Books you hate and books you wish they were never made.
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This, more than any of the books I'm going to mention. Being a Library staff I can't stand to see a book destroyed, but that's probably the only book I would advocate burning. Same for any book where it can be proven that it is created under false pretenses and completely untrue to paint a certain religious or political group as evil.NeutralDrow said:
The Serpent Club, Stone Angel, Surfacing, and The Mill on the Floss are all books I could not finish out of boredom. Some movie novelizations are good, but The Dark Knight was terribly rushed.
Try Low fantasy then. (for example Witcher series)DJDarque said:
But, I too have to admit that the themes inspired by his Novels are a little overused. One of the main reasons I don't read High fantasy too.
and I'll probably go with Twilight, Vampire Diaries, and other Teen vampire stuff.
I read a lot of fantasy, and books that follow the Elves, Humans and Orcs stereotype are actually remarkably rare. Eragon is really the only one I can think of off the top of my head. The thing that perpetuates this stereotype is RPGs, not books. Try Brandon Sanderson's mistborn trilogy or Brent Weeks' night angel trilogy. Both are great and have neither Orc nor Elf to be seen.DJDarque said:
...I don't wished it was made, I just wish it was written better.
Each of the characters in the league is based off of some pre-existing character in DC Universe. Hell, they have not one, two, but three guys based off of superman ALONE.
The main Character I adimit is actually very original in the whole fact He trying to hide the fact he is a superhero and actually gay. Hell, the main character is likable as a whole.
I'mjust upset that Moore is dead and he book won't be made into a series on shotime.
That's justa piece of pulp, and its influence is minimal. give it ten years, and it's gone.Klitch said:
It would take too long to list the books I hate (I've had two ragequit incidents so far this year, and think I am on the cusp of another...The City, The City by China Mieville. The back's all covered with glowing reviews from reputable sources, but my God, this guy just can't seem to put words in an order that don't hurt my brain. I mean, when James Joyce fucks with English, you step back and give the whisky a little respect; but with people like Mieville, you just kind of cross your eyes and whimper. It's one of those books where you're reading it and you're like....yeah, right, ok, but people just do not talk like that. Starting to wonder if the reviews weren't by the same crowd who lauded that crap, what was it, it had a poncey title and was about a woman considering an abortion and a car crash or something....anyway).
Books I'd like to see removed from history? Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, a poor interpretation of an idea that should have given wings to any novel. And yet people go on about it like it's a massive work of literature, something to be appreciated. The guy couldn't write his way out of a paper bag, or, say, a plot chasm involving a caveman and a lift or whatever it was that made me start using the book as a shelf-support.
There are probably more, but I kind of tend to go on a little when talking about books, and I have places to be.
EDIT: If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things was the abortion/car crash essay on navel-gazing that I was referring to above. Please to be removing from history.
Books I'd like to see removed from history? Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, a poor interpretation of an idea that should have given wings to any novel. And yet people go on about it like it's a massive work of literature, something to be appreciated. The guy couldn't write his way out of a paper bag, or, say, a plot chasm involving a caveman and a lift or whatever it was that made me start using the book as a shelf-support.
There are probably more, but I kind of tend to go on a little when talking about books, and I have places to be.
EDIT: If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things was the abortion/car crash essay on navel-gazing that I was referring to above. Please to be removing from history.
I hate Twilight but the book I'd want erased from existence is without a doubt the Bible, more evil has sprung from the Old Testament than anything else in the entire world.
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Aw I'm reading those books at the moment. I enjoy reading them too. I don't find the writing that bad, and it makes me chuckle at some points. Which one did you read?Alex Cowan said:
I wish the Sword of Truth series ended after book 2 or three. The first couple books were brilliant, but after that they entered a decline, and then Terry Goodkind ruined the whole thing by trying to use it to ram his bullshit objectivist ideas down the audience's throat. Because of that, I can never go back to those first couple of books that I loved without that shadow hanging over them.
And I hated a lot of the books assigned for school reading. Of Mice and Men, Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby, etc. I think that this nation (USA) would be a lot better off if schools assigned books that are enjoyable to read and encouraged kids to seek out other books rather than telling them that that books are dull, outdated, and not fun.
I love books about danger, adventure, and epic battles between good and evil. The books that were assigned in high school are all about people I don't care about with issues I don't care about.
And I hated a lot of the books assigned for school reading. Of Mice and Men, Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby, etc. I think that this nation (USA) would be a lot better off if schools assigned books that are enjoyable to read and encouraged kids to seek out other books rather than telling them that that books are dull, outdated, and not fun.
I love books about danger, adventure, and epic battles between good and evil. The books that were assigned in high school are all about people I don't care about with issues I don't care about.
This definitely, if a book is used in a school curriculum, you can guarantee it's going to make you want to staple your eyelids shut. Such an atrociously simplistic and soulless book.jck4332 said:
Twilight is an obvious contender, they should make a videogame about saving the captured and enslaved minds of innocent girls across the world from the horrors of the world's most infamous literature abortion.
But the one that takes the cake for me is....A View From The Bridge.......Words cannot describe how mind-explodingly horrible and grey it is.