Worst book you've read

[waitingxforxyou]

Originally Posted by hithereimvoldemort

Awh man, I really liked Catcher. I think you have to at least admit that Chbosky took some elements from Catcher in the Rye and brought them into Perks, because, regardless of which book you prefer, there ARE similarities.

Plus, I get that it's ficiton and all, but every fucking day I have to listen to people say that it's changed their life and they're FINALLY not alone and that suddenly they've found a piece of themselves in something destined to become great literature. Um, no.

I also don't get people who claim that Fight Club changed their life and their outlook on things. Yes, it was a pretty good book, but there was nothing in that book that was life-changing and breath-taking and just fantasticly moving. General message: people suck. Life suck. Society sucks. Use your head and question things. Rebel against the establishment. ...Wow, that's some heavy stuff right there. Yeah, because that's nothing I or anyone else could have figured out on our own. Sure, it portrayed that in a slightly creepy, dark story that you probably won't read everyday, but that does not make it life-changing. Sorry.

Oh, we read Farenheight 451 in eighth grade. I didn't get it/like it, but everytime I said that someone would jump on me and act like I just commited one of the worst crimes our little town had ever seen. Sorry, no. I just didn't like it. I don't think it was awful, it was just weird and hard to follow. I don't know.

I can see what you mean about the "not changing my life" thing. Although I did like Perks, it certainly didn't change my outlook on anything, or my life, and I wouldn't call myself like Charlie at all. I wouldn't call it one of my favorite books. I do see a lot of people get that way with it--calling it one of their favorites and it seems to have gained a hold in a certain demographic. But, like you said, I'll agree to disagree with them.

I started reading Catcher awhile back and never finished, but I do intend to begin it again. It seems like it's really good.

St. Jimmy--I never read Fight Club, but I watched the movie, and I was "Meh. What's the big deal?" A few others I've read of Palahniuk's--Choke, Diary--aren't bad, but I don't understand the praise he gets from book critics.

In fact, on the back of one of them, a critic said his vision is extraordinary and he's a "satirist that we need." I'm like "Oh...kay..."

I think a lot of classics are overrated. In high school, I remember I didn't particularly like 1984, Kafka's Metamorphosis, or Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Those were painful to get through.

But I still have liked a lot of classics--Jane Austen comes to mind.

And this is officially the longest post I have ever written and I'm proud that it's about something educational.

[Ivan Galliver]

I recently got round to reading " The Satanic Verses " by Salman Rushdie just to see what all the fuss had been about, it was truly dreadful..To me just nonsense from start to last..

[St. Jimmy]

Originally Posted by waitingxforxyou

I can see what you mean about the "not changing my life" thing. Although I did like Perks, it certainly didn't change my outlook on anything, or my life, and I wouldn't call myself like Charlie at all. I wouldn't call it one of my favorite books. I do see a lot of people get that way with it--calling it one of their favorites and it seems to have gained a hold in a certain demographic. But, like you said, I'll agree to disagree with them.

I started reading Catcher awhile back and never finished, but I do intend to begin it again. It seems like it's really good.

St. Jimmy--I never read Fight Club, but I watched the movie, and I was "Meh. What's the big deal?" A few others I've read of Palahniuk's--Choke, Diary--aren't bad, but I don't understand the praise he gets from book critics.

In fact, on the back of one of them, a critic said his vision is extraordinary and he's a "satirist that we need." I'm like "Oh...kay..."

I think a lot of classics are overrated. In high school, I remember I didn't particularly like 1984, Kafka's Metamorphosis, or Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Those were painful to get through.

But I still have liked a lot of classics--Jane Austen comes to mind.

And this is officially the longest post I have ever written and I'm proud that it's about something educational.

I really liked Lullaby by Palahniuk, but Diary especially I found REALLY predictable and overrated. Invisible Monsters wasn't without its charm but in general he's just so, SO overrated.

I also don't think I can say this fairly since I haven't read them, but I just don't see the hype about the Twilight books. Like... maybe they're brilliant, I don't know, but they're just so overhyped and everyone and their sister is such a fangirl right now, I just think that if I do ever pick one up I'm inevitably going to be disappointed because it cannot POSSIBLY be as good as everyone says it is.

[hithereimvoldemort]

I KNOWWW. Every goddamn person and their mothers is madly in love with Twilight. I mean, good lord, it can't be THAT good. It doesn't even sound that good. A girl falls in love with a vampire, and apparently a third guy is thrown in. Whoopdeedoo. It just sounds like way too much of a typical teen drama intended to make a bunch of girls fall in love with a fictional character with a twist. And the twist is vampires.

Idk, I haven't read it, but hearing about it, I just don't think it sounds that amazing. At all.

[St. Jimmy]

OH BUT THAT THIRD GUY IS A WEREWOLF.

I think.

[jeffrey17]

Hard question, I have read a lot of bad books...

[hithereimvoldemort]

There's a werewolf in it? Isn't it just vampires?

Gawd, that's just confusing. Totally not cool.

Aaaanyways... hm, I haven't read any bad books lately. I haven't really read anything lately. Goddamn finals.

[xcamberx]

Nothing but the truth...we had to read it in school a while ago and it was horrible!!!!!!!!!!!