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Worst Books You've Ever Read...

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by 3814, Mar 14, 2005.

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  1. StupidMoniker

    StupidMoniker I lost a bet

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    My least favorite book that I have finished is probably Ender's Game. I read it based on the recommendations of many posters here, and I could not have been more disappointed. I thought every part with Ender in it was terrible, and the only parts I enjoyed were the sections about his siblings.
     
  2. Rocket River

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    don't like Zora myself
    Toni Morrison's Jazz and Sula were hell on the eyes

    I loved Songs of Solomon though

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  3. FranchiseBlade

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    What was Jim Morrison's book of poetry called. I actually like the Doors(most of the time) but that book of poetry was some of the worst I've ever read.
     
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    The Scarlet Letter put me to sleep.
    Hawthrone is so long winded.
     
  5. fadeaway

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    "New Grub Street"

    If anyone here has even heard of this, I will eat a plate.
     
  6. JuanValdez

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    Man, some of the books named here are great. Catch-22 I couldn't put down. Faulkner's great. Joyce -- well Joyce is a self-important egomaniacal fathead. Hawthorne is great though.

    It's heard for me to come up with a worst book, because I'll stop reading if it's bad. There are a couple memorable ones though: Mao II by Don Delillo -- it had such a nice cover too. The Cloud (I think that was the name). I read it for a Philosophy of Sci-Fi class (the book was out of print, so the prof xeroxed his own copy for us). It had some interesting sci-fi stuff in it -- this cloud that was alive and had sentience as a unit together, but not separately. But, the prose was atrocious. Likely, it was a science-type that thought anyone could write a book. The whole book was people asking the protagonist, "Professor, do you know why x, y, z?" And, the professor, "why, yes I do. You see...." Terrible. I can't believe it had once found a publisher.
     

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