The Worst Books You've Ever Read

We have plenty of "what's your favorite book" topics, but not that many "what books would you gladly give to the book-burning mobile" topics. So name the three books you hate the most. In order from most hated to least hated (but still hated):

1. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. I hate this book so, so much, and I just read it today.

2. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. It was very, very boring, but unlike TSAR, stuff happened, and there was a moral to the story, which I also hated.

3. Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes. If I were to try to read this book today, I could probably appreciate it a hell of a lot more than I did when I was younger. But when I was younger, this book was what I used to get to sleep at night. I never even finished it. I'm not interested in doing so.

So name the books you despise and why you hate them so much.

Essentially every summer reading book I've had to read aside from And Then There Were None and Ender's Game. We had to read a particularly terrible one called Mister Pip last year. It was easily one of the most drawn out and uninteresting books I've ever had to read. And I honestly hated Catcher in the Rye. It was overrated, angsty teenager garbage.

A Tale of Two Cities, reading a dictionary would be more interesting. thriteenthmonke

The Bible.

I put it down after the first few pages when it became clear that the whole plotline was laughably implausible.

Great Expectations. More than 400 pages of garbage.

Great Expectations. More than 400 pages of garbage.

ferrari_102

The Bible.

I put it down after the first few pages when it became clear that the whole plotline was laughably implausible.

Stesilaus

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Great Expectations. More than 400 pages of garbage.

Omni-Slash

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Great Expectations. More than 400 pages of garbage.

Omni-Slash

Great Expectations. More than 400 pages of garbage.

[QUOTE="ferrari_102"]

Great Expectations. More than 400 pages of garbage.

Omni-Slash

I know, what was he expecting?

[QUOTE="_en1gma_"][QUOTE="Omni-Slash"]not all it's cracked up to be is it?......Omni-Slash

A Cidade e as Serras-Eça de Queirós

Couldn't read a single page without falling asleep.

[QUOTE="ferrari_102"]

Great Expectations. More than 400 pages of garbage.

Omni-Slash

Rachel Ray's Kitchen Companion

GARBAGE

The Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer. I couldn't understand how a book written for children could contain so many highfalutin words. The Supernaturalist was a better read though.

r dr r *facepalms self*_en1gma_

[QUOTE="_en1gma_"]r dr r *facepalms self*Omni-Slash

I've read Stephen King before, but that book, I really didn't like it.

My favorite book is Ender's Game, if that says anything about me.

My favorite book is Ender's Game, if that says anything about me.

The book of Love. Its long and boring. :P

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Great Expectations. More than 400 pages of garbage.

Omni-Slash

Great Expectations. More than 400 pages of garbage.

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The Bible.

I put it down after the first few pages when it became clear that the whole plotline was laughably implausible.

Dman0017

...I couldn't resist. :P

dark toweravatar_genius

Worst ever. really? Why did you hate it so much? I'm not going to flame you or anything, I'm just curious why you think its the worst books you have ever read:P

[QUOTE="avatar_genius"]dark towerFilm-Guy

Worst ever. really? Why did you hate it so much? I'm not going to flame you or anything, I'm just curious why you think its the worst books you have ever read:P

It was boring and I hated it.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. All I got out of that crap was rape and muteness are bad, speaking and lemon-zest cookies are good.

[QUOTE="Dman0017"][QUOTE="Stesilaus"]

The Bible.

I put it down after the first few pages when it became clear that the whole plotline was laughably implausible.

mindstorm

...I couldn't resist. :P

gangsta jeezus

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. All I got out of that crap was rape and muteness are bad, speaking and lemon-zest cookies are good.

1oh1nine1

That does seem to be the general theme.

The Giver. :|

I haven't fully read many bad books, so the next few are questionable with their badness.

*biggest flame shield ever here* Catcher in the Rye. People who complain too much annoy me, plus we analyzed the **** out of it in 2 different english classes I've taken. :x

Halo: The Flood. "The Chief slapped a fresh mag into his MA5B". There, now you've read 60% of the book.

Crispin. Don't know why, but I hated it.

"Brahman: A Comparative Theology" by Michael Warren Myers. I was expecting an unbiased compare/contrast between the Indian concept of Brahman and the Western concept of "God," but all I got was a Christian-biased interpretation of what the author "thought" Brahman was. I got about 25 pages into the book before I gave up. It was frustrating. But it was all redeemed afterwards when I read R. K. Garg's "Upanisadic Challenge to Science." Good book.

Great Expectations. More than 400 pages of garbage.

ferrari_102

What!? that book is brilliant.

Fathers and Sons was extremely boring until about the last 5 pages, same with The Great Gatsby

The Kitchen Boy.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. All I got out of that crap was rape and muteness are bad, speaking and lemon-zest cookies are good.

1oh1nine1

The Giver. :|

I haven't fully read many bad books, so the next few are questionable with their badness.

*biggest flame shield ever here* Catcher in the Rye. People who complain too much annoy me, plus we analyzed the **** out of it in 2 different english classes I've taken. :x

Halo: The Flood. "The Chief slapped a fresh mag into his MA5B". There, now you've read 60% of the book.

Crispin. Don't know why, but I hated it.

Guppy507

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. All I got out of that crap was rape and muteness are bad, speaking and lemon-zest cookies are good.

1oh1nine1

Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes. If I were to try to read this book today, I could probably appreciate it a hell of a lot more than I did when I was younger. But when I was younger, this book was what I used to get to sleep at night. I never even finished it. I'm not interested in doing so.Theokhoth

I know everbody loved it but i hated Animal Farm.

I know everbody loved it but i hated Animal Farm.

hedden93

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I know everbody loved it but i hated Animal Farm.

LZ71

I think when people go back and read some of those classics that were already mentioned when you're in your 30's, you might appreciate them more.