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It was so awful i couldn't finish. I gave up. This was the very first book (and the only one so far) i gave up.
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War I kinda skimmed through it to the end, but it is on my did not finish list. There are probably other, but those are the two that stick out for me.

The only one I can remember is Le miroir de Cassandre. The story was pretty dull and even if I like the author I never finished it.
There are some series which disappointed me a lot and I regret deeply spending money for the box sets (Narnia Chronicles and A Song of Ice and Fire). Because of them, boxes are a no way for me now and I'm really careful with authors I don't know.
There are some series which disappointed me a lot and I regret deeply spending money for the box sets (Narnia Chronicles and A Song of Ice and Fire). Because of them, boxes are a no way for me now and I'm really careful with authors I don't know.


I had to read it in school and it is the only one I never finished. Ugh. I would seriously reread Twilight or Evermore or even Maze Runner. I HATE Steinbeck




You're not alone. I didn't like The Hobbit either, and could not even make it through it. I just gave up.
.�*¨`*•✿ ✿�*¨`*�. Christine .�*¨`*•✿ ✿�*¨`*� wrote: "I'm probably in the minority here, but, I really disliked The Hobbit and forced myself to finish it. I think the writing style just turned me off.
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.�*¨`*•✿ ✿�*¨`*�. Christine .�*¨`*•✿ ✿�*¨`*� wrote: "I'm probably in the minority here, but, I really disliked The Hobbit and forced myself to finish it. I think the writing style just turned me off.
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Disclosure: I didn't read it for all the hype over how erotic it was etc. I simply wandered into the bookstore one day and saw it in the bestsellers and thought the blurb looked interesting (no mention of creepy fetishes haha). Once I realised what I was reading I never opened it again. Not just for the storyline but the horrid writing.

World War Z is another I didn't enjoy. It was repetitive and dull. Stick to the movie on this one.







But I must say "Eat, pray, love" and really close second "Gone Girl" urgh, both where hyped up like the best thing since sliced bread and oh they both collapsed like chocolate soufflés as if not made with love and care.

this book was rated 5 stars by every person I know here on goodreads, but it didn't appeal to be me in any way.I abandoned that book


I have not read that one yet, but Love, Rosie I believe is by the same author and I found it to be a frustrating read.


I'll be reading this for Week 6, and I'm anxious already. I've heard conflicting reviews from people whose opinions I trust, so I don't know what to expect.




Disclosure: I didn't read it for all the hype over how erotic it was etc. I simply wande..."
Ha! I made it literally about 5 paragraphs in...wanted to throw it across the room (except I was at the bookstore and that would have been bad form). The writing was hideous. I read quite a bit of erotica (Anne Rice under a pen name, etc) when I was younger and thought it would be interesting...but it was terrible. I just don't get all the hype!



However, last year it was unseated from its position, where it had reigned unchallenged for over ten years! I read James Lovegrove's Redlaw! I received it as a freebie at a science fiction convention, which maybe should've been a clue, but then, they were also giving out Aliette de Bodard novels and she's seven sorts of awesome. Redlaw, though, fails on every conceivable level. On the surface, the prose is stilted and ugly, people talk like nobody ever, and it basically reads like the only person who cared less than the editor was the author himself. On the deep technical level, it is such a clean example of painting by numbers that the only reason I didn't guess the ending was because the final twist was this huge homophobic asspull.
Which brings me to my final problem with the work, which is that it's what Dracula would've been if it was written by Nigel Farage. While twisting the trope of the vampire as the Other into the vampire as an Eastern European immigration problem is kind of clever, the execution is, shall we say, racist. There are bad guys whose sole motivation for being the bad guy is either their sexual orientation or religion.
It pissed me off like no book before or since. I had to read it through out of a sense of car crash curiosity. I had to know.
Once I was through, I recycled it.




That's one of the few Jodi Picoult novels that I really could NOT get into.

Jane Eyre bored me and I didn't like the characters. People have said to me that maybe it was because I had to read it for school so maybe I enjoyed it less but I don't think that's the case, I had to read loads of books for school and generally enjoyed the others (especially Of Mice and Men) but Jane Eyre just seemed to plod along and I didn't/don't understand why people romanticise Mr Rochester! The guy was a dick!
Romeo and Juliet I always hated. I generally like Shakespeare and I enjoy a lot of his other works (Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, Macbeth) but Romeo and Juliet just seemed ridiculous to me. I couldn't get behind a story about two teenagers (Juliet was 13 and Romeo was 15) that meet, fall in 'love' and kill themselves all in the space of 4 days! It just wasn't the kind of story for me.
I know a lot of people absolutely loved this book but I really couldn't get into it and it was 'The Fault in Our Stars'. I like John Green and I think he's funny but this book just didn't do anything for me. It seemed kind of samey and cliché like so many other books and I didn't like either of the main characters (yes, shock horror, I didn't even like Augustus).

Nicole, a vampire who twinkles in the sun (and doesn't drink people's blood) is obviously the most perfect boyfriend ever :p
I didn't read the books because the movies are so cliché and the characters annoying, so I don't know which ones are the worst :p
I didn't read the books because the movies are so cliché and the characters annoying, so I don't know which ones are the worst :p

The first is Fahrenheit 451. It wasn't that the writing was horrific but more that I was angry that a society could get to that point. It stirred so much anger in me that I still haven't finished the book. I'm kind of thinking that I will use that book for challenge book 52.
The second is A Visit from the Goon Squad. I had several friends tell me that they loved this book, it's rated well on Amazon and Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, and it was on some top sellers list. A Buzzfeed book article even said it was a must read of the year. I hated it. HATED IT. It's not chronological, it's written from too many viewpoints, the style changes dramatically from chapter to chapter, there was a vast array of pointless information...all in all I thought it had too many variables.
Now please understand that I grasp the whole Different Strokes for Different Folks thing. And I hope that people did like these books. I'm just saying that I ended up not finding them enjoyable.





The idea and premise are great. I was intrigued by the description. I even really want to know know what happens next, but cannot face two more books of the terrible writing. There are so many things wrong with this book.
It is disjointed, there is no character development, and I have a really hard time believing the police and FBI work that way. You don't know know who is talking half the time, and the dialogue is unbelievable. Plus, it ends abruptly with no resolutions.
It is like a thirteen-year old boy wrote it. I was VERY disappointed.
This book had a lot of potential, but failed miserably for me. I gave it two stars because the idea is very interesting and I did complete the book.
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For me it was a book called Lost. I'm a huge fan of Macguire's work, but Lost seemed to fall short of his other works. It was very different than his other books he's become known for though.