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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 1994 Views
I have a couple I really disliked Brian - 06/09/2009 05:28:38 AM 1388 Views
I agree. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 05:49:28 AM 1394 Views
Ohhhh quotefail! Brian - 06/09/2009 05:54:02 AM 1456 Views
I saw that. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 06:03:29 AM 1283 Views
You actually read Monkey Bridge? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:47:39 PM 1288 Views
Haha, I'm surprised anyone has heard of it here Brian - 06/09/2009 04:43:59 PM 1269 Views
Some examples Ellestra - 07/09/2009 08:25:37 PM 1190 Views
You think Battlefield Earth is bad, try reading his Mission Earth series. *NM* Brian - 08/09/2009 02:09:22 AM 695 Views
I read those in high school. I liked them. Stupid comic escapism. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 02:18:31 AM 745 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 1312 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 1409 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 1266 Views
No, thanks. I think all my masochism got spent on Terry Goodkind *NM* Ellestra - 08/09/2009 07:25:41 PM 719 Views
Political polemics, for one. Utopian novels, for another. Haggard - 06/09/2009 05:29:54 AM 1210 Views
People always recommend I read Ayn Rand Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:51:25 PM 1375 Views
I started The Fountainhead. It was pretty dreadful. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:44:31 PM 729 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 1353 Views
The Wanderer's Tale by David Bilsborough. Craig - 06/09/2009 06:24:49 AM 1324 Views
YES! Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:10:29 AM 1219 Views
Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 07:00:34 AM 1356 Views
Re: Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. Brian - 06/09/2009 07:05:51 AM 1318 Views
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Re: ! Brian - 06/09/2009 07:22:43 PM 1192 Views
Well, I do plan on reading it. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 03:38:26 AM 1266 Views
In fantasy, Vellum and Ink were terrible Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:05 PM 1285 Views
Duly noted! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:51:22 PM 1259 Views
Oh plenty Geoff - 06/09/2009 09:37:23 AM 1326 Views
I hated Wuthering Heights more than Jane Eyre, but I hated Jane Eyre, too. *NM* Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:49 PM 771 Views
I was never forced to read Wuthering heights Geoff - 06/09/2009 03:44:59 PM 1370 Views
I disliked both as well... more than disliked. *NM* Jacob - 09/09/2009 08:59:37 PM 778 Views
Well... Jacob - 09/09/2009 09:01:18 PM 1280 Views
I like all books I have ever read. jh - 06/09/2009 12:09:51 PM 1365 Views
You hated The Brothers Karamazov? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:59:16 PM 1308 Views
Umm, yeah. jh - 06/09/2009 03:28:30 PM 1463 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 747 Views
Oh man, the prologue to the Wife of Bath was horrible. Brian - 06/09/2009 05:11:39 PM 1222 Views
The Canterbury Tales are not Old English. They are Middle English. Сталин - 06/09/2009 05:59:59 PM 1384 Views
Indeed, translating old english, and reading middle english are very very different Brian - 06/09/2009 07:11:13 PM 1287 Views
Edit: ignore this, what I had before was blatantly untrue *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:11:37 AM 751 Views
As I'm translating some ancient Greek right now, I call bullshit on that. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:45:46 PM 693 Views
EDIT: Last post was basically equally bullsh*t IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:17:01 AM 1271 Views
I was going to, but I felt I had already been pedantic enough. *NM* Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:34:04 AM 756 Views
Jane Eyre. Chas - 06/09/2009 05:13:27 PM 1302 Views
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel AgentOrange - 06/09/2009 05:58:39 PM 1301 Views
Must remember this. *NM* rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:53:08 PM 724 Views
What do you mean? *NM* AgentOrange - 07/09/2009 10:43:58 AM 758 Views
Re: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel Nolan - 06/09/2009 08:08:21 PM 1294 Views
well it was the best book in the series *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:37:27 PM 684 Views
Catcher in the Rye and Heart of Darkness, among the "classics." *NM* Master Radishes - 06/09/2009 08:15:12 PM 738 Views
Ooh! I second Catcher and the Rye. What a piece of garbage. everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:20:00 PM 1148 Views
I couldn't finish Heart of Darkness random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:39:00 PM 1329 Views
Vellum by Hal Duncan and The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:16:12 PM 1362 Views
Hm. Novo - 06/09/2009 11:20:40 PM 1280 Views
Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Vodalus - 06/09/2009 08:24:07 PM 1260 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 669 Views
I didn't mind Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog...I mean Man Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:40:14 AM 1250 Views
Shame on you. Those books are truly Great. Especially Portrait. Joker - 12/09/2009 10:52:40 PM 1286 Views
What? Handel - 06/09/2009 08:28:17 PM 1431 Views
My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Darth_Katie - 06/09/2009 09:40:24 PM 1260 Views
Re: My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Handel - 07/09/2009 12:27:44 AM 1300 Views
Wait...you're a guy? Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:44:27 AM 1294 Views
Indeed. Handel - 07/09/2009 03:01:59 AM 1301 Views
Stars in His Pocket Like Grains of Sand random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:41:16 PM 1472 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 1176 Views
War and Peace is pretty straightforward Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:43:25 AM 1313 Views
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. Danu - 07/09/2009 12:54:41 AM 1317 Views
Shame! Shaaaaame! *NM* Craig - 07/09/2009 03:06:55 AM 697 Views
Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:13:26 AM 1210 Views
I'm not sure. Danu - 20/09/2009 04:19:52 PM 1562 Views
It probably doesn't help but Craig - 20/09/2009 06:17:34 PM 1647 Views
Don't flame me for saying it.... Erith - 07/09/2009 04:49:40 AM 1368 Views
Nah. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 05:18:23 AM 1228 Views
For me it was the other way around. jh - 07/09/2009 07:38:35 AM 1223 Views
You know, I kind of feel that way, too. Erith - 08/09/2009 03:40:58 AM 1247 Views
One last one: Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 07:44:48 AM 734 Views
*NM* Novo - 07/09/2009 10:33:08 AM 711 Views
Awww man, I thought we got rid of you! *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 06:05:30 PM 674 Views
Have you ever seen the mini-series? Darth_Katie - 07/09/2009 05:42:45 PM 1304 Views
Never have I seen such good acting in such a dreadful movie/mini-series. Legolas - 07/09/2009 05:44:47 PM 1201 Views
I love really really bad TV movies sometimes....they make for lots of laughter Brian - 07/09/2009 06:06:38 PM 1180 Views
Actually, you might like it. As in, think it's good. Legolas - 07/09/2009 06:11:14 PM 1225 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 1164 Views
Yeah, you might like it then. Legolas - 07/09/2009 07:20:04 PM 1230 Views
A Confederacy of Dunces. nossy - 08/09/2009 06:13:59 AM 1315 Views
Crap. That's two people now. Chas - 09/09/2009 01:42:40 AM 1183 Views
Don't go by what I say. nossy - 09/09/2009 03:11:17 AM 1259 Views
Anyone with more than half a brain wouldn't. *NM* Brian - 09/09/2009 03:49:34 AM 742 Views
This sounds like a redshirt mission. *NM* Chas - 14/09/2009 01:12:17 AM 728 Views
Re: Hardy Cockatiel of Doom - 09/09/2009 02:42:39 AM 1144 Views
Aw. I liked Confederacy. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/09/2009 06:15:10 AM 712 Views
That probably makes sense for someone from the area though. nossy - 09/09/2009 08:02:23 PM 1308 Views
Oh, I forgot to mention Brave New World. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:26:29 AM 1169 Views
Wha? nossy - 08/09/2009 03:26:29 PM 1317 Views
Wha. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:43:12 PM 1155 Views
*stands and applauds * Here here *NM* M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:19:53 PM 755 Views
The Road andOld Man and the Sea bme - 08/09/2009 04:16:11 PM 1213 Views
Time to give up your man card. *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:53:56 PM 705 Views
The great Gatsby and Romeo and Juliett. M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:24:23 PM 1238 Views
Word! Geoff - 08/09/2009 08:41:27 PM 1394 Views
Hitchickers guide to the galaxy and The Good earth by Pearl S. Buck Murtach74 - 09/09/2009 01:07:01 AM 1277 Views
Ah, man. I love both those books. *NM* nossy - 09/09/2009 08:08:00 PM 742 Views
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