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Re: Worst books

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Kokonilly wrote:Twilight series for sure - I persevered after Twilight, thinking it would get better. Unfortunately, New Moon was horrific.
The Inheritance Trilogy - very badly written. I read the first two books, like I did with Twilight. The only way I could see you liking it is 1) the appeal of a kid writing it (after the first book, though, that excuse goes away), and 2) if you have never read LoTR or seen Star Wars.

EDIT: Great Expectations is up (or down) there too. Goodness gracious, there was a whole half page about how Mrs. Joe slices bread.
Also, a Series of Unfortunate Events. Everyone thinks I'm insane for despising those books (I loved them when I was 8!), but there you go. They're actually terrible, now that I go back and look at them.

Hehe, if half a page about Mrs. Joe slicing bread bothers you, do NOT read the Wheel of Time series. The author literally spends full pages describing what people are wearing. It's a pretty good series, but each book is ridiculously long, and there are 15 books in the series (I believe only up to 13 has been written, the author died and someone else is finishing it up). They'd be a lot shorter if they didn't contain full chapters of the narrator describing dresses.
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Re: Worst books

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The Secrets Of Nicolas Flamel
Worst book EVER. Its not by JK Rowling but im a potter geek so I picked it up anyways. The only two things in it that are in Harry Potter are the name (Nicolas Flamel) and that he is an alchemist. It dosnt even have wands fo crying out loud! Or magic!
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Bubba1960 wrote:The Secrets Of Nicolas Flamel
Worst book EVER. Its not by JK Rowling but im a potter geek so I picked it up anyways. The only two things in it that are in Harry Potter are the name (Nicolas Flamel) and that he is an alchemist. It dosnt even have wands fo crying out loud! Or magic!
/facepalm

Nicolas Flamel was not made up by JK Rowling. He was a real life person who attempted alchemy and tried to work on the philosopher's stone. He's probably the most famous alchemist. So the book has absolutely nothing to do with Harry Potter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Flamel
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gneissisnice wrote:
Bubba1960 wrote:The Secrets Of Nicolas Flamel
Worst book EVER. Its not by JK Rowling but im a potter geek so I picked it up anyways. The only two things in it that are in Harry Potter are the name (Nicolas Flamel) and that he is an alchemist. It dosnt even have wands fo crying out loud! Or magic!
/facepalm

Nicolas Flamel was not made up by JK Rowling. He was a real life person who attempted alchemy and tried to work on the philosopher's stone. He's probably the most famous alchemist. So the book has absolutely nothing to do with Harry Potter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Flamel
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I gotta say, I hated of mice and men. maybe because the first day we read it. my teacher decided to tell us "guys, just to let you guys know, lenny dies in the end" RAGE
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quizbowl wrote:
gneissisnice wrote:
Bubba1960 wrote:The Secrets Of Nicolas Flamel
Worst book EVER. Its not by JK Rowling but im a potter geek so I picked it up anyways. The only two things in it that are in Harry Potter are the name (Nicolas Flamel) and that he is an alchemist. It dosnt even have wands fo crying out loud! Or magic!
/facepalm

Nicolas Flamel was not made up by JK Rowling. He was a real life person who attempted alchemy and tried to work on the philosopher's stone. He's probably the most famous alchemist. So the book has absolutely nothing to do with Harry Potter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Flamel
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Oh. That explains ALOT.
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Bone Key by I forgot the person's name [really, I did.] The book had literally NO POINT to it. D<
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tclme elmo wrote:harry potter
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