Top 5 Worst Books You Ever Read

HAAA!

I've just thought of a new worst book, and I am talking number 1 on the list!


The Jungle.

I couldn't stand this book. I must admit I'm curious...is there anyone on this site who has read the book and LIKED IT? I read it for school and it left me sooo depressed every day, which is not a good way to spend school days.

So add this as number one and scratch the Hatchet.

I genuinely liked it- even went so far as to name one of my characters after the author. But...I read it as a document, not as a novel. I think that's why. I went in the way one would go about reading the Constitution- you know, not really expecting anything exciting to happen?

But, yeah. I've got a thing for the Victorians, I think.

Jumping the Nail by Eve Bunting

The Pearl by John Steinbeck (aka "Everyone Has Their Baggage" )

I'm sure I'll think of some more... though I dislike very few books.

Really? I thought The Pearl was okay.

And yes, all you Jane Austen bashers...

*shakes head*

Someday, you'll learn.

5.) New Moon by Stephenie Meyer.
Worst book ever. Bella seriously needs to get over herself in that book. It was so boring. She was depressed during the whole entire book. Except at the end when Edward comes back. I had to force myself to finish.

4.) Bound by Donna Jo Napoli.
The topic of the story is very interesting but, it is so boring! I got bored reading about the demons lurking everywhere.

3.) Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer.
This book was very good in the beginning and when it was Jacob's point of view. The rest was plain boring.

2.) Little House On The Prarie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. (And I mean all of them)
The TV series is great, but the books are a little boring. I tried to read them but, I ended up getting bored. I guess farm life isn't my type.

1.) The Textbooks I Have To Use In School.
Yes, most of the stories in here are boring. It's all non-fiction. Blech.

How can you guys not like Harry Potter?! I LOVE that series!

Well I guess I'm a little late to be commenting... But I just joined today and I love talking about my likes and dislikes to people who aren't listening, so I'll just comment anyway.

1. The Dark Garden-Margret Buffie This book is crap. It has a fairly intruiging beginning and I was really exited for the first two chapters, but then it is really chessy and overall just a big letdown.

2. The Tiger Rising-(by the lady who wrote because of Winn-Dixie) I find this book really depressing, and boring. That's all there is too it.

3. Caslte In The Air-Diana Wynne Jones The first book in this series Howl's Moving Castle is my favourite book ever, and this sequel was not written with the same flare and humour at all. It has it's moments, but mostly it's halfheartted.

4. High Rulian-Brian Jaques Speaking of books that have no heart, the Redwall series has been in decline ever since the end of "The Taggerun" and I continued to read the series because I am a fan, but he is really just going through the motions of telling a story in this book.

5. Whats it called... darn I forget-R.L Stein One of the few Goosebumps books I never liked. Seeing as I read it back in grade three I can't remember the reasoning behind why I didn't like it or the title apparently lol, but it was really bad.

Just in Case by Meg Rosoff
I got half way through, there was no way i was going to read the rest! His brother (or was it his sister?) nearly fell out the bedroom so he became completely paranoid and changed his name ? I mean, come on, seriously! I might try reading it again one day *shudder*

I had a whole bunch, but that was the most memorable. I'll add them in if I remember them.
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“Echo” by Francesca Lia Block – intense purple prose which overuses the same imagery over and over again, little to no plot.

“Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens– probably not a bad book, I had to do “plot logs” while reading it in English, and it makes me so mad to think about it. Haha.

“The Rhapsody Trilogy” by Elizabeth Haydon – Mary-Sue filled, cliché fantasy novels that read more like Harlequin books in parts.

“Catcher in the Rye” by JD Salinger – worst protagonist ever. I hated this book solely because of Holden Caulfield. He annoyed me.

“The Nameless Day” by Sara Douglass – I can't exactly place why, but I hated this book. My friend suggested it to be when I randomly picked up the book because he loves this writer, but I disliked it so much it has turned me off to her other series.

I must say, two of these I was actually required to read for English....so that might have affected my opinions of them. Still, I've been required to read others that were amazing. So here's my list.

Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck. Say what you want about it being an emotional masterpiece, I believed it to be utterly pointless.

The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger. See above.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Ann Brashares. Just.......a waste of time. I'm sure if I were to view the movies I would be slightly more satisfied.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Samuel Clemens. It sounds a bit immature, but just....yawwwwnnnn. Major yawn.

Great Expectations - Charles Dickens. Perhaps it would have been better had it been half as long. Perhaps not...

I would put the Twilight books on here (especially 2, 3 and 4) but I figured that would be a give in. Anyway:

5. The Finishing School - Gail Godwin
I have a rule with myself where I have to finish any book that I get at least half way through. So I started this, got to that point and spent nearly a year reading the rest of it. I would read a chapter every couple months

4. Scarlett - Alexandra Ripley (A sequel to Gone With the Wind)
Was such a let down...I didn't even make it three chapters. Rhett Butler's People on the other hand was actually very good.

3. The Hobbit - J.R.R Tolkien
After the millionth paragraph describing the shiny doorknob I got fed up.

2. Maximum Ride - James Patterson
Just...bad.

1. The Good Guy - Dean Koontz
Interesting premise (I really liked the villain) but it was poorly executed. Not scary or mysterious what-so-ever.

Look.
Nothing I read is bad, because I read the blurb, if i don;t like it then forget it

I don't read it so forget it.
lol

Anyway, it is too hard to judge I have read too many books, to recall the not so good ones, I try to just remember the good ones

I have two. Someone's going to kill me for these.

1) Twilight
Aghhhh. I hated this book. I mean, a vampire falls in love with a human? Seriously?

2) Eragon
They do nothing in the whole book! They just walk, fight, eat, sleep, walk, fight, eat, sleep, etc. Boring....

Here's my five!

1.) Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
There was so many mistakes in here it makes me gag. Stephanie Meyer rushed through the book and didn't take an appropriate amount of time. It took her a year to write a 752 page novel, and it definitely shows. I'd love to have a nice long chat with her editor, but I'm afraid that's not going to happen. Ugh, it was just a huge disappointment.

2.) Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Worst. Book. Ever. It's unrealistic in every way and the reason I had to read this for an Eighth Grade Honors class is just beyond me. Why can't we read something that isn't just a bunch of fluff?

3.) Wicked Series by Nancy Holder
It's much too cliche for my taste, and frankly, was just a poorly written fantasy that goes from bad to worse.

4.) Eragon by Christopher Paolini
I agree with bludragon, the plot line wasn't to my liking. I didn't enjoy reading all the filler and it turned out not to meet my expectations.

5.) The Pearl by John Steinback
Was, to put it simply, boring. I found no amusement from it.

1. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. Bella Sue does nothing but wangst and try to kill herself for five hundred pages.
2. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. Bella Sue does nothing but wangst and have Demon Spawn for seven hundred pages.
3. Eragon by Christopher Paolini. Eragon does nothing but wangst... and wangst... and wangst...
4. Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. Nothing happens except this great, long, "I hate everyone" monologue.
5. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. The vampires *sparkle* for god's sake, and then nothing happens until, what, the last fifty pages?

I actually have to have finished the book? Well that cuts down the list somewhat. Of what I've actually read from start to finish, these are the books that come to mind:

1. Brisingr by Christopher Paolini. I don't know why I still read Paolini. He has something about him that makes me hope that his writing will improve with each book. I'm disappointed every time of course, and Brisingr did not advance the plot at all. The horrible writing and lack of plot place this book in the slot at the number one least enjoyable book I've ever read.

2. Eldest by Christopher Paolini. Need I say more? Cliche fantasy with bad philosophical scenes and easily recognizable as inexperienced writing.

3. Thieves Like Us by Stephen Cole. A badly written encounter of a teenager who hacks into the pentagon before becoming a thief. Flatter characters have never existed.

4. Mindstar Rising by Peter F Hamilton. There is so much fluff in this book that the plot is squandered and characters never seem to get the evil treatment they should. His debut novel was horrible, but some of the latest Peter F Hamilton's while not masterpieces are certainly far better than this. On the bright side, his prose is well developed enough.

5. Eragon by Christopher Paolini. The first of Christopher Paolini's novels was written poorly. While he at least had a story to this episode, he had clearly cribbed it off Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. He didn't do either of these epics justice, but this book is still superior to its storyless sequels.