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Hate is probably too strong for most books but I really disliked House of Leaves. everynametaken Send a noteboard - 24/10/2010 02:15:39 AM
I read about half of it and was so bored and uninterested that I took it back to the library (to avoid fines) and have never bothered to check it out again to finish - and I HATE not finishing something I've started. I didn't even find the concept of a story within a story withing a story to be anything special. I laughed my ass off when I found out it took him ten years to write it. I would never recommend it to anyone.

I thirded Catcher in the Rye above. An utter waste of time; I cannot figure out why people love that book or think Salinger was a good author.

I've slammed Years of Salt and Rice a few times here and on Wotmania. Just boring. So boring I couldn't even finish it. Oh, did I mention how I hate not finishing something I've started? that's how bad this book and House are.

Can't think of anything else right now.
But wine was the great assassin of both tradition and propriety...
-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
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OK, Rafonauts: name some books you hated. - 23/10/2010 09:31:22 PM 2831 Views
Catcher in the Rye-JD Salinger *NM* - 23/10/2010 09:43:40 PM 1188 Views
You are both stark raving mad. *NM* - 23/10/2010 11:53:16 PM 1154 Views
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I third this book. Time spent in my life I can never get back. *NM* - 24/10/2010 02:06:17 AM 1121 Views
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I honestly can't think of a single one. - 23/10/2010 10:46:44 PM 1965 Views
I am envious. I would like not to have wasted my time on those books I hated. - 23/10/2010 11:30:57 PM 1983 Views
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Hate is probably too strong for most books but I really disliked House of Leaves. - 24/10/2010 02:15:39 AM 1941 Views
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