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What is the worst book you ever bought?
I will agree with the Nora Roberts comment. I shouldn't be so judgmental since I have only read one of her books but that was enough for me! I also read this particular book way out of order in the series. I read The Pagan Stone. It was literally painful. It was predictable and completely cliche. I almost had to take an antiemetic to keep me from vomiting as I forced my way through it. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn was also awful. The main character was disturbing.
Deception by Denise Mina and House by Frank Peretti were also horrible in my book.
Okay, I am now on a roll. I am taking this opportunity to vent, obviously. My daughter brought home a couple of books from the library. The Warriors series by Erin Hunter. She wanted me to read them to her. I couldn't even get into the plot as there wasn't much of one. So much time was spent with an overabundance of ridiculous names of cats & places that I was completely bewildered and annoyed. Once again, I don't agree with the majority. These books are rated high.
Okay, I am done for awhile. LOL
It might not have been the worst book I ever bought (especially since I got it from the library) but I thought Island Beneanth the Sea was very boring and there was no depth to the characters so I couldn't connect with any of them.
Mark wrote: "The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown.I didnt mind the other Dan Brown books that much as they were quickly read and were interesting enough, but this one took the biscuit. It was just poor all around but t..."
Agreed. After so much hype this one was a complete letdown. Some parts went on and on. Yawn.
I also was very disappointed in The Lost Symbol. Not good at all.
The worst books I've ever bought were Tallulah Falls and 13 Little Blue Envelopes. I don't even think I finished the 13 Little Blue Envelopes. I also thought The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths was terrible. The book was basically about a woman who believed that she could solve crimes better than any detective or cop out there without formal training. No wonder it was on sale for less than three dollars. I'd love to get rid of it but unfortunately its so bad that its reputation has preceded it. Now its tucked in the back of my bookshelf where I can't see it.
I don't buy bad books, I only buy the ones I know I love/will love.
But I think the last book I read that I really didn't like was So You Want To Be A Wizard.
I borrowed it from my local library to read while I was on vacation and ended up stopping half way through. It's one of the few books I've never finished.
But I think the last book I read that I really didn't like was So You Want To Be A Wizard.
I borrowed it from my local library to read while I was on vacation and ended up stopping half way through. It's one of the few books I've never finished.
Worst book I ever bought = Dan Brown Digital Fortress. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to complicated. My brain was in overdrive trying to understand the computer codes.
I really didn't like The Catcher in the Rye. Of course I was forced to buy and read it in high school.
Worst Book: between, Lost by Gregory MaQuire and Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea by Chelsea Handler.I finished both of them but only because one was a bookclub pick and the other because I truly thought it would get better....it didn't!
I did like the Time Travelers Wife though!
I hope no one thinks my novel is the worst
Brisingr. It was long and tedious. I kept trying to finish it, but I gave up. It was a hard-cover too and I had enjoyed the first two. Now the author's just dragging it out. I quit halfway through the book. I felt bad since I try not to do that, but I couldn't handle it.I didn't buy it, but I feel awful for asking for The Mortal Instruments for Christmas and my parents bought me a hardcover boxed set. I managed to get to the third one before I called it quits. It's terrible!
Arthur hailey's 'HOTEL'... Disastrous
The worst book I have ever bought was The Blind Side. It was so boring. There were few chapters, but it would switch from chapter to chapter. Like one chapter would be all about Mikeal and it would be about 15 pages worth. Then the next chapter would be about how the blind side manuvour was invented for football and it would be like a 40 page chapter. There was just way too much football history put in that book. It was *very* boring. If I wanted to know that much about football history I would have grabbed an ESPN football history book.
Would have to be Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. I have friends who loved it...I alas thought it was a self-indulgent waste of an intriguing storyline.
JoJo wrote: "I don't buy bad books, I only buy the ones I know I love/will love.But I think the last book I read that I really didn't like was So You Want To Be A Wizard.
I borrowed it from my local library ..."
How can you know JoJo?!? :-)
The Beauty series by A. N. Roquelaure (aka Anne Rice). Made it through the first one, the second crashed, never cracked the third. This is the reason I love my Nook, I can try the first of a series then get the rest without having to wait for them to be delivered.
. I paid full price for this drivel, based on good reviews and a mention in The New Yorker.
Twilight :|I also read So You Want to be a Wizard a few years back, and I remember that I didn't enjoy it and it took me a while to finish.
Another book - The Good Earth. I had to read it for school, and I found it extremely boring.
But the worst book ever was definitely Twilight.
First I read a bunch of Ken Follett's mysteries and absolutely loved them. Then I read Pillars of the Earth about 20 years ago (when it first came out) and I enjoyed it sooooooooooooooooo much that it was one of the books in my top-two all time favorites and then I read WHITEOUT and couldn't not believe that it was by the same author.....WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP. www.joeicarlton.com Joei
Dee wrote: "I rarely have DNF books, but the worst one most recently and I bought it as well was A is for Alibi - I know lots of people love the series, but for me, it just fell flat and I hated i..."I really disliked Twilight but felt really guilty as my Dad had brought me the whole series as a present, so I read all four, and I can sadly say i'm never going to get that time back again. I feel robbed!
Kate.x.
Kate wrote: "Dee wrote: "I rarely have DNF books, but the worst one most recently and I bought it as well was A is for Alibi - I know lots of people love the series, but for me, it just fell flat a..."
know how you feel my mother bought me them ( my dad went out of his way to make sure his name was not on the card for that birthday present) I felt like i had to read it...horrible i want that time back so i could read a better books
know how you feel my mother bought me them ( my dad went out of his way to make sure his name was not on the card for that birthday present) I felt like i had to read it...horrible i want that time back so i could read a better books
Caroline wrote: "Ivonne wrote: "This thread is really funny, as I enjoyed some of the mentioned books quite a lot. :)))For me I'd say: Nicholas Sparks and Nora Robert books. For some strange reason I've tried the..."
Caroline-- personal jinx. I have yet to understand why Anyone reads his whiny books.
Sam wrote: "Worst Book: between, Lost by Gregory MaQuire and Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea by Chelsea Handler.I finished both of them but only because one was a bookclub pick and the other because I..."
I read a Chelsea Handler book - I think her first one. And I thought it would be so hilarious....I fell asleep! It was so dumb. And sort of sad.
Kristopher wrote: "The Davinci Code. This book was one of the most awful pieces of literature I've ever forced myself through.Kristopher"
I have to agree with you. Probably made it worse that everybody in the whole world regarded it as fantastic!
Your Heart Belongs To Me by Dean Koontz. Horrible book. When I finished it, I threw it across the room. 
The Resurrectionist by James Bradley. I never like to give up on a book but I just couldn't make it through this one :(
was the worst book I ever read. Couldn't even finish it.
Raggedyann wrote: "Your Heart Belongs To Me by Dean Koontz. Horrible book. When I finished it, I threw it across the room. "i was not so keen on that one either
How to be good by Nick Hornby, TERRIBLE book!
THE POSTMISTRESS has been the most recent horrible book I bought & read. It sounded so promising; but was such a dud. I did finish reading it thinking that something would tie the story together. Never happened.
Heather wrote: "I really didn't like The Catcher in the Rye. Of course I was forced to buy and read it in high school."So glad to find I'm not the only one. I couldn't finish The Catcher in the Rye, it is a painful read. I don't often get rid of books I own, but I couldn't get this one off my bookshelf quick enough.
Anxious Hearts I got it half price but the book is so typical.Tunnels I checked this one out from the library. It said it was about a world under Londen. I was like cool it will be like gregor the overlander. *shakes head* no. these two books are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Tunnels is just bizarre but in a bad way. I am actually amazed I finished the book, but I have absolutely no desire to read the others in the series. Apparently, it is being made into a movie too, but I really cannot see why it is worthy of a movie.
"Wolf Point" an airport buy. Awful. I'm thinking of writing a book I'll call "Pig Out, Curse, Hate." There might be a movie in it too.
Add me to the list of haters of The Time Traveler's Wife. I liked the premise and looked forward to reading it, but was very disappointed and actually disgusted with myself for finishing it. It is on my shelf titled: "Books I wish I didn't Read!"
Another book I hated, and actually skipped some parts of , was The Shack. What the heck - the cover compares it with Pilgrim's Progress?? Wrong! It is also on the above shelf. But some people love it...
I am so glad to see that others hate The Time Traveler's Wife as much as I did. Good premise, poorly executed, enough said.Another book that I hated was The Gunslinger. I know this is a much loved book and I will NEVER understand it. Not in a million years. Terrible, just terrible.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man just couldn't get past the first 20/30 pages. Usually I'll try a book a second time but not this one!
TURN ME ON! promised just that, could have been written by John Hagee. Never read such a moralistic book in my life.
Mister B. Gone... i just could not stand it; it had it's moments of clarity, but I went ahead and plowed through. I hate giving up on a book and not finish.
Dorsi wrote, "Another book that I hated was The Gunslinger. I know this is a much loved book and I will NEVER understand it. Not in a million years. Terrible, just terrible.I understand completely (LOL); even Stephen King has said that he was not entirely sober when writing the book. I forced myself to get through it because of that first sentence. Once I read that, I knew I would read the whole thing just so I could get to the rest of the series. The drawing of the three and The waste Lands are worth the torture. Just my opinion. :D
Rachael wrote: "Heather wrote: "I really didn't like The Catcher in the Rye. Of course I was forced to buy and read it in high school."So glad to find I'm not the only one. I couldn't finish The Catcher in th..."
I'm reading/forcing my way through it right now...I can see how it can inspire a murder!
Absolute worst book:The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson
Thirst No.1: The Last Vampire, Black Blood and Red Dice by Christopher Pike - I couldn't even force myself to finish it.
Those three are by far the worst ever.
Linda wrote: "Add me to the list of haters of The Time Traveler's Wife. I liked the premise and looked forward to reading it, but was very disappointed and actually disgusted with myself for finishi..."LOL I like that name for that shelve! I think I'll steal it! ;-)
Personally I'm looking forward to read that book, I'm quite curious about it. Thank goodness that we have there's a book for every flavour outthere! :-)
I've tried to read it again and again but after living abroad for 5 years it is flat and boring. I don't understand why it's still such a big deal.
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I didnt mind the other Dan Brown books that much as they were quickly read and were interesting enough, but this one took the biscuit. It was just poor all around but the revelation at the end was just plain ridiculous.