Worst books

[aubrey048]

I despised the Metamorphosis, Jane Eyre, and those "Uncle Eric" books. I also dislike Twilight, Gossip Girl (I mean COME ON!!!) and Harmony by Rita Murphy.

I LOVE Frankenstein, though. Anyone else like it???

[M-E-T-H-O-D MAN]

One type of book that throws me into a rage is books without quotation marks- or any punctuation marks for that matter (see Blindness or The Road). Often, though, they make up for it with a good plot. But I still can't stand authors who don't adhere to the common laws of writing.

I just finished The Sound and the Fury and Faulkner has pages like that. The book is divided into 4 parts, 3 with different narrators and one in 3rd person. It's exactly the book you would hate most based on what you posted haha. Throughout the whole first section the book will just go into italics and switch scenes to one from the past, then go into italics and back to the present. He barely uses any punctuation for dialogue either. In the second part he has long passages that are the narrator's reflection and recollections, all without punctuation and capitalization. He actually has a sentence that's over a page with no punctuation at all. The third and fourth parts are not nearly as confusing though. The book is a stream of consciousness type story so all the parts are very different to reflect the different characters' minds. It was really really well done though and it was an awesome book so I thoroughly enjoyed it. Somebody mentioned the Road too, which I enjoyed. I had read All the Pretty Horses by him previously, though, and he is definitely an acquired taste.

[Bubba1960]

1984
I guess its not bad but the part with the rats is creeeeepy!

[gneissisnice]

One type of book that throws me into a rage is books without quotation marks- or any punctuation marks for that matter (see Blindness or The Road). Often, though, they make up for it with a good plot. But I still can't stand authors who don't adhere to the common laws of writing.

I just finished The Sound and the Fury and Faulkner has pages like that. The book is divided into 4 parts, 3 with different narrators and one in 3rd person. It's exactly the book you would hate most based on what you posted haha. Throughout the whole first section the book will just go into italics and switch scenes to one from the past, then go into italics and back to the present. He barely uses any punctuation for dialogue either. In the second part he has long passages that are the narrator's reflection and recollections, all without punctuation and capitalization. He actually has a sentence that's over a page with no punctuation at all. The third and fourth parts are not nearly as confusing though. The book is a stream of consciousness type story so all the parts are very different to reflect the different characters' minds. It was really really well done though and it was an awesome book so I thoroughly enjoyed it. Somebody mentioned the Road too, which I enjoyed. I had read All the Pretty Horses by him previously, though, and he is definitely an acquired taste.

I'm sorry, but I absolutely hated that book. I finished it and said "Ok, what the pigeon just happened?". It was so confusing and messed up that you couldn't even figure out what was going on. I get that it was supposed to be a representation of how a mentally deficient person thinks (for the part about Benjy, anyway), but it was literally unreadable for me.

[M-E-T-H-O-D MAN]

One type of book that throws me into a rage is books without quotation marks- or any punctuation marks for that matter (see Blindness or The Road). Often, though, they make up for it with a good plot. But I still can't stand authors who don't adhere to the common laws of writing.

I just finished The Sound and the Fury and Faulkner has pages like that. The book is divided into 4 parts, 3 with different narrators and one in 3rd person. It's exactly the book you would hate most based on what you posted haha. Throughout the whole first section the book will just go into italics and switch scenes to one from the past, then go into italics and back to the present. He barely uses any punctuation for dialogue either. In the second part he has long passages that are the narrator's reflection and recollections, all without punctuation and capitalization. He actually has a sentence that's over a page with no punctuation at all. The third and fourth parts are not nearly as confusing though. The book is a stream of consciousness type story so all the parts are very different to reflect the different characters' minds. It was really really well done though and it was an awesome book so I thoroughly enjoyed it. Somebody mentioned the Road too, which I enjoyed. I had read All the Pretty Horses by him previously, though, and he is definitely an acquired taste.

I'm sorry, but I absolutely hated that book. I finished it and said "Ok, what the pigeon just happened?". It was so confusing and messed up that you couldn't even figure out what was going on. I get that it was supposed to be a representation of how a mentally deficient person thinks (for the part about Benjy, anyway), but it was literally unreadable for me.

Yeah, well, I can totally understand why someone would hate that book. It was really tough to read and I reread large parts of it to get a better grasp on it. I still enjoyed it but I don't think it appeals to a very wide group haha.

[jetnet22]

Twilight,it's so badly written.

[aubrey048]

This book called The Lost Island of Tamarind. It was HORRIBLE!!! (My friend made me read it for a book discussion group.)

[paleonaps]

One type of book that throws me into a rage is books without quotation marks- or any punctuation marks for that matter (see Blindness or The Road). Often, though, they make up for it with a good plot. But I still can't stand authors who don't adhere to the common laws of writing.

I'm reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao for English class, and Junot Diaz does that. The book is awful for many other reasons, though, including how butterfly vulgar it is.

[wertyu793]

Any book that involves vampires!!!

[yousef213]

I loved

Flowers for Algernon
That was then, This is now
Guitar Boy
And The Outsiders