What's the worst book you've ever read?

[Feralpeg]

I love Beowolf, Tess of the Derbervilles, Fairie Queen (did a paper on that one), Lord of the Flies, LOTR, The Hobbit, and several others mentioned.

I hate anything by James Mitchner. Boring!

Isn't it great that we all have different tastes?

 

[FSUGrad97]

The Poisonwood Bible - HATED this book. Thought it was long, boring, and the whole time kept thinking "why does his family put up with this?"

I also do not read anything reccomended by Oprah anymore - she likes books that are depressing. I prefer to be entertained when I read.

~Amanda

I totally agree with you about The Poisonwood Bible! I hated how each chapter switched to the view of the different characters - I thought it was a bit confusing since I rarely read the chapter titles.

Another Oprah book club book that was bad was the one about the pregnant girl whose loser boyfriend left her at a Wal-Mart and she lived in the store until she had her baby. I just didn't like the characters, and even the main character annoyed me.

 

[RUDisney]

Now I know it's a classic but I hated 1984. I think it had to do with the fact that it was trying to be realistic, but I had a hard time buying into the fact that everyone would give up their freedom. And then there was the ending, come on! I had to read it for an english lit class last term, after I was done I wrote the paper and saved it just in case I have another teacher who assigns it. But I threw the book away.

But, it wasn't just about everyone giving up their freedom, but about the masses ganging together in hatred. Exactly what the Nazis did. Exactly what the radical Islamists are doing now. These groups strip freedom away from the others. Sorry, I liked that book and I reference it often when discussing current and past events.

Feralpig is right. It's cool that we all have different tastes.