Worst book you've read (or attempted to read)?

[Religiously_Unkind]

I'll list three of the worst books I've ever had the misfortune of reading:

Left Behind: Hey, remember those great SK books The Langoliers, and The Stand? Well here is a book that rips both of those stories off while trying to push some lame Christian agenda.

I don't remember the name of this book but it was written by a young woman who came to speak at my school. After urging us to spend $25.00 on her book my whole school book club discovered that that poor nice girl's book was complete ****, worse than Twilight if you can imagine.

Never Slow Dance With a Zombie: this was a shallow Myspace era book about an equally shallow girl who befriends a zombie.

list some books you think were the worst.

 

[Dana Jean]

Forrest Gump by Winston Groom. Horrible book. Brilliant screenwriter, Eric Roth, made this story what it became.

Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Somebody screwed around with somebody. The girl took the blame. The scummy guy let her do it. It would have been so much more interesting if it would have been Hester does Houston.

Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck. (Now, in its defense, the mechanics of the writing is good. It was the damn story that made me want to open a vein.)

 

[Religiously_Unkind]

Forrest Gump by Winston Groom. Horrible book. Brilliant screenwriter, Eric Roth, made this story what it became.

Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne --

Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck. (Now, in its defense, the mechanics of the writing is good. It was the damn story that made me want to open a vein.)

Wow, I thought Grapes of Wraths was a beloved classic, maybe it's just beloved here in Oklahoma.

 

[Dana Jean]

Wow, I thought Grapes of Wraths was a beloved classic, maybe it's just beloved here in Oklahoma.

I loathed the Joads. I kept praying they would crash that Beverly Hillbillies truck into an orange tree.

 

[AchtungBaby]

I agree with Dana Jean on The Scarlet Letter.

 

[kingricefan]

Forrest Gump by Winston Groom. Horrible book. Brilliant screenwriter, Eric Roth, made this story what it became.

Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Somebody screwed around with somebody. The girl took the blame. The scummy guy let her do it. It would have been so much more interesting if it would have been Hester does Houston.

Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck. (Now, in its defense, the mechanics of the writing is good. It was the damn story that made me want to open a vein.)

Don't forget about the turtle........

 

[kingricefan]

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen- I kept waiting for something to happen. Something, anything. Another one of the 'rich people who think they have problems' books.

 

[AchtungBaby]

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen- I kept waiting for something to happen. Something, anything. Another one of the 'rich people who think they have problems' books.

I get the vibe Franzen is very pretentious. I haven't read his stuff yet.

 

[Doc Creed]

The French Lieutenant's Woman (I thought it was boring and I usually like this author; I know I'm in the minority on this one.)

Gone Girl (I hated everything about it.)

The Bell Jar (Not the worst, but not a great book.)

The Shack

The Notebook

 

[Doc Creed]

I loathed the Joads. I kept praying they would crash that Beverly Hillbillies truck into an orange tree.

 

[Out of Order]

The Collective Works of Penthouse Forum

Oh wait.........this was supposed to be the worst you've read........my bad........carry on.

 

[mal]

Archie and Jugheads' Double Digest Summer Spectacular. Most of it was good but there was a portion in the middle related to hijinks at Pop's that did not ring true.

 

[Out of Order]

Archie and Jugheads' Double Digest Summer Spectacular. Most of it was good but there was a portion in the middle related to hijinks at Pop's that did not ring true.

 

[Doc Creed]

Archie and Jugheads' Double Digest Summer Spectacular. Most of it was good but there was a portion in the middle related to hijinks at Pop's that did not ring true.

Good to see you both back in full swing, lol. Now we need Nottie to return so we can play this:

 

[prufrock21]

Usually I have no trouble reading the classics because they are just that, classics. Modern writers I don't read much because, let's face it, most can't compare with Faulkner, Hemingway, Steinbeck et. al. Stephen King is the exception. If you don't believe me, read and compare King's The Man in the Black Suit with anything contemporary out there.

Mainly I read nonfiction, especially books on science. I usually finish every book I start. However I started and never finished War and Peace. Sorry, Tolstoy.

 

[danie]

Archie and Jugheads' Double Digest Summer Spectacular. Most of it was good but there was a portion in the middle related to hijinks at Pop's that did not ring true.

Totally agree. When Veronica kissed Jughead in the old jalopey, I pretty much gave up on this one.

 

[staropeace]

There are so very many. Twilight and Fifty Shades of Gray, maybe. I did like the book Left Behind, though. Sorta cozy.

 

[Out of Order]

Totally agree. When Veronica kissed Jughead in the old jalopey, I pretty much gave up on this one.

Horse hockey!! You went through an entire box of tissues didn't you?

 

[danie]

Horse hockey!! You went through an entire box of tissues didn't you?

That Veronica!!!!! And poor Betty pushed to the side, as usual. They were angry tears, OoO, angry tears.

 

[Out of Order]

That Veronica!!!!! And poor Betty pushed to the side, as usual. They were angry tears, OoO, angry tears.

Well, at least you had the Puffs with the aloe in them to protect your nose....