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Thats so true. The "Good Book" is litterally a good book. But Numbers I find quite painful. However ... theres a lot of good poetry and stories in other parts of the Bible. What an odd book from a literature perspective.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spiritus
I was wondering what were the worst books you read....
I've had my share of really bad books... they made us read tons of bad books back at highschool.... but I think the wors were the ones by Cauthemoc.... I guess since most of you aren't in latinamerica you haven't had the disgrace of reading those.... lucky you.....
Anyway, what are the worst books you have read???
Lady Chatterley's Lover, didn't get the courage to complete it.
I wouldn't say crappy, but these are novels I hated :
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Hardy
The Alchimist by Coelho
Deception Point & Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
I never get what's so good in that book...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark F.
But Chehov - Three sisters...Disaster!!
Nothing, well, err, maybe the fact that it's understandable even for toddlers?Quote:
Originally Posted by bazarov
I mean, I read a lot, so if I don't get the point :confused: ,(don't get me wrong :lol: )
My friend has a serious hate on for Tom Robbins. I don't like him very much either, but I fail to see why he deserves death.
Wild Animus by Shapiro. It is the worst. Ever. It got to the point it was so bad I started writing sarcastic notes in the margins, then circulated it around the English departement for others to contribute.
I read a book years ago (I have no idea why) by Steve Aylett called "Slaughtermatic". It wasn't sickeningly bad or anything but I don't recall enjoying a moment of it.
"I read a book years ago (I have no idea why) by Steve Aylett called "Slaughtermatic". It wasn't sickeningly bad or anything but I don't recall enjoying a moment of it."
Good title, though
...hum I would have to say American Gods By Neil Gailman, It made no sense whatsoever, granted it was a good idea, in a way, but it was one of those books that you only read if everything else is collection dust on a shelf.
What books have you came acorss that you could not quite get yourself to finnish, or that you just would not recomend to anyone else.
Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens, and Moby Dick are some of the first in my mind.
The only two books I ever tried to read and could not finnish are Lord Jim by Josephe Conrad and Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins which was really dissapointing because he is one of my faveortie authors, but I just could not get through that one book
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and some book by Stephen King that I don't remember the title.
I never managed to finish anything by Conrad, and I couldn't read The Alchemist but the worst ever was The Last Immortal by J. O. Jeppson. A copy was left in a place where I lived with notes about how far someone managed to get; I got through 2 or 3 pages. I managed to sell it to a used book store, where it still sits on the shelf.
Great Expectations! Seriously, that book made me want to set it on fire.
I said it many times but it bears being repeated...Middlemarch by George Eliot. I actually did finish it though, I refused to let it beat me but it took awhile. Another book that I wasn't able to finish though, because of sheer boredom was Son of the Circus by John Irving. I usually like John Irving books but I simple could not read one more page.
I acutually enjoyed Son of the Circus, though I have not infact read much of Iriving, I have a few of his books but Son of the Circus was the first of his I have read, and thus far the only, but I did not think it was too bad, just very strange.
I started Douglas Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy but after a couple of pages I put it down and could not find the inspiration to keep going. I know a lot of people love it but I for some reason just can't get into it.
The worst book I ever read was something a librarian recomended to me when I told her I had to read a "mystery" book for school. It was called "The Body Farm" by Patricia Cornwell, and I think I'd rather read a 1900 page book about the chemical composition of different shampoos than revisit that travisty.
Irving books are always strange and perverse, that's just his thing. I've heard other people say they love that book so you certainly aren't alone there. Hey, I've heard there are actually people out there who liked Middlemarch :p :lol: so no matter how much you may hate a book, there's always people out there who loved it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Muse
*Gasp!* No! I love this book it's so nonsensical!Quote:
Originally Posted by livelaughlove
"I started Douglas Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy but after a couple of pages I put it down and could not find the inspiration to keep going. I know a lot of people love it but I for some reason just can't get into it."
This is about the worst book you have READ.
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Originally Posted by Etienne
I was replying to the first part of her question. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Muse
You got me. Although I believe you need to read more than "a couple of pages" to judge if a book is good or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by livelaughlove
no one yell at me, but im gonna say the portrait of dorian gray. just too damn dry for me...
You could be right. Maybe I'll go back and try to read it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Etienne
There really isn't anything that I've come across so far in my explorations in literature that I would deem really bad. The only thing I can say is that I'm not a fan at all of contemporary literature. I would have to say the worst book that I've read (as far as I can recall) would be Sarah Dunant's The Birth of Venus.
I am almost finnished with that book now, and I have to say I love it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dori
I would have to say another book I read, that perhaps was not the worst, but I don't think I would recomend, and that I very nearly quit reading a couple of times, but decided to bare through to the end, was Norman Mailers Ancient Egypt.
I do not think I am too conservitive or a prude in fact I have read and enjoyed some pretty racey things before, but I swear this book could not get a couple of lines without trying to make at least one obcesne reference. I think it really was more porn then it was plot.
Read Irving Stone's The Agony and the Ecstasy. I thought it to be a much better novel that shares its setting (and a few characters).Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Muse
I will have to check that out, thanks for the recomendation
people who cannot read Dickens, Conrad or Melville should not be on here but on PulpNet
Don't know about terrible but definitely the most overrated book I have ever read is The Grapes of Wrath.
The characters speak in monologues and in ways that characters of the background would not have conversed in....John Steinbeck's ultra dry flat prose doesn't help.
In general I am not a fan of Steinbeck.
I know people are going to kill me if I say this in lit net, but the book that revolted me so much, is......
Pride and Prejudice
I've read better books from around that era: Tess of the D'Urbervilles was awesome! I hope I never have to read another book of jane Austen's EVER.
I also agree that Coelho's The Alchemist is the worst book I've ever read even though in my country that book is still best-seller. I tried but I couldn't go on it- I couldn't stand it.
Dickens is one of my favorites, never read Conrad, Melville is a huge bore.Quote:
Originally Posted by nebish
Should I be cast off because my tastes may differ from yours?
LOL
Jeff
BTW, I love pulp fiction.
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Originally Posted by rgdmalaysia
Just finished "The Grapes Of Wrath," loved it.
Just shows that people have different tastes.
Jeff
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Originally Posted by rgdmalaysia
I am not much of a Steinbeck fan myself, I do not overall care for his writing style. Though I was suprised by The Grapes of Wrath, I liked it more then I thought I would for a Steinbeck.
I did not really care for Of Mice and Men though
The most boring book I've ever read is Don Quixote. It was a torture for me to read it till the end. I admit that it has some parts that are quite ok but it is really boring as a whole. For me of course- I know many people won't agree with me.