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Books you wish you'd never bought in the first place!

Marge

Marge

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Are there any books you wish you had never bought and wasted your time reading?

Personally, I wish I had left 'No. 10' by Sue Townsend on amazon's book shelves. Far from the funny satire she usually writes, it is just the most depressing, boring, creepy book there is. If she wants to make political points only then why not stand for parliament?
 
Yeah, twice.

Just recently with Welsh's Porno, with an accent too thick to get through, and a long time ago with Bear's Eon, which doesn't have a thick accent but completely impenetrable technobabble.

Both were put away after 50 pages, and they'll stay away, I reckon.

Cheers
 
Ummmm...

I would have to say that the only books I truely wish I'd never bought are the ones I bring home and discover I already own... This has only happened 2 maybe 3 times.... Which is a miracle all things considered... but it mis truely irritating....
 
Mare's Milk - Barbara Esstman (a dreary non-entity of a book that was a waste of time reading).

King's Dragon - the first in a fantasy epic that I just couldn't identify with. Can't even remember the author.

Steven Erikson - another fantasy author that I struggled with...

There's a number actually..............
 
Nora Robert's A Little Magic. I thought "well, it can't really hurt... I'll give her a try, read one of her books with an open mind..." What a mistake!
 
Have to agree with Marge about "No. 10", it isn't up to Sue Townsend's usual standard (have you read The Queen and I - think that's the title - that's really funny).

One I wish I hadn't bought is The Illmoor Chronicles: The Ratastrophe Catastrophe by David Lee Stone. I believed all the hype about how it was a brilliant story rescued from the rubbish bin by the author's mother. IMO it should have stayed there. I only read a very small amount before giving up, which is unlike me. Maybe it improves. I will give it another go when I have read the other 20 books on my "to read" list. :)
 
The Queen & I was very funny indeed, one of Townsends best.

Another book I was not so pleased with is 'Always Unreliable' by Clive James. I have long been a fan of his wit and intelligence and looked forward to reading about his life (the AU is a collection of 3 vols of his autobiography), but it wasn't funny at all. And there were far too many iddly twiddly over detailed bits.
 
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier made me so impatient. It took me long to read. It was quite disppointed.
 
the bible. though it did eventually come in handy after I realized I was dripping hot melted cheese pizza all over the carpet and didn't have any paper plates left.
 
Dang, bb, that book's full of sex, murder and political betrayal. It was a best seller for, like, years.
 
The Living by Annie Dillard

I bought this one a long time ago when I was just getting into one of my reading phases (I used to read heavily for a few months and then get burnout). I never could get into it. It's been several years since I tried reading it, and I still have it, so maybe I'll give it another chance soon and be able to let you know how great it is.
 
have you read TARZAN

I am older than dirt......grew up watching Johnny Weismuller play Tarzan.
Was an adult before I read the series.....I am not too old to enjoy. I have all the series now.
 
The Hiram Key had an interesting theory backed up by utter gibberish. One of the two books (Moby Dick is the other) that I've ever wanted to toss out the window.
 
The Gunslinger by Stephen King. Gratuitous and pointless. (Although plenty of people disagree with me on this - the Dark Tower series has a huge following.)
 
Uncle Tom's Cabin. People don't believe me when I tell them that I burnt the book after reading the first 20 pages or so.

And the bait's been laid.
 
Two Georges by Richard Dreyfuss and Harry Turtledove.

What was I thinking? Well, I like Richard Dreyfuss as an actor, I wanted to try a Harry Turtledove novel, and it was only $1 at a library sale! The tip-off should have been that it looked brand new/never been taken out. Interminable, stilted writing. I just couldn't finish it.

Conclusion: Dreyfuss should stick to acting and I should try a more well-known book by Turtledove. :(
 
I'd say it would be Lies, Inc. by Phillip K. Dick. It was so confusing and stupid... he wouldn't ever let you know what the hell is going on. I got so frustrated I went and returned it.
 
I can't believe that someone said that The Gunslinger by King is one of the worse books. :confused: :eek:

Give me a break. That book and that series is fantastic. :D
 
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