The flat out worst novel you've ever read?

I've recently began reading regularly. I haven't finished many books as of yet but Along Came a Spider wasn't exactly what I would call a stellar read

Just checked on the author of the book I mentioned. He is worth 310 million dollars. Good lord :|

Joy Luck Club. It was painfully boring, IMO.

Joy Luck Club. It was painfully boring, IMO.Pirate700

I loved that book.

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]Joy Luck Club. It was painfully boring, IMO.m0zart

I loved that book.

Eric. had to read it for school. was boring. bout a boy getting cancer.

im by no means saying it was a horrible book, just not my cup o tea.

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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]Joy Luck Club. It was painfully boring, IMO.Pirate700

I loved that book.

Really?

I guess I'm into sentimental stories like that which diverge a lot into anecdotes from the past.

Great Expectations. I argue against the inclusion of this book in our curriculum meetings every year. Nuck81

[QUOTE="The_Gaming_Baby"][QUOTE="Engrish_Major"]I can't seem to get into fiction that much. Even things that people highly recommend I find kind of boring, because I find plot turns and character development to be too transparent most of the time. So, I tend to read a lot of non-fiction. A lot of fiction that I try to start reading, I download a sample on my Kindle, and then lose interest after a few pages. Even in a few recent high profile sci-fi books that are loved, I spot grammatical errors shortly after starting, which immediately pulls me out of the story.Engrish_Major

Some authors just choose to write badly.

Beloved

Some authors just choose to write badly.

m0zart

Great Expectations. Book was too damn pretentious.heeweesRus

Well I certianly can't say that was unexpected.

anything by Charles Dickens.

BelovedGummiRaccoon

Now there's another one I loved.

I didn't care for the movie so much though, despite the fact that it stuck so closely to the book.

Great Expectations was indeed an unreadable mess of flowery bullshit. Not just completely boring, but painful to read as well.

I remember being forced to read The Scarlet Letter in school and that was another waste of paper and ink.

btw i'd like to mention The Ski Bum because Lenni's character, to me, was nothing but a knock off of Holden caulfield's which stopped me from feeling any sympathy for the protagonist from the get go.

No contest: Secret Life of Bees. I had to read this over Christmas break during my freshmen year of highschool. It was so excruciating! If my teacher had been a guy, I highly doubt we would have read it.wolverine4262

I attempted to read 50 Shades of Grey.

I'm an avid reader, so usually I do end up reading the new and most popular series, just like I did with The Hunger Games and Harry Potter. And I do have to say I quite enjoyed both of those series.

I can't recall another book I've read that was worse than 50 Shades of Grey. People who seriously read these books and gets a kick out of them are simply out of their minds. 

[QUOTE="wolverine4262"]No contest: Secret Life of Bees. I had to read this over Christmas break during my freshmen year of highschool. It was so excruciating! If my teacher had been a guy, I highly doubt we would have read it.VaguelyTagged

for being Disney stars, i thought Selena and Vanessa did pretty well in the movie.

was a fun flick

for being Disney stars, i thought Selena and Vanessa did pretty well in the movie.

was a fun flick

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[QUOTE="VaguelyTagged"][QUOTE="wolverine4262"]No contest: Secret Life of Bees. I had to read this over Christmas break during my freshmen year of highschool. It was so excruciating! If my teacher had been a guy, I highly doubt we would have read it.wolverine4262

Probably The road, every 10-30 pages i'd put it down and think to myself, i hate this book.

Still finished it though...

The seventh or eight book in the Sword of Truth series I guess. I don't remember which one I read but it was bad enough that I dropped the series after reading it.

wasn't the ending intentionally goofy? VaguelyTagged

[QUOTE="VaguelyTagged"]wasn't the ending intentionally goofy? wolverine4262

off the top of my head: Out of the Silent Planet by CS Lewis

Catcher in the rye.

I hate it because the word "Goddamn" is over used. It ruined an otherwise great book. Goddamn it, I can't goddamn stand it when a goddamn word is used a goddamn million times on the same goddamn page. I hate ackley because he doesnt brush his teeth and some kids die at the end. Whoopty do.

The Fountainhead maybe.....

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GummiRaccoon

• Great Expectations
• Catcher in the Rye
• 3 and 4th eragon books
• All Twilight books

I remember trying to read The Fountainhead, and it was boring as shit.

1Q84 was the longest damn book I ever read and it had the dumbest, most cliche ending ever.

Then in my sophomore English class we read Ophelia rather than Hamlet, couldn't stand that book from the moment I tried to read it, so I didn't read it all.