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Actually, this is my favourite book; i read it at least three times and I translated it into german — the result is not a very good one, though …Quote:
Originally Posted by Idril
The worst book I read was "The Da Vincy Code" — in my opinion the most superfluous book ever …
Ah...DragonLance... I was such a DragonLance dork in elementary and middle school. In fact, I dressed as Raistlin for Halloween as a kid :) I haven't read one of those books since Dragons of Summer Flame came out in 1996...Quote:
Originally Posted by moose gurl
Christopher Paolini's Eragon series. No offense to him but his main character is a total Mary-sue and the story is basically Star Wars with dragons. The first book was okay, but I never could struggle through the second and I'm not even going to look at the third.
Ivanhoe was another that I just never finished. I got about half-way through and just stopped reading. Nothing was happening, and there were so many characters to keep straight...meh.
I never could finish War and Peace. I will someday though! And I am currently reading a pathetic book called The Song of an Innocent Bystander. I'm going to finish the book, because the story's interesting, but the writing itself is awful. Lots of misused vocabulary, and poor grammar. It irritates me.
The Elven Exiles Series set in the Dragonlance setting was the most inane and boring thing ever.
just joined---my first post---i have not looked through what anyone else has said (i look forward to doing that), and i am almost sorry to have to say it, but moby dick and a catcher in the rye. the two worst books ive ever read.
Though I have not read Moby Dick, I am familiar with Melville's writing, and I can say I understand your feelings there, as just his short stories can be exhausting to read, though he is not the worst I have read, he is not my favorite, and I cannot imagine reading an entire novel of his.Quote:
Originally Posted by bounty
Though I absolutely loved Catcher in the Rye and rank it among my favorites
Really!? I just finished Middlemarch and I loved it, still, we all have different taste I suppose.Quote:
Originally Posted by Idril
One book I've assaulted a few times but not finished is Don Quixote, got to page 390/549 last time but just drifted off to another book. Thats the trouble with long books, its much harder to just grit your teeth and wade through without loosing the will.
The worst book I've read though was Wuthering Heights, I just hated all the characters.
Oh man, Don Quixote...I tried reading that when I first got into classics, got maybe five chapters in, and just stopped reading. It was way over my head at the time. I need to try again.
Another one that's terrible: Phantom of Manhattan!! That is THE MOST AWFUL Phantom book I have ever read--Forsythe must have been on something when he wrote it. Seriously.
I'm with you on this Antiquarian. Wuthering Heights, Don Quixote and Moby Dick are among my favourite novels. I also really liked Lord Jim, etc., etc., and while I haven't read Middlemarch yet I own a copy and am looking forward to starting it when I get a chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Antiquarian
Even though my vote for least favourite unfinished book is Adam Bede. I gave it a hundred and fifty pages and then gave up.
My least favourite finished book is The Robber Bride. I'm usually indifferent to Atwood's fiction but this was downright awful.
hi dark muse---i read billy budd and was okay with that. what i was hoping for out of moby dick was a high seas adventure, anywhere along the lines of horatio hornblower, mutiny on the bounty or the sea wolf. the latter two are amongst my favorite books.
technically i dont know what makes a book a novel, but moby dick was so much less "story" and so much more treatise on whaling. given what youve said, im guessing you wont be reading it, so this really wont be a spoiler but my goodness, the whale himself doesnt appear until the last few pages of the book. false advertising! :)
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Originally Posted by Dark Muse
I just recently got the Sea Wolf, and look forward to reading it. I love Jack London, and find him to be very interesting.