Worst book you read?

yoman3 · 02-27-2009, 09:09 PM

What's the worst book you've ever read? For school, leisure, etc.

Mine is Jane Eyre. In the 10th grade I had to read that terrible terrible book over one of my vacations. First of all, it's way the fuck too long. Normally I don't mind long books, but when you have boring characters, diction that's too hard to understand at a comfortable level, and a plot that goes no where it gets a little shitty.

For those of you who don't know this book it's basically like watching a 4 and a half hour romantic-drama movie that takes place in the 1800s. Except instead of watching it, you're reading it. And instead of it being good its boring as hell.

Darkflan · 02-28-2009, 02:03 AM

Wurthering heights...

**dirtbomb** · 02-28-2009, 03:36 AM

If it doesn't rock the first chapter, I just toss it on the "Goodwill pile".
For stuff teachers assign...there's always Cliff's Notes.

Everlong2019 · 02-28-2009, 04:01 AM

I had to read stargirl, that sucked pretty bad. It was about this socially awkward girl (very socially awkward) who goes to a school, gets made fun of, gets made fun of some more, becomes the most popular girl in school, and then gets made fun of.

Lurkerboy (T) · 03-18-2009, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Everlong2019

I had to read stargirl, that sucked pretty bad. It was about this socially awkward girl (very socially awkward) who goes to a school, gets made fun of, gets made fun of some more, becomes the most popular girl in school, and then gets made fun of.

Dude that's like my favorite book.

Crux · 03-29-2009, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Everlong2019

I had to read stargirl, that sucked pretty bad. It was about this socially awkward girl (very socially awkward) who goes to a school, gets made fun of, gets made fun of some more, becomes the most popular girl in school, and then gets made fun of.

OMFG! I'm glad I'm not the only one tortured in such a way. I actually bought that book in like, fourth grade. I must have read it a million times by the end of seventh grade, at which point I outgrew it. First semester of my freshman year, guess what we're reading? I failed. With a twenty something percent, hahaha.

The worst book I ever tried to read was "The Executioner's Song." I read it for Criminal Justice my first year of college. Well, attempted, anyway. It's supposed to be really good, but I beg to differ. I almost failed that class, too.

Goddamn crap books anyway.

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I must say, to my memory I would say the Lord of the Ring's trilogy, in one big ass hardback. I appreciate it as a brilliant piece of imagination but it bored the Hell out of me. I was probably too young to appreciate it.

Again, one of the only people I've ever seen agree with me on this point. It was also in one HUGE hardback. And I was also very young, but it's ruined for me forever anyway.

echolalia · 07-15-2009, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Everlong2019

I had to read stargirl, that sucked pretty bad. It was about this socially awkward girl (very socially awkward) who goes to a school, gets made fun of, gets made fun of some more, becomes the most popular girl in school, and then gets made fun of.

i liked star girl when i read it, i was 11 or 12 though. i always loved the part when she takes leo out into the desert and they meditate. lol

MiniKirk · 03-17-2009, 06:55 AM

An obscure sci-fi novel from the fifties/sixties called The Conquest of Men. It was just a load of garbage. ONLY BOOK EVER that I've not loved the hell out of.

**newcarcaviar** · 03-17-2009, 04:08 PM

I don't know about THE worst book I've ever read, but I picked up a book called The Dumbest Generation a while back. It's a non-fiction about how kids today are dumber than the generations before them and how they'll keep getting dumber. I picked it up actually wanting to agree with what the author was saying because I have seen a lot of dumbing down.

But as I read it, I realized that even though I started on his side, there were just too many things he said that made me think, "Noooo....that can be refuted easily." or "Noooo...that's not completely true."

It just seemed a little biased and included way too many statistics and references to various studies that were done by other people. I have yet to finish reading it.

Lurkerboy (T) · 03-17-2009, 04:17 PM

The bible.

02-27-2009, 09:09 PM	#1
yoman3 Banned Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 949 Grams: 8,003.10 Thanks: 228 Thanked 387 Times in 231 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	Worst book you read? What's the worst book you've ever read? For school, leisure, etc. Mine is Jane Eyre. In the 10th grade I had to read that terrible terrible book over one of my vacations. First of all, it's way the fuck too long. Normally I don't mind long books, but when you have boring characters, diction that's too hard to understand at a comfortable level, and a plot that goes no where it gets a little shitty. For those of you who don't know this book it's basically like watching a 4 and a half hour romantic-drama movie that takes place in the 1800s. Except instead of watching it, you're reading it. And instead of it being good its boring as hell.

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Everlong2019 Sr. Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,080 Grams: 8,828.81 Thanks: 240 Thanked 388 Times in 250 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	I had to read stargirl, that sucked pretty bad. It was about this socially awkward girl (very socially awkward) who goes to a school, gets made fun of, gets made fun of some more, becomes the most popular girl in school, and then gets made fun of. __________________ At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. ~Plato

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newcarcaviar Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,834 Grams: 20,850.45 Thanks: 984 Thanked 817 Times in 458 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	I don't know about THE worst book I've ever read, but I picked up a book called The Dumbest Generation a while back. It's a non-fiction about how kids today are dumber than the generations before them and how they'll keep getting dumber. I picked it up actually wanting to agree with what the author was saying because I have seen a lot of dumbing down. But as I read it, I realized that even though I started on his side, there were just too many things he said that made me think, "Noooo....that can be refuted easily." or "Noooo...that's not completely true." It just seemed a little biased and included way too many statistics and references to various studies that were done by other people. I have yet to finish reading it. __________________ Shine on, Syd. 1946-2006

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