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The Worst Book You've Ever Read
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David wrote: "Over the years I've probably read hundred of poorly written books, but my nominee for worst book ever read was Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte.I actually started off loving the book. It was we..."
Writer's cop out!!
Helen wrote: "Rick wrote: "Helen you crack me up! I haven't read anything by James Herbert, but after your comments I don't see me doing it anytime soon. Everything you hate excessive description, constant exp..."We are on the same page there (see writer pun type humor)... When I'm writing I always assume that the reader will allow those logical leaps like if you see a Dead Body you don't stand around analyzing the situation you leap into action and try to make sure the dead body is actually dead, if they're not try like hell to save them, and if they are start asking the obvious question like , do you know them (If so what will inherit and if it's a lot, will it make me a suspect), and is there someone with an ax standing anywhere near (If so run!)
Rick wrote: "Helen wrote: "Rick wrote: "Helen you crack me up! I haven't read anything by James Herbert, but after your comments I don't see me doing it anytime soon. Everything you hate excessive description..."Exactly! What made this worse was that the reader already knows who is lying there and that it's not his wife so why do this, why?
I think this book has actually traumatised me!
I'm an avid and eclectic reader (will read cereal boxes & yesterday's news if desperate), and it's rare that I pick up a book that's so bad I can't finish it.The worst book I've read has to be 'A Tiny Bit Marvellous' by Dawn French. It wasn't remotely marvellous. In fact, I can't believe that I bought a book solely on the basis that I like the author, and didn't read some of her writing first.
It was so bad that I gave up after the first couple of pages: I didn't like the characters, I didn't like the quantity of bad language that you're hit with from the start, and I didn't like Dawn French's writing style.
Never again!
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I doubt Katie Price wrote those novels that were on the best seller list...
Louise wrote: "I'm an avid and eclectic reader (will read cereal boxes & yesterday's news if desperate), and it's rare that I pick up a book that's so bad I can't finish it.The worst book I've read has to be 'A..."
I thought it was an British rule of thumb to just avoid the "French" whenever possible...
Except Tanya French... "The Likeness" was a pretty good book and I think she's Irish...Oh wait that may be another problem...
Witch & Wizard by James Patterson... I couldn't take his style. Too fast paced for me.
I hatedI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. I know its Maya Angelou but I can't help it. It was like listening to a drunkard talking to a brick wall.
Lol, let's make a deal then, I'll never read The Historian if you never read The Secrets of Crickley Hall!
One of my favourite worst bits is when it's all kicking off at the end during a storm and the male protagonist suddenly spots a body lying prone on a lawn. Herbert spends a paragraph explaining how the man knows the body isn't his wife lying there because he can see the coat colour, and he knows his wife prefers certain shades of colour in a coat, she prefers much lighter shades of blue, and this coat is of a different colour, maybe darker green. FOR GOODNESS SAKE, JUST RUN AND SEE WHO IS LYING DEAD IN YOUR GARDEN!!