Ive read a few insufferable books
But theres one that really sticks out for me
More so because I was forced to read it for English Class in highschool
Catcher in the Rye
I feel my blood boiling just thinking about it
Ive read a few insufferable books
But theres one that really sticks out for me
More so because I was forced to read it for English Class in highschool
Catcher in the Rye
I feel my blood boiling just thinking about it
i've read a lot of "classics" for my english class, and i've liked some of them (like jane eyre, dracula, frankenstein, etc.) but i HATE robinson crusoe. i hate the character of robinson crusoe most, he's so stuck up and he thinks he's smarter an d better than the island natives and i really hate when he's teaching friday about Christianity. i hate that so much.
i also hate swiss family robinson. i hate all the characters, especially the dad. he's all "im a man so i have to protect my family and my wife has to submit to me" and it makes me so mad. the characters are bland, the plot is generic and stupid, and i hate the "morals" it tries to teach you.
i've read a lot of "classics" for my english class, and i've liked some of them (like jane eyre, dracula, frankenstein, etc.) but i HATE robinson crusoe. i hate the character of robinson crusoe most, he's so stuck up and he thinks he's smarter an d better than the island natives and i really hate when he's teaching friday about Christianity. i hate that so much.
i also hate swiss family robinson. i hate all the characters, especially the dad. he's all "im a man so i have to protect my family and my wife has to submit to me" and it makes me so mad. the characters are bland, the plot is generic and stupid, and i hate the "morals" it tries to teach you.
[quote] Ten year old hot take: I have never gotten less enjoyment from ANY book than I did from the Hunger Games. I know people dearly love it, but I personally hated every last thing about it. It was a rare example of a book I'm not enjoying that I actually finished...mostly because people whose tastes I often align with told me that I would like it if I kept going, and that time never came.[/quote]
I never got through the first chapter of the Hunger Games. It was the combination of first-person present-tense that killed it for me, as well as the complete lack of interesting characters or ideas. Divergent was similarly boring.
I have no idea how Suzanne Collins went from giant talking bats in a kingdom underneath New York to “oh no North America is dystopian”. I really liked the Gregor series.
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Ten year old hot take: I have never gotten less enjoyment from ANY book than I did from the Hunger Games. I know people dearly love it, but I personally hated every last thing about it. It was a rare example of a book I'm not enjoying that I actually finished...mostly because people whose tastes I often align with told me that I would like it if I kept going, and that time never came.
I never got through the first chapter of the Hunger Games. It was the combination of first-person present-tense that killed it for me, as well as the complete lack of interesting characters or ideas. Divergent was similarly boring.
I have no idea how Suzanne Collins went from giant talking bats in a kingdom underneath New York to “oh no North America is dystopian”. I really liked the Gregor series.
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narumitsu oh thank you SOMEBODY agrees... that book gave me a headache.
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narumitsu oh thank you SOMEBODY agrees... that book gave me a headache.
[quote name="Erniath" date="2020-12-06 11:56:17" ]
[quote] Ten year old hot take: I have never gotten less enjoyment from ANY book than I did from the Hunger Games. I know people dearly love it, but I personally hated every last thing about it. It was a rare example of a book I'm not enjoying that I actually finished...mostly because people whose tastes I often align with told me that I would like it if I kept going, and that time never came.[/quote]
I never got through the first chapter of the Hunger Games. It was the combination of first-person present-tense that killed it for me, as well as the complete lack of interesting characters or ideas. Divergent was similarly boring.
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Honestly, the worst part about that series was the romance for me. It just took over everything else. The first book was alright for what is was, the second started getting worse, but the third one... You are literally a figurehead of a war you're fighting, girl. You have better things to think about than what boy may or may not like you.
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I've written about my least favourite book before in a similar thread before. Let me give you a copy of my rant.
[quote=Xio]I've read a bunch of bad books. Hell, sometime during my teenage years I made the terrible life decision of reading the entire Twilight-series. But these were actually passable compared to the following.
I love reading, always have, so my family has always been gifting me random books they think I might enjoy.
Sometime, also within my teenage years, my mum handed me a book, saying it's really popular with people my age. On the cover was a picture of a cute axolotl (which, in hindsight, was maybe the other reason she bought it) and the words Axolotl: Roadkill. Reading the blurb at the back I figured it's really not the stuff I usually read, but of course decided to give it a shot anyway.
It's been a long long time I've read it, but I'll try piecing together what I remember of it. Might be wrong about some things, but I'm really not planning to re-read it. Though I still have it somewhere on one of my bookshelves.
In short, it's a book about some drug-addicted teenagers who are all kinda jerks. No plot, no character development, nothing. Just random disjointed scenes.
You'd thing with a focus on characters like this, you'd get some drama, some 'redemption'-type thing in the end, but nope. It's not going anywhere. The only 'drama' that I remember happening was because everyone was terrible. So nothing plot-changing here.
Let's take a look at the title. There are absolutly no roadkills in the book, especially not ones of axolots. As far as I remember, the main character decides at one point she really likes the word 'roadkill' and uses it once or twice within the book. And never in relation to the axolotl.
There is in fact an axolotl in the book. Not sure how the main charater got it, but she got it in a water-filled plastic bag. And to her, it's the best ever. She loves it and carries it around everywhere ...while it's still in that freaking bag. Even though she thinks it's the best thing in the world, she does not love it enough to care properly for it. Not one of the characters sees anything wriong with that, which perfectly describes their attitudes throughout everything in book. Well, main character notices some time later it looks sad, but does nothing to change its situation. I don't remember for sure, but I think its fate wasn't even mentioned later. A shame, since it was the only likeable character, and it didn't even do anything.
That's all you need to know about this book. I think something could've possibly been done with it, if the characters were actually fleshed out and there'd be a noticable plot with some development. I mean, the opportunities are there. The moment she notices her pet not being well could've been a great opportunity for her to rethink her choices.
But, as it is: No, just no. [/quote]
Erniath wrote on 2020-12-06 11:56:17:
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Ten year old hot take: I have never gotten less enjoyment from ANY book than I did from the Hunger Games. I know people dearly love it, but I personally hated every last thing about it. It was a rare example of a book I'm not enjoying that I actually finished...mostly because people whose tastes I often align with told me that I would like it if I kept going, and that time never came.
I never got through the first chapter of the Hunger Games. It was the combination of first-person present-tense that killed it for me, as well as the complete lack of interesting characters or ideas. Divergent was similarly boring.
Honestly, the worst part about that series was the romance for me. It just took over everything else. The first book was alright for what is was, the second started getting worse, but the third one... You are literally a figurehead of a war you're fighting, girl. You have better things to think about than what boy may or may not like you.
I've written about my least favourite book before in a similar thread before. Let me give you a copy of my rant.
Xio wrote:
I've read a bunch of bad books. Hell, sometime during my teenage years I made the terrible life decision of reading the entire Twilight-series. But these were actually passable compared to the following.
I love reading, always have, so my family has always been gifting me random books they think I might enjoy.
Sometime, also within my teenage years, my mum handed me a book, saying it's really popular with people my age. On the cover was a picture of a cute axolotl (which, in hindsight, was maybe the other reason she bought it) and the words Axolotl: Roadkill. Reading the blurb at the back I figured it's really not the stuff I usually read, but of course decided to give it a shot anyway.
It's been a long long time I've read it, but I'll try piecing together what I remember of it. Might be wrong about some things, but I'm really not planning to re-read it. Though I still have it somewhere on one of my bookshelves.
In short, it's a book about some drug-addicted teenagers who are all kinda jerks. No plot, no character development, nothing. Just random disjointed scenes.
You'd thing with a focus on characters like this, you'd get some drama, some 'redemption'-type thing in the end, but nope. It's not going anywhere. The only 'drama' that I remember happening was because everyone was terrible. So nothing plot-changing here.
Let's take a look at the title. There are absolutly no roadkills in the book, especially not ones of axolots. As far as I remember, the main character decides at one point she really likes the word 'roadkill' and uses it once or twice within the book. And never in relation to the axolotl.
There is in fact an axolotl in the book. Not sure how the main charater got it, but she got it in a water-filled plastic bag. And to her, it's the best ever. She loves it and carries it around everywhere ...while it's still in that freaking bag. Even though she thinks it's the best thing in the world, she does not love it enough to care properly for it. Not one of the characters sees anything wriong with that, which perfectly describes their attitudes throughout everything in book. Well, main character notices some time later it looks sad, but does nothing to change its situation. I don't remember for sure, but I think its fate wasn't even mentioned later. A shame, since it was the only likeable character, and it didn't even do anything.
That's all you need to know about this book. I think something could've possibly been done with it, if the characters were actually fleshed out and there'd be a noticable plot with some development. I mean, the opportunities are there. The moment she notices her pet not being well could've been a great opportunity for her to rethink her choices.
But, as it is: No, just no.
The Turn of The Screw. Mainly because I didn't understand half of what was going on in it.
The Turn of The Screw. Mainly because I didn't understand half of what was going on in it.
+9 hours ahead of FR time
Once upon a time, I read 'The Great Gatsby' for English class in school. It wasn't that great. Then another year at a different school, I was assigned the book again. I've also seen three different movie adaptations. I'm really done with that book now.
Oh, and '1984'. I hated that book. It wasn't a good read, it had a crummy ending, and UUGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...
Also, one of my English teachers had us read 'Life of Pi', which alternated between being gross, uninteresting, and disgusting. And also nasty.
I've read a few things by John Steinbeck, and I don't really care for his works. Just not my preferred writing style. Similar thing with Ray Bradbury. Some of his stuff I like, some was 'meh', and some I didn't like at all.
OH, and I almost forgot to mention, 'The Fallen Moon' series. I picked it up at the library, thinking it might be good, and it just... it got really weird, and really depressing, and really cruddy. I never finished the series because I couldn't stand it any more. I wrote a
book review on my blog just to discuss how much it failed to impress me.
Once upon a time, I read 'The Great Gatsby' for English class in school. It wasn't that great. Then another year at a different school, I was assigned the book again. I've also seen three different movie adaptations. I'm really done with that book now.
Oh, and '1984'. I hated that book. It wasn't a good read, it had a crummy ending, and UUGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...
Also, one of my English teachers had us read 'Life of Pi', which alternated between being gross, uninteresting, and disgusting. And also nasty.
I've read a few things by John Steinbeck, and I don't really care for his works. Just not my preferred writing style. Similar thing with Ray Bradbury. Some of his stuff I like, some was 'meh', and some I didn't like at all.
OH, and I almost forgot to mention, 'The Fallen Moon' series. I picked it up at the library, thinking it might be good, and it just... it got really weird, and really depressing, and really cruddy. I never finished the series because I couldn't stand it any more. I wrote a
book review on my blog just to discuss how much it failed to impress me.
Starcrossed.
I know that the series has quite a lot of fans, but I absolutely hated everything about it. In fact, I hated it so much I didn't make it past book one and only had a friend summarize the plot to me and boy am I glad I stopped when I did.
Apart from the bad writing the main character was just the biggest Mary Sue I have ever encountered in a serious novel, she just checks all the marks.
And the plot... oh dear lord the plot. The romance in this novel had less development then the hot mess between Edward and Bella. Talk about insta-love.
One minute they were trying to kill each other, the next they can't resist sucking faces Oh but woe is me, they can't because the world will end if they do or something.
A majority of their relationship is her being incredibly horny while he turns her down because: The world will end.
Seems reasonable? Naaah, he must be gay, who would choose the world over Helen??
And just to bring that point home, this is an actual quote from the book:
"...she decided that if Lucas was gay then she was going to have to get a sex change operation. He would be so worth it."
...I just can't with this series.
Starcrossed.
I know that the series has quite a lot of fans, but I absolutely hated everything about it. In fact, I hated it so much I didn't make it past book one and only had a friend summarize the plot to me and boy am I glad I stopped when I did.
Apart from the bad writing the main character was just the biggest Mary Sue I have ever encountered in a serious novel, she just checks all the marks.
And the plot... oh dear lord the plot. The romance in this novel had less development then the hot mess between Edward and Bella. Talk about insta-love.
One minute they were trying to kill each other, the next they can't resist sucking faces Oh but woe is me, they can't because the world will end if they do or something.
A majority of their relationship is her being incredibly horny while he turns her down because: The world will end.
Seems reasonable? Naaah, he must be gay, who would choose the world over Helen??
And just to bring that point home, this is an actual quote from the book:
"...she decided that if Lucas was gay then she was going to have to get a sex change operation. He would be so worth it."
...I just can't with this series.
[quote name="Iokharic" date="2020-12-04 11:46:54" ]
The whole book is written in dialect, so it already makes my brain hurt trying to comprehend the old and outdated 1800s slang.
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I'm sorry, but as much as I liked Redwall, significant portions of the series were inaccessible to me because I very swiftly became sick and tired of the author's attempts to sound out a dialect in text format.
Let's see, what else...
• Divergent was really not my cup of tea, felt like a Hunger Games (which was a little bit meh for me anyways and I [i]hated[/i] that series epilogue, but I digress) knockoff and the romance subplot was just ugh
• I had decent expectations for Into The Drowning Deep, but it was just full of idiotic characters. Like, I'm sorry, but I cannot believe that any of you are credible people or actual scientists.
• Dune was a slog and another disappointment. The main character, Paul, was unlikeable to me, but I did find it funny that his mother was called Jessica in such a futuristic-sci-fi-lowkey-fantasy-esque environment.
Iokharic wrote on 2020-12-04 11:46:54:
The whole book is written in dialect, so it already makes my brain hurt trying to comprehend the old and outdated 1800s slang.
I'm sorry, but as much as I liked Redwall, significant portions of the series were inaccessible to me because I very swiftly became sick and tired of the author's attempts to sound out a dialect in text format.
Let's see, what else...
• Divergent was really not my cup of tea, felt like a Hunger Games (which was a little bit meh for me anyways and I
hated that series epilogue, but I digress) knockoff and the romance subplot was just ugh
• I had decent expectations for Into The Drowning Deep, but it was just full of idiotic characters. Like, I'm sorry, but I cannot believe that any of you are credible people or actual scientists.
• Dune was a slog and another disappointment. The main character, Paul, was unlikeable to me, but I did find it funny that his mother was called Jessica in such a futuristic-sci-fi-lowkey-fantasy-esque environment.
This book I had to read in 7th grade for history class called Crispin, jeez it was so bad.
This book I had to read in 7th grade for history class called Crispin, jeez it was so bad.
She/he/they/xe