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YES! Jessie Send a noteboard - 07/09/2009 06:10:29 AM
Honestly it was a significant achievement of wills that I managed to finish this book, and I will never pick up the next book. The purple prose, the unlikeable characters, the unmanageable names, the laughable "plot" (let alone story), the inept attempts at narrative cohesiveness...

Um. Yeah. HATE.


I hate this book! I tried to get through it three separate times before I muscled through. Ugh.. just... ugh.

when you see only the darkness, know the light will soon return
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So...what books DON'T you like? Сталин - 06/09/2009 04:57:28 AM 1741 Views
I have a couple I really disliked Brian - 06/09/2009 05:28:38 AM 1160 Views
I agree. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 05:49:28 AM 1160 Views
Ohhhh quotefail! Brian - 06/09/2009 05:54:02 AM 1216 Views
I saw that. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 06:03:29 AM 1040 Views
You actually read Monkey Bridge? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:47:39 PM 1049 Views
Haha, I'm surprised anyone has heard of it here Brian - 06/09/2009 04:43:59 PM 1036 Views
Some examples Ellestra - 07/09/2009 08:25:37 PM 971 Views
You think Battlefield Earth is bad, try reading his Mission Earth series. *NM* Brian - 08/09/2009 02:09:22 AM 607 Views
I read those in high school. I liked them. Stupid comic escapism. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 02:18:31 AM 630 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 1081 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 1115 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 1027 Views
No, thanks. I think all my masochism got spent on Terry Goodkind *NM* Ellestra - 08/09/2009 07:25:41 PM 620 Views
Political polemics, for one. Utopian novels, for another. Haggard - 06/09/2009 05:29:54 AM 965 Views
People always recommend I read Ayn Rand Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:51:25 PM 1125 Views
I started The Fountainhead. It was pretty dreadful. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:44:31 PM 624 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 1122 Views
The Wanderer's Tale by David Bilsborough. Craig - 06/09/2009 06:24:49 AM 1053 Views
YES! Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:10:29 AM 994 Views
Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 07:00:34 AM 1098 Views
Re: Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. Brian - 06/09/2009 07:05:51 AM 1046 Views
! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:50:42 PM 1061 Views
Re: ! Brian - 06/09/2009 07:22:43 PM 986 Views
Well, I do plan on reading it. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 03:38:26 AM 1010 Views
In fantasy, Vellum and Ink were terrible Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:05 PM 1034 Views
Duly noted! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:51:22 PM 1016 Views
Oh plenty Geoff - 06/09/2009 09:37:23 AM 1085 Views
I hated Wuthering Heights more than Jane Eyre, but I hated Jane Eyre, too. *NM* Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:49 PM 650 Views
I was never forced to read Wuthering heights Geoff - 06/09/2009 03:44:59 PM 1070 Views
I disliked both as well... more than disliked. *NM* Jacob - 09/09/2009 08:59:37 PM 681 Views
Well... Jacob - 09/09/2009 09:01:18 PM 1039 Views
I like all books I have ever read. jh - 06/09/2009 12:09:51 PM 1114 Views
You hated The Brothers Karamazov? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:59:16 PM 1037 Views
Umm, yeah. jh - 06/09/2009 03:28:30 PM 1176 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 628 Views
Oh man, the prologue to the Wife of Bath was horrible. Brian - 06/09/2009 05:11:39 PM 984 Views
The Canterbury Tales are not Old English. They are Middle English. Сталин - 06/09/2009 05:59:59 PM 1156 Views
Indeed, translating old english, and reading middle english are very very different Brian - 06/09/2009 07:11:13 PM 1040 Views
Edit: ignore this, what I had before was blatantly untrue *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:11:37 AM 636 Views
As I'm translating some ancient Greek right now, I call bullshit on that. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:45:46 PM 594 Views
EDIT: Last post was basically equally bullsh*t IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:17:01 AM 1024 Views
I was going to, but I felt I had already been pedantic enough. *NM* Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:34:04 AM 635 Views
Jane Eyre. Chas - 06/09/2009 05:13:27 PM 1028 Views
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel AgentOrange - 06/09/2009 05:58:39 PM 1057 Views
Must remember this. *NM* rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:53:08 PM 627 Views
What do you mean? *NM* AgentOrange - 07/09/2009 10:43:58 AM 640 Views
Re: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel Nolan - 06/09/2009 08:08:21 PM 1071 Views
well it was the best book in the series *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:37:27 PM 568 Views
Catcher in the Rye and Heart of Darkness, among the "classics." *NM* Master Radishes - 06/09/2009 08:15:12 PM 624 Views
Ooh! I second Catcher and the Rye. What a piece of garbage. everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:20:00 PM 917 Views
I couldn't finish Heart of Darkness random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:39:00 PM 1085 Views
Vellum by Hal Duncan and The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:16:12 PM 1121 Views
Hm. Novo - 06/09/2009 11:20:40 PM 1021 Views
Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Vodalus - 06/09/2009 08:24:07 PM 1024 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 559 Views
I didn't mind Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog...I mean Man Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:40:14 AM 1005 Views
Shame on you. Those books are truly Great. Especially Portrait. Joker - 12/09/2009 10:52:40 PM 1052 Views
What? Handel - 06/09/2009 08:28:17 PM 1185 Views
My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Darth_Katie - 06/09/2009 09:40:24 PM 1014 Views
Re: My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Handel - 07/09/2009 12:27:44 AM 1045 Views
Wait...you're a guy? Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:44:27 AM 1058 Views
Indeed. Handel - 07/09/2009 03:01:59 AM 1036 Views
Stars in His Pocket Like Grains of Sand random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:41:16 PM 1214 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 947 Views
War and Peace is pretty straightforward Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:43:25 AM 1089 Views
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. Danu - 07/09/2009 12:54:41 AM 1084 Views
Shame! Shaaaaame! *NM* Craig - 07/09/2009 03:06:55 AM 583 Views
Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:13:26 AM 978 Views
I'm not sure. Danu - 20/09/2009 04:19:52 PM 1332 Views
It probably doesn't help but Craig - 20/09/2009 06:17:34 PM 1411 Views
Don't flame me for saying it.... Erith - 07/09/2009 04:49:40 AM 1142 Views
Nah. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 05:18:23 AM 986 Views
For me it was the other way around. jh - 07/09/2009 07:38:35 AM 1005 Views
You know, I kind of feel that way, too. Erith - 08/09/2009 03:40:58 AM 1007 Views
One last one: Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 07:44:48 AM 630 Views
*NM* Novo - 07/09/2009 10:33:08 AM 591 Views
Awww man, I thought we got rid of you! *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 06:05:30 PM 562 Views
Have you ever seen the mini-series? Darth_Katie - 07/09/2009 05:42:45 PM 1069 Views
Never have I seen such good acting in such a dreadful movie/mini-series. Legolas - 07/09/2009 05:44:47 PM 965 Views
I love really really bad TV movies sometimes....they make for lots of laughter Brian - 07/09/2009 06:06:38 PM 940 Views
Actually, you might like it. As in, think it's good. Legolas - 07/09/2009 06:11:14 PM 980 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 919 Views
Yeah, you might like it then. Legolas - 07/09/2009 07:20:04 PM 987 Views
A Confederacy of Dunces. nossy - 08/09/2009 06:13:59 AM 1058 Views
Crap. That's two people now. Chas - 09/09/2009 01:42:40 AM 941 Views
Don't go by what I say. nossy - 09/09/2009 03:11:17 AM 1032 Views
Anyone with more than half a brain wouldn't. *NM* Brian - 09/09/2009 03:49:34 AM 634 Views
This sounds like a redshirt mission. *NM* Chas - 14/09/2009 01:12:17 AM 622 Views
Re: Hardy Cockatiel of Doom - 09/09/2009 02:42:39 AM 908 Views
Aw. I liked Confederacy. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/09/2009 06:15:10 AM 589 Views
That probably makes sense for someone from the area though. nossy - 09/09/2009 08:02:23 PM 1003 Views
Oh, I forgot to mention Brave New World. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:26:29 AM 938 Views
Wha? nossy - 08/09/2009 03:26:29 PM 1084 Views
Wha. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:43:12 PM 929 Views
*stands and applauds * Here here *NM* M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:19:53 PM 653 Views
The Road andOld Man and the Sea bme - 08/09/2009 04:16:11 PM 965 Views
Time to give up your man card. *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:53:56 PM 605 Views
The great Gatsby and Romeo and Juliett. M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:24:23 PM 975 Views
Word! Geoff - 08/09/2009 08:41:27 PM 1093 Views
Hitchickers guide to the galaxy and The Good earth by Pearl S. Buck Murtach74 - 09/09/2009 01:07:01 AM 1035 Views
Ah, man. I love both those books. *NM* nossy - 09/09/2009 08:08:00 PM 642 Views
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