Subject: Worst Book Ever
Posted by: Legola12
Date: Apr 12 04
What is the worst book you have ever read?
I have read two- "Silas Marner" (sorry if I'm offending you if you liked it. I thought it was so weird) and that children's book "The Giving Tree". I about cried when I read that one. If you've never heard of it, you're blessed.
Your thoughts??
Posted by: Legola12
Date: Apr 12 04
What is the worst book you have ever read?
I have read two- "Silas Marner" (sorry if I'm offending you if you liked it. I thought it was so weird) and that children's book "The Giving Tree". I about cried when I read that one. If you've never heard of it, you're blessed.
Your thoughts??
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Shortanager224
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yeh, i agree about Wicked, although it did have its moments. But altoghether that was probably the hardest book to get through. I also hated The Witch of Blackbird Pond...terrible, just terrible. bk_wrm, wat was wrong with Eragon? i thought after the first part, its just great. Eldest is like one of the best sequels ive ever read Reply #81. Oct 20 06, 3:05 PM |
Dramaqueen64
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I had to read "Z for Zachariah" for my Language Arts class. It was too depresing and Dramatic. Reply #82. Oct 20 06, 4:19 PM |
closetpoet17
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There's this book called 'The Golden Goblet' that we had to read in sixth grade- we never finished it. I think it bored the teacher. Nothing remotely interesting happened in it at all, and if I was forced to read it again I might cry. Reply #83. Nov 23 06, 2:31 PM |
hintmaster
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Zombie butts from Uranius By andy Griffens Reply #84. Nov 27 06, 7:36 PM |
| swimmmergrl
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"Lord of the Flies" by William Golding was ok but depressing.. "A seperate Peace" was pretty good i liked it but im sorry to say "Emma" by Jane Austen is the most boring book ive read in my life but "pride and Prejudice" was pretty good Reply #85. Dec 22 06, 11:18 PM |
MALibrarian 
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I may be inviting a great deal of scorn with my post, but I despised "The Da Vinci Code," and probably not for the reasons you may think. I just don't think Brown is that great of a writer - I was bored to tears about 1/3 of the way through. Another one I cannot stand is "The Catcher in the Rye." I know it's considered a "classic," but if I had to read it again, I might consider gouging my eyes out. Boring, boring, boring! Happy reading! Reply #86. Dec 30 06, 5:06 PM |
| graciekuzora9
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My worst book ever was................I didn't like it at all that i forgot what is was called. Reply #87. Jan 03 07, 6:47 AM |
alliefarrell
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I'm reading these replies and seeing so many of my favourite books listed! Least favourite books - Lord of the Flies, boy did I hate that, but it was required reading in grade 11 English class, and ANYTHING by Louis L'Amour - I had to read those to my dad while our family took long car trips across Canada and the U.S. each summer and I got carsick reading - so I associate Louis L'Amour with long car rides and nausea! Reply #88. Jan 03 07, 11:54 PM |
LadyPhantasma
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'Score!' by Jilly Cooper. Too overcrowded with characters, lazily written and boring. Reply #89. Jan 04 07, 7:02 AM |
ellymae3333
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Definitely Silas Marner - I ended up getting the Cliff Notes to finish it! (I know it was wrong but......Silas Marner!) Reply #90. Jan 04 07, 6:07 PM |
| broncosfans
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I really dislike the book "Eragon", even though I am a huge fantasy fan. Mainly the dialogue was bad. But there were other things as well Reply #91. Jan 04 07, 6:40 PM |
BurgGurl
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I don't know if it's fair to call it the worst book but for me, of the books I've read I have to say (with some hesitation for reprimand) that 'The Catcher in the Rye' was the most unsatisfying read. I found Holden Caulfield to be a whiny complainer who found fault with everyone but himself. He was completely unsympathetic and I began reading it believing that he was supposed to start off unlikeable so that something life-altering would turn him into someone worth caring for. I was so disappointed and questioned myself at the end for maybe not "getting it". I expected more from it knowing its place in modern history and was completely let down. Reply #92. Jan 07 07, 10:22 PM |
fdgla
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"100 Years of Solitude". It feels like a hundred years if you can get through it. I couldn't. Reply #93. Jan 08 07, 12:57 AM |
Jubal
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"The Giving Tree" is one of the BEST books I've ever read. There is one really bad book and I don't remember the name of it because I began it and stopped reading it after 30 pages or so. My dad had recommended it to me. It's about a ship that is the last ship left on the seas after a nuclear war--and apparently no other people are left alive. The book used perhaps five times as many words as necessary to convey whatever the heck it was trying to say. Reply #94. Jan 08 07, 8:04 AM |
| Jubal
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I thought of some other bad books IMHO: 1984, The Mayor of Castorbridge, Animal Farm. There are many more, but if I don't finish reading them, I never remember the names. The three above were required reading at some stage in my life. And I also hated "Pet Sematary". Too horrible of an ending. Reply #95. Jan 08 07, 8:09 AM |
| ginnnyweasley
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I really disliked Little Women and Anne of Green Gables. Reply #96. Jan 16 07, 11:38 AM |
Wordpie
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Funny isn't it how someone's favourites are another's worst ever? I like Silas Marner but wouldn't worry that some people didn't like it - it is very very slow. I enjoyed the Da Vinci Code too but would agree that the writing is awful - it was just unputdownable for me. My worst book was Paolo Coelho's the Alchemist which I loathed - it just seemed a waste of paper but clearly I'm not in the majority because it's on bestseller lists everywhere. Reply #97. Jan 22 07, 4:26 PM |
| rlke6488
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"The Great Gatsby" Reply #98. Jan 27 07, 1:28 PM |
| Orpheia
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OMG! How can ANYONE say "One hundred years of solitude" is boring? I guess it just shows just how each book is different to each person! I found it absolutely breathtaking and a masterpiece of literature! Worst book ever is "Moiraida" by Eva Omirole. You guys are sooo lucky its never going to be translated in any other language than Greek so you wont ever get the chance to stumble on it. 4oo hundred pages of verbalism and a plot so stupid, it makes you wonder how it got published at all Reply #99. Feb 03 07, 8:31 PM |
| MALibrarian
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That brings up a good point - Sure seems like I know people who could write a whole lot better than some of the published authors out there...is it just luck that gets those folks with the right publisher at the right time? One of the GREAT mysteries of life, I suppose! :) Reply #100. Feb 09 07, 8:40 PM |
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