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    katina Banned Contributor

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    the worst book you have ever read

    Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by katina, Aug 14, 2018.

    I have come across some books that were not worth the title let alone the script.o_O

    What is the worst book you have ever read and why?
     
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    I went into the future and read my own book. Fucking garbage.

    Factual event aside, The worst book I've read in recent memory would be Stardust by Neil Gaimen. I know, I know, it's Gaimen, it can't be bad, blah blah blah. But coming off of NeverWhere I expected...something better. Just didn't click with me.
     
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    Was it the plot or the characters?
     
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    Plot wise it was....eh. I enjoyed the setting and some interesting characters the story blows by in a couple of paragraphs.

    But the MC is just...insufferable. I found the puppy lovestruck moron to grate on my nerves something fierce.
     
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    katina Banned Contributor

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    LOL I understand. :p
    Can I ask is what the Chinese script means? I have just noticed it just now.
     
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    John-Wayne Madman Extradinor Contributor

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    Well...

    Empress Teresa by Normal Boutin.

    flowed by

    Growing Around by Jonathan Rozanski

    I am so happy to have these two books in my libarary of bad books.

    1. it goes with my belief that everyone should write a book no matter how bad they are, and in this I give them both props and respects for that.

    2. It also shows the bad side of people, where neither of these two gentlemen can accept an ounce of criticism with Mr. Boutin there calling anyone who dislikes his book a blasphemous Atheists, so @Iain Aschendale that's you... LOL.... or me, despite being a Christian and finding this book horrible on many levels. I would explain but I can't do it justice. LOL. If you wish, this video could help give some sense of Norman and his book.

    as for Enter... well, first he is HFA and two a bit of this book is a revenge fantasy based off of his own abuse a a young man, so take it with a grain of as



    3. It is just great to have awful books in your collection, it gives both the "how not to behave as an Author" and makes your better books look even better.
     
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    It means 真似の神, of course. :p

    I want to read this Empress book while I take the Browns to the Super Bowl. It sounds legendary.
     
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    John-Wayne Madman Extradinor Contributor

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    Oh, it is! I got to actually finish it.
     
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    Definitely Catcher in the Rye. Punching Holden Caulfield in the throat is on my bucket list.
     
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    I've never read it, but so many people behave like its a definitive must read book.

    So reading your comment, makes me happy. LOL! Can I hold him down for you
     
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    Homer Potvin A tombstone hand and a graveyard mind Staff Supporter Contributor

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    No. He needs to know that it's me and me alone that is stomping his ass.
     
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    LMFAO... very well, but at least let me record it for you, so you can watch it again and again and again.
     
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    Nice....
     
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    Some book that felt like a knock-off of the Warriors cats series. Few books in my life that I've started and never finished. That was one of them.
     
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    Wait... why am I just learning of this now!!!!
     
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    I can respect that, but damn! I hated Catcher in the Rye, too! I need to do something....

    Oh! Oh1 I've got it! After @Homer Potvin kicks his ass, I'll interview Homer about why, angling my detailed questions to focus on the worst parts of the book. @John-Wayne can record the interview, then we'll make the whole thing go viral.

    ETA: Another one of mine is Steinbeck's The Red Pony. We had to read it in my 6th grade English class, and after a certain part of it, more than half of the class mutinied and flatly refused to read any further. We all just sat there scowling, refusing to speak during book discussion time, and the teacher ended up picking another book for us to read.
     
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    I forgot about Catcher in the Rye and its annoying prick of an MC. I most likely slammed my head on a desk to forget about ever reading it, so it's definitely bad.

    I'll pay money for front row seats of the Homer Vs Holden Caulfield match at UFC 45 main event.
     
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    My moment to bitch about a certain book has finally arrived! Thank you @katina !

    Ladies, Gentleman, and various assortments of animals (supernatural being et all). I present to you:

    The Dogs Of Littlefield by Suzanne Berne.
    Oh.My.Word.
    I read this some years ago, and it still haunts me that I wasted my time on it. That is quite an impressive feat. Problems I had with it?
    1-It made no sense to me,
    2-It was the kind of book you kept hoping was gonna go somewhere, but it never did,
    3-No idea who did what or what had actually happened throughout most of the book.
    4-Excessive detail on the settings, with nothing of great interest to say about the characters themselves.
     
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    I don't think I've ever read a bad book, which may be hurting my development as a writer. I've read a tiny bit from the infamous The Eye of Argon, if that counts.

    Decives and Desires (by K. J. Parker) I just couldn't get into at all, but that doesn't make a bad book. I liked the opening line, and I've failed thrice to get into the likes of Dune and Lord of the Flies, both of which I liked in the end.

    Out of books I've actually read past the halfway point... No, can't think of a single one. Sorry, I tried. I guess I just don't read bad books (or I do, but lack the good taste to know them). I almost feel like I'm missing out.
     
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    You're talking about books that I've actually finished, right? There are countless ones that I stopped reading by page ten, but thankfully their titles have been swept from my memory.

    The only one I actually hurled across the room after reading was John Steinbeck's The Pearl. I was going through some rough shit in my life, and I didn't need a downbeat, depressing ending.

    Years later, I was reminded of this when I came across this quote from a book review: “It is not a book to be lightly thrown aside. It should be thrown with great force.” I always thought Dorothy Parker wrote this (as did Bennett Cerf), but it is now attributed to Sid Ziff of the Los Angeles Mirror-News.
     
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    On the subject of Dorothy Parker and scathing reviews, one of her classics was her review of a children's book, At the time, she was reviewing books under the name "Constant Reader," and the book evidently exceeded her tolerance for cutesy prose. Her four-word review: "Tonstant Weader frowed up."
     
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    Something by Douglas Niles. A D&D novel.
     
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    Okay I'm sorry because it's a 'must read' but Tom Sawyer. I hated it
     
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    Zerotonin Serotonin machine broke

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    Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë wins hands down. Practically fell asleep every time I tried to read more than a few pages at a time.
     
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