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My husband, a huge reader, disliked this book so much he never wanted to see the show. And he loves musicals. I've never seen him react that way to a book.
I am the same way. My whole family loves musicals and Wicked is two of my daughters' favorite. The book left such a sour taste, I have no interest in seeing the musical.
I am not sure I had ever before or since not finished a book. I always want to give them a chance. I am certain I never tossed one in the trash part way through. Although I did toss DaVinci Code in the trash after I finished it. That is another really awful book.
The books that I dislike the most are those that are predictable. The second greatest horror in a book is soap boxy/preachy, especially when they try to hide it.
This is a book that tells you a lot about the times when it was written and people's perceptions of the new world. Europeans came to the Americas with this book in hand expecting it to serve as a tourist guide. The endless detailed descriptions of the land were there for people who had never seen anything like this. An entire new word was being discovered and this was a first hand description of what it was like (with an amusing, hokey story woven in as well). If you understand that and read it as a description of the new world for Europeans rather than expecting it to be a suspense thriller, you may see it differently.
Interesting idea. I haven't seen this in the Deerslayer, but then I can never make it to where they get off the lake, if they ever do, so maybe this stuff comes later .I get around the point the slow witted girl turns herself in to the Indians and it all gets like watching grass grow . Is it the LOTM that is different and has these descriptions ? I like that type of stuff. I enjoy Auels books more for the description of the land and how people lived their lives than the plot of Ayla Superwoman . The Valley of the Horses excels at this .
"The Girl on the Train" Paula Hawkins I didn't enjoy it and don't know how it got on the bestseller list. Probably B&N pushing this crap.
I was also surprised that it ended up on the bestseller list. The characters were so unlikable. Another huge disappointment: Gone Girl, for the same reason.
Possession by A.S Byatt,this really was the perfect book for me ,full of things I truly love myth and folklore,research,mysteries,Victoriana,romantic love letters but it was so weighed down by references and terminology in between the good bits, that it lacked a beautiful flow.I felt she tried too hard to make it clever that it lost it's natural flow.
Still I am reading it now again just for the love letters.
"Naked Lunch" by William Burroughs. Disgusting and nonsensical. Like a bad LSD trip. But I thought the part about the guy with the talking ****hole was pretty funny.
Anna Hastings by Allen Drury. This was the very first book that I just couldn't bring myself to finish reading. It was very hyped at the time is was published, but I found the story dry and quite boring.
Anne Rice's Vampire books. Everyone I knew was lapping them up during the '80s and '90s. I finally read the first volume in 1991, but could not get past page 60. Over the years, I came to realize I don't like anyone's vampire/werewolf/shapeshifter books or shows. Just not my category.
Anne Rice's Vampire books. Everyone I knew was lapping them up during the '80s and '90s. I finally read the first volume in 1991, but could not get past page 60. Over the years, I came to realize I don't like anyone's vampire/werewolf/shapeshifter books or shows. Just not my category.
Yeah--I agree with this. I've had people give me her books, saying you have to read it, and I just can't get into them. Though I did like the movie Interview With a Vampire a lot.
Also attempted "My Life as a Geisha" several times without success.
I tried to read Lord of the Rings and couldn't hack it. I've never watched the movies either, but assumed it would be good.
I don't know the name of the worst book, but it was horrible. I picked it up as an adult book at my child's book fair. It was supposed to be some cheap, easy reading. The little blurb that gets you interested in the book was a lie. The dad, daughter and one son get killed by the daughter's ex-boyfriend. It then went to the mom's life afterwards. It creeped me out. A kid at my junior high killed his mom, brother, and little sister when I was growing up. That's all I could think of when I read the book. I threw the book away so it wouldn't get recycled.
I tried to read Lord of the Rings and couldn't hack it.
I can't count the number of times I tried to read The Hobbit and the first book in Lord of the Rings. Neither one could pierce the book-brain barrier.
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