Not that I'm not interested in the Filipino version. I'm fluent in speaking in Tagalog, but I have a very low vocabulary.
Jalyn wrote: "Abbie wrote: "Savannah wrote: "When parodies are way better than the real thing... Have you guys tried evermore or house of night?"I've read all of those.
I enjoyed HON until about book 8. They'v..."
I read that one about 2 weeks ago, and i agree. :( I used to really like Stevie rae until about book 6.
I liked a couple of the other characters too, but book 11 just wrecked it. I can't wait until the the next book comes out.. just because it's the last one!
You know a book is bad when its movie version is sooo much better.
Abbie wrote: I read that one about 2 weeks ago, and i agree. :( I used to really like Stevie rae until about book 6... The last one I read was book 10, because I read all HON books translated in my language, seeing that I can actually wait for the next book to be translated, and book 11 hasn't yet. But I seriously want book 12 to finally come out because I demand an ending!! :)
Jamira wrote: You know a book is bad when its movie version is sooo much better.
I've seen all Lord of the Rings movies and they are amazing so I thought I should give the book a try, but I just can't finish reading it, it's so boring, maybe it will get better but I can't reach that point, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised, it was written in 1954...
The thing with LOTR, for me, is that in the book, the characters (especially Legolas) are very childlike. And in the movie, they're not, which is why the movies are better.
Legolas is one of my favorite characters, along with Aragorn and Arwen. I guess I'm not finishing the book so soon then, I like the way the characters are portrayed in the movies.
Abbie wrote: "Jalyn wrote: "Abbie wrote: "Savannah wrote: "When parodies are way better than the real thing... Have you guys tried evermore or house of night?"I've read all of those.
I enjoyed HON until about ..."
The next one is the last one? Thank God! I can't take it anymore!
Hannelore wrote: "You know a book is bad when... It's been on your to read shelf forever but you haven't touched it in months. Yes, you, The power of six!"I still haven't read the first book in the series. Does it get boring after a while?
Jalyn wrote: "Abbie wrote: "Jalyn wrote: "Abbie wrote: "Savannah wrote: "When parodies are way better than the real thing... Have you guys tried evermore or house of night?"I've read all of those.
I enjoyed HO..."
Thankfully, yes!
I wouldn't be surprised if they change their mind at last minute and milk the cash cow even more, though.
Abbie wrote: "Jalyn wrote: "Abbie wrote: "Jalyn wrote: "Abbie wrote: "Savannah wrote: "When parodies are way better than the real thing... Have you guys tried evermore or house of night?"I've read all of those..."
I might cry if they do. Lol
Hannelore wrote: "@Jalyn the story's okay, you just don't feel the need to go on... I just tried to go on because a friend almost begged me to :)"I watched the movie and I really liked it. I wanted to know what happens next so at some point I'd like to read them, but the books aren't very high up in my TBR pile right now.
You prefer clean up a house with 6 bedrooms!happily neither of the books I have been reading these days...
I hate when a book is so slow because i fell that I must finish it anyway.
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Sarah wrote: "please tell me which book that is, because i really don't want to read it!"The trilogy
might be in this category
you read it thinking of reading something else
Tatiana wrote: "you read it thinking of reading something else"that is a good anwser! I never even occured that possibility...
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I'm doing that at the moment.
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