[the bear]

Do not go near "Temple" by Matthew Reilly...
it is utter drivel
On the back it says
"Some doors are meant to remain unopened"...
the same applies to this book

[SimBa14]

Anything by Dan Brown
Anything by Clive Cussler
"13, Rue Therese" by Elena Mauli Shapiro
Just simply awful books, all of them; how Dan Brown has sold the number of books he has amazes me.

[Chumbaniya]

Nice idea for a thread!

I'm not a compulsive book-finisher so if I dislike a book I will just stop reading it - this means I can't remember the names of any really bad books I've read as I've stopped after a couple of chapters.

[GeneralOJB]

The Selfish gene.. urgh, I'm sure the entire book could easily be summarised in two pages. I didn't really enjoy it and couldn't wait to put it down, which is a shame because a lot of the concepts and theories discussed are very interesting, but he just goes on and on rambling.

[Calllu-m]

Twilight, eurgh.

[the bear]

(Original post by GeneralOJB)
The Selfish gene.. urgh, I'm sure the entire book could easily be summarised in two pages. I didn't really enjoy it and couldn't wait to put it down, which is a shame because a lot of the concepts and theories discussed are very interesting, but he just goes on and on rambling.

i have run out of +rep my friend... will give some when replenished !!

[James4d]

Middlemarch- it makes Pride and Prejudice seem fast-paced and exciting.

In fact, it is Pride and Prejudice- except that nothing happens. For 700 pages.


Pillars of the Earth is also very poorly written. But the storyline is gripping so I'm not sure where I stand on it...

[JollyGreenAtheist]

Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf - Nothing short of mind-numbing.

[the bear]

(Original post by Chumbaniya)
Nice idea for a thread!

I'm not a compulsive book-finisher so if I dislike a book I will just stop reading it - this means I can't remember the names of any really bad books I've read as I've stopped after a couple of chapters.

i feel morally obliged to finish a book once i have read the first chapter... until now.
This piece of rubbish requires you to believe that

i)the Incas made an idol with special powers from a "thyrium" meteorite

ii)german terrorists have stolen the key text for finding this idol from a monastery... killing all the monks of course

iii)fortunately a partial copy in Latin survived to be translated by mild-mannered expert William Race

iv)the idol is needed by the USA to produce the ultimate planet destroying weapon

v)the idol is guarded by giant jaguars which have been living in a cave for hundreds of years....

sorry life is too precious to continue

[Vixen47]

(Original post by the bear)
i have run out of +rep my friend... will give some when replenished !!

Rep-lenished




(Sorry, I couldn't help myself )

[When you see it...]

Any book that is turned into a movie - why waste dozens of hours reading them when you can watch them in a 2-hour movie?

[the bear]

(Original post by Vixen47)
Rep-lenished




(Sorry, I couldn't help myself )

We need cheering up !!

[RolyBholi]

The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

Just so boring. I can't believe I actually forced myself to finish it.

[neverlander¾]

(Original post by RolyBholi)
The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

Just so boring. I can't believe I actually forced myself to finish it.

Oh dear god I watched the movie. Me and my friends felt like cutting our wrists when we left the cinema.

[biffyclyro27]

(Original post by RolyBholi)
The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

Just so boring. I can't believe I actually forced myself to finish it.

what!!?? I love that book, totally disagree.

(Original post by neverlander¾)
Oh dear god I watched the movie. Me and my friends felt like cutting our wrists when we left the cinema.

I'll give you that one, the movie is ****. Focuses too much on the depressing events that take place without paying attention to the relationship of Father and son.

[Joinedup]

Atlas shrugged.
The whole thing is like a massively over long polemical fairystory full of unbelievable, simplistic characters. Also terrible dialogue and sex scenes.
You should openly snigger at anyone recommending this book imo.

[Vixen47]

(Original post by the bear)
We need cheering up !!

Stare at this:

[Linweth]

(Original post by RolyBholi)
The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

Just so boring. I can't believe I actually forced myself to finish it.

I agree and his punctuation irritated the hell out of me.

[Planar]

War and Peace. Too long and too dull.

[whatsername2009]

Ulysses by James Joyce. I had to read it for university, and even with multiple guidebooks I couldn't make head or tail of it. Perhaps if I'd spent longer puzzling it out I would have got more from it, but if you just want a decent book to read I'd suggest that you steer well clear.