"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
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"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.