PeachyDoodle Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Just for fun :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne in CA Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Don Quixote 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 The Casual Vacancy Runners up: Three Cups of Tea Wuthering Heights 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 The Casual Vacancy Runners up: Three Cups of Tea Wuthering Heights Three Cups of Tea, ugh. I'm reading The Sweetness of Forgetting right now and will finish it. It may be my pick for this category! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Madame Bovary Bleh! Twilight. :lol: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tagglelim Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Don Quixote A thousand times, YES! One thousand pages of rambling misery. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 The Shack Dishonorable mention: Hope, A Tragedy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ. Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Freedom by Jonathon Franzen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellen Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Pillars of the Earth - it was so long and boring. I kept waiting for something interesting to happen but it never happened. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Lady Chatterly's Lover Runner ups: Nectar is a Sieve The Door in the Wall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El... Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 I agree; The Shack was really bad. My vote for worst ever is for 100 Years of Solitude 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lang Syne Boardie Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 (I'm so sorry. Please, nobody come to my house to cause me bodily harm.) Outlander. Vol. 1. I only liked one character and it wasn't Jamie. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 all the VC Andrews books I read as a teen 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slipper Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Wicked (I thought I would like it because I adore the musical, but the book was different) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Usually, I stop reading books if I don't like them (things like Twilight, Hunger Games, Outlander, etc...). Unfortunately, I continued reading these all the way through & hated them... Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Perfume by Patrick Suskind The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold :ack2: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Atlas Shrugged (although I admit to skimming parts of John Galt's speech ;)). The Goldfinch would be a close runner up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 A toss-up between The Mayor of Casterbridge and Age of Innocence. Character makes a mistake, and has regrets, but doesn't learn from it. Fair enough, humans are stubborn. Character makes the same mistake, and has more regrets, but still doesn't learn from it. Character makes the same mistake, weeps with regret, and reader is convinced that they have finally learned from it. Character gets chance for redemption, and . . . oh dear god, makes the same bloody mistake, you have GOT to be kidding me! Not my style. "People are idiots who will never, ever learn" is a short sentence that does not need to be expanded into a novel. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 The Old Man and the Sea comes to mind. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 So far everyone's listing books I haven't read, except for The Door in the Wall. That one wasn't as much of a slog for me as The Cat of Bubastes. It was one of those you're supposed to read because it's good for you. Ha ha--builds character. lol. I generally give up on books I'm not enjoying so I can't think of anything outside of required reading from high school that I made myself suffer through. Oh wait. There was that book for ds2's summer reading. He attends a small Christian school and up until that year the summer reading included a biography about how the person lived out their faith. But this book wasn't at all about the man's faith. It was just about how he was raised in a horrible situation and went on to become a healthy and successful persIon. Which could be a good story anyway but this one wasn't. It started off interesting but then it was such a slog to finish. Not just because it wasn't about faith; it just got boring. I can't even remember the title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 I agree; The Shack was really bad. My vote for worst ever is for 100 Years of Solitude I never finished The Shack, but I did soldier through 100 Years and regret it a great deal. Cloud Atlas The Road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isaac_megan Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Moby Dick. I had to read to the end because it was for a class. But left to my own devices, I would have chunked it after the first two chapters. The Notebook. That one I did chunk. At the wall when I finished it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xuzi Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Madame Bovary Bleh! Twilight. :lol: Twilight here, too. Girl meets guy. Girl can't stand the guy. Girl is suddenly, inexplicably, and "irrevocably" in love with the guy. Some stuff about vampires happens, and somehow manages to not be remotely interesting. 10 pages from the end of the book something interesting finally happens. The end. I slogged through just so I could say that I read it. It only confirmed my prejudice against reading books that "everyone" is raving about. I never end up enjoying them. (that goes for the first Harry Potter, too *gasp*, but I wouldn't say it was the worst book I ever read). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeachyDoodle Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 (I'm so sorry. Please, nobody come to my house to cause me bodily harm.) Outlander. Vol. 1. I only liked one character and it wasn't Jamie. I despised Outlander, but I didn't finish it, so it doesn't count. You did better than me; I can't even think of one character I liked. Moby Dick. I had to read to the end because it was for a class. But left to my own devices, I would have chunked it after the first two chapters. The Notebook. That one I did chunk. At the wall when I finished it. You know, I didn't mind Moby Dick (although I admit to skimming the 37 chapters in the middle about different types of whales). The Notebook was ghastly, but I didn't throw it at the wall. The one I did throw was the last book in the Divergent trilogy. I'm embarrassed even to admit I read those. They just got worse and worse, but I was so invested I had to see how they turned out. Veronica Roth should be ashamed to call herself a writer. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolatechip Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 The Hunger Games #1. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatherwith4 Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 The Shack for sure. There are other bad ones I finished, but it is definitely the worst in every way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 (I'm so sorry. Please, nobody come to my house to cause me bodily harm.) Outlander. Vol. 1. I only liked one character and it wasn't Jamie. Which character did you like? I actually made it through 5(?) books before I just didn't care about the characters enough to go on. The one I did throw was the last book in the Divergent trilogy. I'm embarrassed even to admit I read those. They just got worse and worse, but I was so invested I had to see how they turned out. Veronica Roth should be ashamed to call herself a writer. I forgot about Divergent! I liked the first book, the second was ok, hated the third but made myself finish to see how it turned out. Wasn't worth it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Canadian Meds by John Moynihan. My review: https://mamareader.wordpress.com/2014/05/07/canadian-meds-by-john-moynihan/ Free books are usually decent, sometimes great. This one was not worth the whatever it is digital books are "written" on. And, yet, because I'm me, I couldn't stop reading until I was done with it. Although the book I'm reading to my boys may win for "worst book." It's Snake Oil by T Ford. It is *terrible.* And I feel a little bad for saying that because it's written by a homeschool mom. My boys are not enjoying it (but I'm committed to giving an "honest review" so I must finish it). My daughter (who is a writer) listened to me read a couple chapters and was seriously horrified (and that's with me fixing some of the grammar and incorrect words as I read!). Even my dyslexic, decided non-writer, son told me he hoped I didn't just let the boys read it to themselves because he could hear how bad the writing was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artichoke Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 It's a toss up between Great Expectations and Lady Chatterly's Lover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 The Rule of Four. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orthodox6 Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Giants in the Earth. Mandatory reading in high school English. The plot is as follows: They were miserable. They became even more miserable. Eventually misery permeates EVERYTHING and EVERYBODY. The book makes the dreariest of Dickens appear as a Fairy Tale Happy Ever After in comparison. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Cloud Atlas. I thoroughly resent the hours lost to that book. The Little Friend by Donna Tartt. I kept hoping there would be something redeeming about it. Nope. I am sure there are others, but I tend to throw the books out if I hated them and then promptly redirect those brain cells to something useful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 The Pearl. I threw the book across the room when I was done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Some children's books come to mind for me, especially Love You Forever and anything by Shel Silverstein. :leaving: I disliked Catcher in the Rye and Orlando, but I'm not convinced that I haven't read worse books that I'm just not remembering at the moment. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplejackmama Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Grapes of Wrath. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Atlas Shrugged (although I admit to skimming parts of John Galt's speech ;)). That's good to know... I had always wanted to read that one! I think I'll skip it now. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Some children's books come to mind for me, especially Love You Forever :leaving: Agree. :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lang Syne Boardie Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 I despised Outlander, but I didn't finish it, so it doesn't count. You did better than me; I can't even think of one character I liked. Which character did you like? I actually made it through 5(?) books before I just didn't care about the characters enough to go on. Oh, the old guy with the cozy house and the bearskin rug, or maybe he wore a bearskin, or maybe he was a bear...I can't remember. I think they'd left the prison and traipsed through the snow to his house. I remember thinking, "Finally. I would like to know more about this guy, and I can actually envision the setting." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnE-girl Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 I was going to say Billy Budd, until purplejackmama reminded me of Grapes of Wrath. Billy Budd was the shortest book we had to read in one high school literature class and quite possibly the most painful. And then we had to read Grapes of Wrath over spring break. That pretty much ruined break. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 The Mill on the Floss by George Elliot. I threw the book across the room when I finished it and read only Romance novels for the next 15 years because I was so traumatized. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 The one I did throw was the last book in the Divergent trilogy. I'm embarrassed even to admit I read those. They just got worse and worse, but I was so invested I had to see how they turned out. Veronica Roth should be ashamed to call herself a writer. :iagree: The last book was horrible!! I agree with many that have been mentioned, especially Wuthering Heights. My husband asked me to read that to help him with a class he was taking, and it made me want to pull my hair out. The last really bad book I read was the last book of the Maze Runner series. It was so bad! I felt like the author was just filling blank space to make it a trilogy. :thumbdown: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsunshine Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Billy Budd. :thumbdown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 (I'm so sorry. Please, nobody come to my house to cause me bodily harm.) Outlander. Vol. 1. I only liked one character and it wasn't Jamie. Ugh, reading this now for my book club. Didn't list it because I am not done with yet. I am not enjoying it. Just thought of another couple I read for book club that I didn't like: The time Travelers Wife The Book Thief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Mama Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 I concur with Moby Dick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 I also thought Because of Winn Dixie was horrible. It was like the book came after the movie (which I never saw but heard was cute).... and maybe it did, I dunno. All I know is that it was awful. The book came first and the movie was based on it. I've never seen the movie either, but I liked the book. 2000 for the book, 2005 for the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Ugh, reading this now for my book club. Didn't list it because I am not done with yet. I am not enjoying it. Just thought of another couple I read for book club that I didn't like: The time Travelers Wife The Book Thief I'm casting my vote for The Time Traveler's Wife as well. I bought it before a long road trip, and anticipated a really good read based on recommendations and reviews. I finished it because I had a lot of hours on my hands, but left it at a campground book exchange. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Oh gosh, I loved several of you guy's worst books! I think Twilight was pretty bad, though. I did find it intriguing in a way--I think it was written in a way that made me want to know what was going to happen. I don't have much patience with books that don't grab me. I also think some books hit me because I can relate to something happening in my life, so what may be an "ok" book becomes a fabulous book to me because of my life. Lovely Bones was like that for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHASRADA Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 The Pearl. I threw the book across the room when I was done.Yes!! I had to work through this with a couple of my tutoring students. How many depressing stories with a sad ending do they have to make these kids slog through?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Watership Down.... Just kill me now. Horrible. :ohmy: I adore Watership Down! To each their own. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 I don't read bad books all the way through! I quit them when I can't stand it anymore! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danestress Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 The Other Boleyn Girl. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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