Anti-suggestion: Do NOT read these books!

[Nancy]

If an author is going to place his novel in a particular city he should either be a native or have lived there or visited there a lot. That just shows plain laziness on the part of the author. You don't have to go into great detail about the city, but if you're going to be naming streets or landmarks you should have them in the correct places. Yeah, you can Google the map, but if you're not even going to do that to make sure the details are correct---that's just inexcusable. It's like Patterson telling himself, "Well, I'm James Patterson and I'll sell millions of copies of my books and no one will care if I don't know the layout of San Francisco."

[John]

As bad as I think a book might be, I couldn't do this to another writer. Oh and I did like The Lovely Bones. You know what they say about opinions :)

[Melissa]

-- The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
The writing was just odd to me and the main character had me rolling my eyes through the entire book. Horrible stuff and interesting information was coming to her and instead of focusing on that she spends a good half of the book crying about a guy that's dating her best friend. WTF? So disappointing.


-- Pretty Is as Pretty Does by Debby Mayne
A bunch of whiney, bitter, miserable, two-faced women bickering about a reunion. Also, the book is Southern fiction, but the author isn't from the South so there is a lot of stereotyping and laughable accents.

-- Allison Hewitt Is Trapped by Madeleine Roux
Annoying main character, very slow paced, a really bad attempt at a love triangle. There's even a lot of confusion because the author would bring up some cool stuff, and then never go on with it. Like whether or not animals could get infected. Lame

-- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
I don't understand it. How can a character that lands in such a whacky and wild world still be so one dimensional and boring? This book is quoted and praised a lot, so I was completely disappointed.

[Samara]

John wrote: "As bad as I think a book might be, I couldn't do this to another writer. Oh and I did like The Lovely Bones. You know what they say about opinions :)"

John, I agree with you, so sad :(
And I did also like Lovely Bones. It was breathtaking and heart wrenching all at the same time.
I did also like at least a half dozen other books mentioned here. Maybe not necessarily for their action or how much sense they made or how captivating and edge of the seat they were, but for the actual writing style and the ability to bring you into the folds of the world the character writes in. Sometimes you can hate a character or find them to be annoying or dull, but if the author is truly good, you'll love the story itself, you'll see the scenery, you'll feel the anguish.
Everyones opinion is different, and this thread is terrible.
Write a review on the book feed. Why start a thread to bash it too?