Post by wrathofkuus on Sept 18, 2012 13:24:51 GMT -5
Was there ever a book for you that made you want to track down the author, cut off his/her hands, and slap him/her repeatedly with them?
For me, that book was The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury. Not only could I see the ending coming a mile away, it was a terrible, smug, sanctimonious ending. If I ever met him in person, it'd take a lot of effort not to punch him in the face for even thinking up that bullshit.
What is that one book that was made into a Broadway play that everyone loooooves. About the Wicked Witch of the West. I am drawing a blank. I tried 4 different times to read that damn book. Hated it. Could never get into it.
I read some shit called the Dressmaker that I've utterly, utterly HATED! The fact that anyone saw this published makes me want to burn shit down. It's not even awesomely bad. It's just bad. Very bad. Very shitty.
Also, at least get the dress porn right, okay? You can't write a book about a Victorian era dress maker and pawn off shitty dress descriptions on me.
Post by lightbulbsun on Sept 18, 2012 13:28:54 GMT -5
The hero and the crown. Normally I like fantasy/scifi, but this book sucked. I had to read it for school in 7th grade, and I hated it. I tried to read it again a few years ago and I still hated it. I just could not get into it.
I read The Notebook. So I'd like to drag Nicholas Sparks over carpet tacks and throw him in a vat of rubbing alcohol.
That one definitely falls under the movie is better than the book category.
My Name is Red made me want to rip my hair out.
And, it's not a hate thing, but I'm not really feeling the second Hunger Games book the way I did the first one. I'm stuck half way through with no desire to keep going now.
wally lamb wrote some book about twins? anyway, it's looooong and i felt compelled to finish it, but i wanted to KILL HIM when it was over. just.shut.up.now.
also, i read half of a yellow sun, which is an amazing book and enormously powerful, but i LITERALLY had nightmares for weeks afterwards. i think about it all the time. so i'm mad at it.
A heartbreaking work of staggering genius. The beginning totally had me but by the end of the book I was hate reading totally like "oooooommmmmmmggggggggg get to a FUCKING point and stop drowning in your pretension! No, actually please drown!!".
Naked Lunch. I just couldn't force my way through it.
I'm about halfway through that book (it stays up at our cabin). H didn't understand why I like it and he couldn't get it. I think it's because I LOOOOVE me some drug tales.
wally lamb wrote some book about twins? anyway, it's looooong and i felt compelled to finish it, but i wanted to KILL HIM when it was over. just.shut.up.now.
also, i read half of a yellow sun, which is an amazing book and enormously powerful, but i LITERALLY had nightmares for weeks afterwards. i think about it all the time. so i'm mad at it.
I Know This Much is True. I like that one. I read his latest book The Hour I First Believed and for real wanted to send him hate mail and a request for a refund after.
Rhett Butler's People was a crime against fucking humanity. I know the dude who wrote it said he loathed Scarlett. I get that. But shit, would it have been so fucking hard of you to at least keep the names the same???
My God.
And way to turn Rhett Butler from a dick into a pantywaist. Shit, Rhett wasn't exactly good people but assholes are far superior and far interesting reads than whiny bitchass men. Fucker ran blockades during the Civil War. Don't tell me he was undone by a vapid, selfish bitch he saw coming from a mile away.
Naked Lunch. I just couldn't force my way through it.
I'm about halfway through that book (it stays up at our cabin). H didn't understand why I like it and he couldn't get it. I think it's because I LOOOOVE me some drug tales.
wally lamb wrote some book about twins? anyway, it's looooong and i felt compelled to finish it, but i wanted to KILL HIM when it was over. just.shut.up.now.
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You are dead to me. That is one of my favorite books of all time. I just checked it out again to read.
"This Much I know is True" is the name of the book.
I judge the taste of people who like some books by Nicholas Sparks, Jodi Picoult, etc.
I judge the intelligence of someone who likes 50 Shades or Twilight. B/c those books were just BAD, not even entertaining. I only read a few passages of 50 Shades but the writing was horrendous.
With the exception of "Of Mice and Men," I do not like John Steinbeck. Clearly, I'll still take him over Twilight or 50 Shades. Hell, I'll take him over Sparks or Piccoult. But I'm still not a fan.
A heartbreaking work of staggering genius. The beginning totally had me but by the end of the book I was hate reading totally like "oooooommmmmmmggggggggg get to a FUCKING point and stop drowning in your pretension! No, actually please drown!!".
YES. just shut your affected fat head!
which also reminds me of a brave new world. can't get past the first chapter.
What is that one book that was made into a Broadway play that everyone loooooves. About the Wicked Witch of the West. I am drawing a blank. I tried 4 different times to read that damn book. Hated it. Could never get into it.
Wicked. I actually got through it, but it was HARD. Then I tried to read the next book. HA. That didn't happen.
Some that I know other people loved:
Atonement Eat,Pray,Love Angela's Ashes
Same problem w/ all of them - too slow. Atonement was from page one. Eat PRay Love - I got a good chunk into it, but then it hit this section that was like molasses and I put it down and never picked it up again.
Post by peachykate on Sept 18, 2012 13:39:01 GMT -5
The Handmaiden's Tale The Lovely Bones
If a book doesn't grab me in the first few chapters I usually stop it and go onto something else. Life's too short for crappy books, at least that is what I tell myself.
I judge the taste of people who like some books by Nicholas Sparks, Jodi Picoult, etc.
I judge the intelligence of someone who likes 50 Shades or Twilight. B/c those books were just BAD, not even entertaining. I only read a few passages of 50 Shades but the writing was horrendous.
Agreed. I am also taken aback when intelligent people I know admit to really liking it. It does make me think they are less smart than I thought.
Look, I'm just gonna say it and you can all come get my black card but I really fucking despise The Color Purple. I just do.
The story itself is just plain dandy but I cannot and refuse to read in a stupid ass jacked up vernacular. It hurts my fucking brain, okay? Also, anyone who reads and loves that book but side eyed The Help can just go on and fuck themselves.