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Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. rebelaessedai Send a noteboard - 06/09/2009 07:00:34 AM
There are things I haven't finished, a LOT. I pick up a book and try to read it and just can't get into it. That doesn't mean it's not worth reading. So I can't honestly name those books, I suppose unless I've gotten at least halfway through them.

That being said, there are some that I've finished or almost finished that were awful.
The Jewels of Aptor by Samuel Delaney was horrible. I don't even know what the damn thing was supposed to be about. It seemed so random. Maybe I just didn't get it.
Altered Carbon, which I read solely because of its popularity and reputation as a genre-builder. I've come to realize, though, that cyberpunk just isn't my thing. It was good in that I could see its worth in that respect, but that's as far as it went.
And speaking of genres that are turn-offs, urban fantasy is pretty dull for me as well. Angel of Darkness by de Lint was one of those for me. It was meh, I read it all, but it didn't capture me the way I'd hoped it would.
Classics also very rarely interest me. There are a lot I won't even attempt to read. Some things I couldn't finish despite them having been assigned in classes, like The Metamorphosis and Heart of Darkness. In fact, the latter is probably my least favorite book ever. I have it on my to-read shelf because I just feel like I have to force myself through it one of these days.
Let's not forget the pile of crap that was Crossroads of Twilight. As much as I love Jordan, that book was obviously written for one reason- to make money. More happened in the prologue of the next book than the entirety of that one.

There are tons more, but those are the first things that come to mind. A lot, huh.
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So...what books DON'T you like? - 06/09/2009 04:57:28 AM 1963 Views
I have a couple I really disliked - 06/09/2009 05:28:38 AM 1358 Views
I agree. - 06/09/2009 05:49:28 AM 1359 Views
Ohhhh quotefail! - 06/09/2009 05:54:02 AM 1414 Views
I saw that. - 06/09/2009 06:03:29 AM 1250 Views
You actually read Monkey Bridge? - 06/09/2009 02:47:39 PM 1257 Views
Haha, I'm surprised anyone has heard of it here - 06/09/2009 04:43:59 PM 1241 Views
Some examples - 07/09/2009 08:25:37 PM 1160 Views
Political polemics, for one. Utopian novels, for another. - 06/09/2009 05:29:54 AM 1177 Views
People always recommend I read Ayn Rand - 06/09/2009 02:51:25 PM 1343 Views
I started The Fountainhead. It was pretty dreadful. *NM* - 06/09/2009 08:44:31 PM 714 Views
The Wanderer's Tale by David Bilsborough. - 06/09/2009 06:24:49 AM 1293 Views
YES! - 07/09/2009 06:10:29 AM 1180 Views
Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. - 06/09/2009 07:00:34 AM 1314 Views
Re: Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. - 06/09/2009 07:05:51 AM 1267 Views
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Re: ! - 06/09/2009 07:22:43 PM 1168 Views
Well, I do plan on reading it. - 07/09/2009 03:38:26 AM 1232 Views
In fantasy, Vellum and Ink were terrible - 06/09/2009 02:54:05 PM 1251 Views
Duly noted! - 06/09/2009 06:51:22 PM 1229 Views
Oh plenty - 06/09/2009 09:37:23 AM 1290 Views
I hated Wuthering Heights more than Jane Eyre, but I hated Jane Eyre, too. *NM* - 06/09/2009 02:54:49 PM 751 Views
I was never forced to read Wuthering heights - 06/09/2009 03:44:59 PM 1338 Views
I disliked both as well... more than disliked. *NM* - 09/09/2009 08:59:37 PM 762 Views
Well... - 09/09/2009 09:01:18 PM 1254 Views
I like all books I have ever read. - 06/09/2009 12:09:51 PM 1333 Views
You hated The Brothers Karamazov? - 06/09/2009 02:59:16 PM 1264 Views
Umm, yeah. - 06/09/2009 03:28:30 PM 1429 Views
Canterbury Tales by Chaucer. In Ye Olde English, it's harder to translate than ancient Greek. *NM* - 06/09/2009 05:07:49 PM 723 Views
Oh man, the prologue to the Wife of Bath was horrible. - 06/09/2009 05:11:39 PM 1191 Views
The Canterbury Tales are not Old English. They are Middle English. - 06/09/2009 05:59:59 PM 1351 Views
Edit: ignore this, what I had before was blatantly untrue *NM* - 07/09/2009 12:11:37 AM 732 Views
As I'm translating some ancient Greek right now, I call bullshit on that. *NM* - 06/09/2009 08:45:46 PM 676 Views
EDIT: Last post was basically equally bullsh*t - 07/09/2009 12:17:01 AM 1241 Views
I was going to, but I felt I had already been pedantic enough. *NM* - 07/09/2009 02:34:04 AM 740 Views
Jane Eyre. - 06/09/2009 05:13:27 PM 1262 Views
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel - 06/09/2009 05:58:39 PM 1275 Views
Must remember this. *NM* - 06/09/2009 06:53:08 PM 708 Views
What do you mean? *NM* - 07/09/2009 10:43:58 AM 733 Views
Re: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel - 06/09/2009 08:08:21 PM 1264 Views
well it was the best book in the series *NM* - 14/09/2009 04:37:27 PM 662 Views
Catcher in the Rye and Heart of Darkness, among the "classics." *NM* - 06/09/2009 08:15:12 PM 716 Views
Ooh! I second Catcher and the Rye. What a piece of garbage. - 06/09/2009 08:20:00 PM 1111 Views
I couldn't finish Heart of Darkness - 14/09/2009 04:39:00 PM 1297 Views
Vellum by Hal Duncan and The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson - 06/09/2009 08:16:12 PM 1315 Views
Hm. - 06/09/2009 11:20:40 PM 1242 Views
Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - 06/09/2009 08:24:07 PM 1229 Views
I didn't mind Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog...I mean Man - 07/09/2009 02:40:14 AM 1214 Views
Shame on you. Those books are truly Great. Especially Portrait. - 12/09/2009 10:52:40 PM 1256 Views
What? - 06/09/2009 08:28:17 PM 1397 Views
My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. - 06/09/2009 09:40:24 PM 1228 Views
Re: My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. - 07/09/2009 12:27:44 AM 1265 Views
Wait...you're a guy? - 07/09/2009 02:44:27 AM 1261 Views
Indeed. - 07/09/2009 03:01:59 AM 1270 Views
Stars in His Pocket Like Grains of Sand - 14/09/2009 04:41:16 PM 1440 Views
Oh, and maybe it was lost on me, but I never got much joy out of War and Peace - 07/09/2009 12:22:48 AM 1145 Views
War and Peace is pretty straightforward - 07/09/2009 02:43:25 AM 1280 Views
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. - 07/09/2009 12:54:41 AM 1287 Views
Shame! Shaaaaame! *NM* - 07/09/2009 03:06:55 AM 666 Views
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I'm not sure. - 20/09/2009 04:19:52 PM 1532 Views
It probably doesn't help but - 20/09/2009 06:17:34 PM 1616 Views
Don't flame me for saying it.... - 07/09/2009 04:49:40 AM 1341 Views
Nah. - 07/09/2009 05:18:23 AM 1197 Views
For me it was the other way around. - 07/09/2009 07:38:35 AM 1196 Views
You know, I kind of feel that way, too. - 08/09/2009 03:40:58 AM 1223 Views
One last one: Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley *NM* - 07/09/2009 07:44:48 AM 717 Views
*NM* - 07/09/2009 10:33:08 AM 692 Views
Awww man, I thought we got rid of you! *NM* - 07/09/2009 06:05:30 PM 657 Views
Have you ever seen the mini-series? - 07/09/2009 05:42:45 PM 1272 Views
I love really really bad TV movies sometimes....they make for lots of laughter - 07/09/2009 06:06:38 PM 1144 Views
Actually, you might like it. As in, think it's good. - 07/09/2009 06:11:14 PM 1196 Views
I had a couple of issues with the book that I could easily see being removed from the movie - 07/09/2009 07:01:40 PM 1136 Views
Yeah, you might like it then. - 07/09/2009 07:20:04 PM 1203 Views
A Confederacy of Dunces. - 08/09/2009 06:13:59 AM 1277 Views
Crap. That's two people now. - 09/09/2009 01:42:40 AM 1147 Views
Don't go by what I say. - 09/09/2009 03:11:17 AM 1228 Views
Anyone with more than half a brain wouldn't. *NM* - 09/09/2009 03:49:34 AM 721 Views
This sounds like a redshirt mission. *NM* - 14/09/2009 01:12:17 AM 712 Views
Re: Hardy - 09/09/2009 02:42:39 AM 1112 Views
Aw. I liked Confederacy. *NM* - 09/09/2009 06:15:10 AM 693 Views
That probably makes sense for someone from the area though. - 09/09/2009 08:02:23 PM 1266 Views
Oh, I forgot to mention Brave New World. - 08/09/2009 06:26:29 AM 1136 Views
Wha? - 08/09/2009 03:26:29 PM 1287 Views
Wha. - 08/09/2009 06:43:12 PM 1124 Views
*stands and applauds * Here here *NM* - 08/09/2009 08:19:53 PM 739 Views
The Road andOld Man and the Sea - 08/09/2009 04:16:11 PM 1170 Views
Time to give up your man card. *NM* - 12/09/2009 10:53:56 PM 691 Views
The great Gatsby and Romeo and Juliett. - 08/09/2009 08:24:23 PM 1206 Views
Word! - 08/09/2009 08:41:27 PM 1347 Views
Hitchickers guide to the galaxy and The Good earth by Pearl S. Buck - 09/09/2009 01:07:01 AM 1245 Views
Ah, man. I love both those books. *NM* - 09/09/2009 08:08:00 PM 728 Views

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