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So...what books DON'T you like? Сталин Send a noteboard - 06/09/2009 04:57:28 AM
This is a website where people post reviews of books and exchange ideas with each other about what to read.

But...let's be honest: there is a lot of crap out there. I found myself reading a tortured book on Biblical history that failed to back up any assertions with evidence (or by pointing out a dearth of evidence, as applicable). It was awful. Had I known how truly awful it was, I would never have bought it.

Similarly, I am on a personal crusade to have all books by the Brontes removed from required reading in all schools, everywhere. At a very minimum, Wuthering Heights, perhaps one of the worst "classics" written in the English language.

We have a finite amount of time to read things, and so it is useful to not waste that time reading crap.

So please, tell me books that you absolutely HATED, and why you hated them. Just make a list of anything and everything that comes to mind. That is the sum total of my survey.
You can also write that as "Stalin" *MySmiley*
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So...what books DON'T you like? Сталин - 06/09/2009 04:57:28 AM 1908 Views
I have a couple I really disliked Brian - 06/09/2009 05:28:38 AM 1309 Views
I agree. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 05:49:28 AM 1309 Views
Ohhhh quotefail! Brian - 06/09/2009 05:54:02 AM 1352 Views
I saw that. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 06:03:29 AM 1188 Views
You actually read Monkey Bridge? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:47:39 PM 1206 Views
Haha, I'm surprised anyone has heard of it here Brian - 06/09/2009 04:43:59 PM 1189 Views
Some examples Ellestra - 07/09/2009 08:25:37 PM 1113 Views
You think Battlefield Earth is bad, try reading his Mission Earth series. *NM* Brian - 08/09/2009 02:09:22 AM 656 Views
I read those in high school. I liked them. Stupid comic escapism. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 02:18:31 AM 704 Views
I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 Brian - 08/09/2009 02:47:12 AM 1227 Views
Re: I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 04:18:07 PM 1333 Views
Re: I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 Brian - 08/09/2009 06:26:00 PM 1184 Views
No, thanks. I think all my masochism got spent on Terry Goodkind *NM* Ellestra - 08/09/2009 07:25:41 PM 680 Views
Political polemics, for one. Utopian novels, for another. Haggard - 06/09/2009 05:29:54 AM 1116 Views
People always recommend I read Ayn Rand Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:51:25 PM 1294 Views
I started The Fountainhead. It was pretty dreadful. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:44:31 PM 693 Views
I don't have enough hours in the day to detail this or something even worse Larry - 06/09/2009 05:45:35 AM 1269 Views
The Wanderer's Tale by David Bilsborough. Craig - 06/09/2009 06:24:49 AM 1237 Views
YES! Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:10:29 AM 1133 Views
Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 07:00:34 AM 1262 Views
Re: Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. Brian - 06/09/2009 07:05:51 AM 1207 Views
! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:50:42 PM 1225 Views
Re: ! Brian - 06/09/2009 07:22:43 PM 1108 Views
Well, I do plan on reading it. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 03:38:26 AM 1176 Views
In fantasy, Vellum and Ink were terrible Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:05 PM 1202 Views
Duly noted! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:51:22 PM 1178 Views
Oh plenty Geoff - 06/09/2009 09:37:23 AM 1232 Views
I hated Wuthering Heights more than Jane Eyre, but I hated Jane Eyre, too. *NM* Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:49 PM 725 Views
I was never forced to read Wuthering heights Geoff - 06/09/2009 03:44:59 PM 1290 Views
I disliked both as well... more than disliked. *NM* Jacob - 09/09/2009 08:59:37 PM 739 Views
Well... Jacob - 09/09/2009 09:01:18 PM 1202 Views
I like all books I have ever read. jh - 06/09/2009 12:09:51 PM 1281 Views
You hated The Brothers Karamazov? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:59:16 PM 1209 Views
Umm, yeah. jh - 06/09/2009 03:28:30 PM 1381 Views
Canterbury Tales by Chaucer. In Ye Olde English, it's harder to translate than ancient Greek. *NM* IndigoAjah - 06/09/2009 05:07:49 PM 697 Views
Oh man, the prologue to the Wife of Bath was horrible. Brian - 06/09/2009 05:11:39 PM 1141 Views
The Canterbury Tales are not Old English. They are Middle English. Сталин - 06/09/2009 05:59:59 PM 1300 Views
Indeed, translating old english, and reading middle english are very very different Brian - 06/09/2009 07:11:13 PM 1193 Views
Edit: ignore this, what I had before was blatantly untrue *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:11:37 AM 712 Views
As I'm translating some ancient Greek right now, I call bullshit on that. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:45:46 PM 657 Views
EDIT: Last post was basically equally bullsh*t IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:17:01 AM 1193 Views
I was going to, but I felt I had already been pedantic enough. *NM* Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:34:04 AM 715 Views
Jane Eyre. Chas - 06/09/2009 05:13:27 PM 1215 Views
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel AgentOrange - 06/09/2009 05:58:39 PM 1223 Views
Must remember this. *NM* rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:53:08 PM 683 Views
What do you mean? *NM* AgentOrange - 07/09/2009 10:43:58 AM 710 Views
Re: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel Nolan - 06/09/2009 08:08:21 PM 1215 Views
well it was the best book in the series *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:37:27 PM 633 Views
Catcher in the Rye and Heart of Darkness, among the "classics." *NM* Master Radishes - 06/09/2009 08:15:12 PM 693 Views
Ooh! I second Catcher and the Rye. What a piece of garbage. everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:20:00 PM 1068 Views
I couldn't finish Heart of Darkness random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:39:00 PM 1242 Views
Vellum by Hal Duncan and The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:16:12 PM 1267 Views
Hm. Novo - 06/09/2009 11:20:40 PM 1180 Views
Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Vodalus - 06/09/2009 08:24:07 PM 1174 Views
I liked a Portrait of the Artist, personally, though the (lack of real) punctuation grated *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:18:50 AM 623 Views
I didn't mind Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog...I mean Man Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:40:14 AM 1161 Views
Shame on you. Those books are truly Great. Especially Portrait. Joker - 12/09/2009 10:52:40 PM 1209 Views
What? Handel - 06/09/2009 08:28:17 PM 1345 Views
My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Darth_Katie - 06/09/2009 09:40:24 PM 1168 Views
Re: My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Handel - 07/09/2009 12:27:44 AM 1213 Views
Wait...you're a guy? Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:44:27 AM 1212 Views
Indeed. Handel - 07/09/2009 03:01:59 AM 1221 Views
Stars in His Pocket Like Grains of Sand random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:41:16 PM 1391 Views
Oh, and maybe it was lost on me, but I never got much joy out of War and Peace IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:22:48 AM 1098 Views
War and Peace is pretty straightforward Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:43:25 AM 1231 Views
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. Danu - 07/09/2009 12:54:41 AM 1240 Views
Shame! Shaaaaame! *NM* Craig - 07/09/2009 03:06:55 AM 641 Views
Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:13:26 AM 1135 Views
I'm not sure. Danu - 20/09/2009 04:19:52 PM 1477 Views
It probably doesn't help but Craig - 20/09/2009 06:17:34 PM 1564 Views
Don't flame me for saying it.... Erith - 07/09/2009 04:49:40 AM 1294 Views
Nah. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 05:18:23 AM 1145 Views
For me it was the other way around. jh - 07/09/2009 07:38:35 AM 1152 Views
You know, I kind of feel that way, too. Erith - 08/09/2009 03:40:58 AM 1171 Views
One last one: Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 07:44:48 AM 694 Views
*NM* Novo - 07/09/2009 10:33:08 AM 668 Views
Awww man, I thought we got rid of you! *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 06:05:30 PM 634 Views
Have you ever seen the mini-series? Darth_Katie - 07/09/2009 05:42:45 PM 1218 Views
Never have I seen such good acting in such a dreadful movie/mini-series. Legolas - 07/09/2009 05:44:47 PM 1114 Views
I love really really bad TV movies sometimes....they make for lots of laughter Brian - 07/09/2009 06:06:38 PM 1094 Views
Actually, you might like it. As in, think it's good. Legolas - 07/09/2009 06:11:14 PM 1144 Views
I had a couple of issues with the book that I could easily see being removed from the movie Brian - 07/09/2009 07:01:40 PM 1083 Views
Yeah, you might like it then. Legolas - 07/09/2009 07:20:04 PM 1141 Views
A Confederacy of Dunces. nossy - 08/09/2009 06:13:59 AM 1225 Views
Crap. That's two people now. Chas - 09/09/2009 01:42:40 AM 1097 Views
Don't go by what I say. nossy - 09/09/2009 03:11:17 AM 1179 Views
Anyone with more than half a brain wouldn't. *NM* Brian - 09/09/2009 03:49:34 AM 697 Views
This sounds like a redshirt mission. *NM* Chas - 14/09/2009 01:12:17 AM 689 Views
Re: Hardy Cockatiel of Doom - 09/09/2009 02:42:39 AM 1066 Views
Aw. I liked Confederacy. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/09/2009 06:15:10 AM 667 Views
That probably makes sense for someone from the area though. nossy - 09/09/2009 08:02:23 PM 1170 Views
Oh, I forgot to mention Brave New World. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:26:29 AM 1089 Views
Wha? nossy - 08/09/2009 03:26:29 PM 1238 Views
Wha. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:43:12 PM 1075 Views
*stands and applauds * Here here *NM* M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:19:53 PM 717 Views
The Road andOld Man and the Sea bme - 08/09/2009 04:16:11 PM 1111 Views
Time to give up your man card. *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:53:56 PM 666 Views
The great Gatsby and Romeo and Juliett. M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:24:23 PM 1153 Views
Word! Geoff - 08/09/2009 08:41:27 PM 1297 Views
Hitchickers guide to the galaxy and The Good earth by Pearl S. Buck Murtach74 - 09/09/2009 01:07:01 AM 1190 Views
Ah, man. I love both those books. *NM* nossy - 09/09/2009 08:08:00 PM 705 Views
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