Worst Book

[rockyracoon]

Leading on from Kval's thread about films and TV. What's the worst book that you've ever read?
I have two.

Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - what an utter borefest.
We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver - dozens of pages full of verbal diarrhoea.

Your turn.....

[RichardSlade]

I cannot abide Bill Bryson either.

[Arksided]

Quinns Raiders: Blood Money - J.D. Bodine. I was in Malta at the time and too hot to do anything... I started so I finished it.

[jourdain2]

I like Bill Bryson - a very unassuming, quiet man. I knew him fairly vaguely/casually during the years when he lived at Malham (I was a coach at the nearest athletics track and his eldest son trained there so Bill often picked him up). A very genuine chap - when my youngest daughter and I drove around New England during her gap year, we called in and were made very welcome.

This is not to comment on his literary style - everyone has their own tastes- but as a man he is a very decent, likeable human being.

[naomi24]

Theland, //Nims - What a relief!
I thought you might say the B word! //

I assumed this thread was about reading for leisure.... the B word is serious work. ;o)

[hereIam]

Agree with jj, The Other Side of Midnight is a fabulous book.

I also agree with others We Need to Talk About Kevin was an absolutely rubbish book, but a good film.

I love Gregg Hurwitz's books, but his latest Hellbent is carp imo!

[jennyjoan]

just coming into my mind two books that I had to read for exams and they were monstrous

Far from the Madding Crowd
Flowers in the Attic.

[Rockrose]

The Bible biggest fairy tale going.

[jennyjoan]

Another book (sorry Rocky) know you are looking for the worst but this was a lovely book.

Katie Mulholland by Catherine Cookson - I have read most of her books but I've read this 3 times.

[Rockrose]

Goodness what exam did you read 'Flowers in the attic' for ?

[LadyCG]

Only having read snippets of both, I'd say 50 Shades of Grey and some book purportedly written by Katie Price. Painful, both of them.

[Barmaid]

I have to agree with 50 Shades. It was boring, not well written, repetitive and quite frankly a bit tame.

If a book doesnt grab me within a few pages, I don't perservere.

[DTCwordfan]

Ditto 50 Shades as EL James completely forgot the first rule of writing 'porn' and that is to engage the reader with emotional input, be it the hero/heroine or whoever.......