What's the most boring book you've ever read?

[DontH8Me]

Originally Posted by A.J240

Mine is probably Great expectations.

Ahahaha! When I saw the thread title, Great Expectations was my brain's knee jerk. Actually, almost anything by Dickens is a dreadful read.

[KathrynAragon]

THE ROAD.

OMG - I kept thinking, "Something good is going to happen."

Spoiler

It never did.

[weltschmerz]

Fifty Shades of Grey.
Horrific writing. Terrible editing. Every page was exactly the same, with the idiotic "heroine" swearing up a storm and channeling her Inner Goddess.
Bloody awful.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by weltschmerz

Fifty Shades of Grey. Horrific writing...

I second that. Could not get beyond the first 35 or so pages.

[carterstamp]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

I loved this book!



I couldn't put this book down, and I'm not a Stephen King fan.

(I guess I shouldn't be commenting.)

I loved that book.

[Novila]

Probably not very fair, but I could not get through 51 pages of Kate Atkinson's "Life After Life" (my 50-page rule). I feel terribly about it because it's so popular and profound etc. etc. And I actually spent money on the hardcover bc I was so excited.

[Novila]

Originally Posted by karen_in_nh_2012

Um, did you miss the title of this thread?

Most of you have mentioned "classic lit," so I will just mention a more recent "literary" novel that I've seen on a lot of you-absolutely-must-read-this-book lists (which I find stunning): Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible. So many people raved about it that I tried to get into it, but I was bored out of my mind.

Yes!! What is it with Kingsolver? To her credit she can start out okay and I especially liked the beginning of "Prodigal Summer" but then it just goes on...and on..

[tigerlily]

Originally Posted by Novila

Probably not very fair, but I could not get through 51 pages of Kate Atkinson's "Life After Life" (my 50-page rule). I feel terribly about it because it's so popular and profound etc. etc. And I actually spent money on the hardcover bc I was so excited.

Unfortunately, I read more than 50 pages before I quit. I had high expectations for this book and was very disappointed.

[hbk4894]

what books have you read and been completely bored by

for me

DNA i think it was called , not very good.

[DaddySpice]

100 Years of Solitude