What book do you hate/dislike

[lemondrop]

that you're supposed to love?

[lemondrop]

I like the Great Gatsby, but greatly dislike the rest of his writing.

[dorothyinAus]

Jane Eyre. I just cannot understand how people enjoyed it.

I'm not a fan of Jane Austen -- hmm, maybe it's just the name Jane that turns me off. ;D But with Austen, it's more just overexposure than an active dislike.

[BravoBravo]

I could not get into Game of Thrones. Maybe I did not give it enough chapters, but I just didn't get it.

[angnshaun]

Hunger Games - i dont hate it or dislike it so much as i dont find it as incredible as everyone else...

[bookbunny]

I hated Catcher in the Rye. I also could not finish Wicked, but absolutely love the musical.

[mimosas]

I hated Catcher in the Rye too. I also very much disliked The Joy Luck Club and HATED A Prayer for Owen Meany.

ETA I almost forgot! My most hated book of.all.time. is Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. Haaaaaaaated.

[sparrowsong]

I thought The Lovely Bones was horrible. I also cannot stand Jodi Picault. (spelling may be wrong I don't feel like looking it up.)

ETA: Oh, I just cannot get into Outlander either. I keep trudging through them because I should like them -- they are totally my style of book (long ass historical fiction). But I just don't care.

[angnshaun]

May 15, 2012 20:17:03 GMT -5 sparrowsong said:

I thought The Lovely Bones was horrible. I also cannot stand Jodi Picault. (spelling may be wrong I don't feel like looking it up.)

Its Picoult and i dont care for her either. The only book i read was Sing You Home and it was the first time ever that i hated the author for making the characters the way they were... ive never ever done that before

[Dusky]

Twilight and Wuthering Heights. I do not get the love for either one of those.

[mollymoe]

Water for Elephants. I thought it was going to be more of the human/animal relationship but the elephant was hardly in the book. I also thought the abusive relationship was a little cliche.

I also didn't like the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series. For some reason I'm hesitant to read books in a series. If I find out a book is part of a series I always think "oh, that can't be any good."

[rootbeerfloat]

Another vote for Catcher in the Rye. I typically like coming-of-age stories, but not this one.

[lemondrop]

May 15, 2012 20:31:15 GMT -5 mollymoe said:

Water for Elephants. I thought it was going to be more of the human/animal relationship but the elephant was hardly in the book. I also thought the abusive relationship was a little cliche.

I also didn't like the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series. For some reason I'm hesitant to read books in a series. If I find out a book is part of a series I always think "oh, that can't be any good."

Hey you watch your mouth. These are some of my favorites.

[angnshaun]

May 15, 2012 20:31:15 GMT -5 mollymoe said:

Water for Elephants. I thought it was going to be more of the human/animal relationship but the elephant was hardly in the book. I also thought the abusive relationship was a little cliche.

I also didn't like the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series. For some reason I'm hesitant to read books in a series. If I find out a book is part of a series I always think "oh, that can't be any good."

i am the complete opposite... if a book isnt part of a series i dont want to read it lol

[msmerymac]

May 15, 2012 20:00:08 GMT -5 dorothyinAus said:

Jane Eyre. I just cannot understand how people enjoyed it.

I'm not a fan of Jane Austen -- hmm, maybe it's just the name Jane that turns me off. ;D But with Austen, it's more just overexposure than an active dislike.

I'm kind of with you. Not into Jane Eyre. I hate Wuthering Heights even more though. Least favorite book ever! Jane Austen, I hate to admit (on a book board), does better in film. I adore the movie and television adaptation of her novels, but I think her writing is a bit dry.

Oh, and Dickens. Not a fan of Dickens. I can say A Tale of Two Cities is good, it's just... his writing really hits you over the head with his themes. And the paragraph length? Ugh.

I hate Dan Brown. I hated the Davinci Code. I tried reading Angels and Demons but gave up when I realized it was basically the same book.

[PinkSquirrel]

I've struggled with Jane Eyre, but I'm hoping reading as a group will help me though

ETA - Err the Bronte sisters. Someone was half asleep yesterday. I clearly jumbled all the Jane Austens with a Bronte book ... that's what I'm going with at least

[SallyJ]

The only two books I have never finished: Catch 22 and Vanity Fair. I couldn't finish Catch 22 because it was such a downer and I got the point of the phrase Catch 22 very early on. It felt like the book was just trying to beat a dead horse after that.

Vanity Fair had a terrible story line, poor characters, and had a bunch of filler stuff that didn't add to the story which annoyed me to have to read. Plus the copy of the book I read had tons and tons of footnotes which drove me bonkers.

[amyb2332]

Add me to the list of those that hate Catcher in the Rye. I also don't like books about kids with screwed up childhoods ie Running With Scissors or Angela's Ashes.

[rootbeerfloat]

Speaking of screwed up childhoods, I strongly disliked The Glass Castle.

[amyb2332]

May 15, 2012 21:10:39 GMT -5 rootbeerfloat said:

Speaking of screwed up childhoods, I strongly disliked The Glass Castle.

Yeah, I'm guessing I wouldn't like that one either so I've never read it. But lots of people do seem to like it!

[mollymoe]

May 15, 2012 20:37:19 GMT -5 angnshaun said:

May 15, 2012 20:31:15 GMT -5 mollymoe said:

Water for Elephants. I thought it was going to be more of the human/animal relationship but the elephant was hardly in the book. I also thought the abusive relationship was a little cliche.

I also didn't like the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series. For some reason I'm hesitant to read books in a series. If I find out a book is part of a series I always think "oh, that can't be any good."

i am the complete opposite... if a book isnt part of a series i dont want to read it lol

Well, I did like the Hunger Games series. I might try the Insurgent series too. I keep hearing about it and it sounds like people really like it.

[heightsyankee]

May 15, 2012 20:11:44 GMT -5 mimosas said:

I hated Catcher in the Rye too. I also very much disliked The Joy Luck Club and HATED A Prayer for Owen Meany.

Aw! I've never met anyone who hated Owen Meany before! It's one of my faves.

The book I really HATE is not a classic, but it was a best seller
The Dive from Clausen's Pier. I hated that book with the fiery intensity of 1000 suns.

ETA: I also wanted to LOVE Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff but I couldn't get past the 3rd chapter

[dvmmama]

I have tried starting The girl with the dragon tattoo 3 times now and I just can't get into it.

[Deleted]

Another vote for Tuesdays with Morrie--what a pandering piece of crap. I felt the same way about the Last Lecture.

[aurora]

May 15, 2012 20:58:34 GMT -5 SallyJ said:

Vanity Fair had a terrible story line, poor characters, and had a bunch of filler stuff that didn't add to the story which annoyed me to have to read. Plus the copy of the book I read had tons and tons of footnotes which drove me bonkers.

I had forgotten about Vanity Fair! I was so determined to finish, and I eventually did, but it was a rough journey. I also hated Catcher in the Rye. I've determined that I have a hard time enjoying books in which I don't like the main character(s).

One that I read recently and didn't like was Anthem by Ayn Rand.

[pugz]

May 15, 2012 21:10:39 GMT -5 rootbeerfloat said:

Speaking of screwed up childhoods, I strongly disliked The Glass Castle.

omg this book drove me insane. Being a social worker I was all SOMEONE HOTLINE THIS SHIT ALREADY!!!

[Dana]

Also hated Catcher in the Rye. For some reason, I never had to read it in middle school or high school. A guy I dated in college gave it to me to read because it was his all-time favorite. After that I knew we had to break up.

[bluelikejazz]

Outlander.

and Little Women.

[zitiqueen]

May 15, 2012 21:35:34 GMT -5 @mrschicken said:

Another vote for Tuesdays with Morrie--what a pandering piece of crap. I felt the same way about the Last Lecture.

A pandering piece of crap -- that's Mitch Albom for you.

I really didn't get all the hype over A Confederacy of Dunces.

[chicacocodrilo]

I've found my people! Austen, Picoult, Collins ... not a fan.

Not a classic, but it was a Pulitzer finalist--didn't get Swamplandia!. And more recently, Song of Achilles. Still scratching my head over the love for that one.