Books you couldn't finish
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Here are three of mine (I guess this isn't much more than a vent thread, but if I can save someone some time...)
Proof of Heaven - Struck me as complete and utter nonsense. I might have continued despite my disbelief if I hadn't been equally put-off by the pushy evangelicalism that seemed to emanate from the pages. Love in the Time of Cholera - I read the first several chapters and enjoyed them immensely but I quit because I don't think I need that kind of sadness to enter my brain at this point in mu life. Does it ever stop being so tragic? The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Stopped about 2/3 of the way through because I realized I just really didn't care at all about the characters and what might happen to them. It wasn't boring exactly, but just not compelling in any way. |
Anonymous
| On The Road - stopped pages from the end. Was so pointless and boring. |
Anonymous
| Gold finch |
Anonymous
Ditto! And I tried about 4-5 times. Just couldn't get into it. |
Anonymous
Agree. Satanic Verses as well. Kerouac and Rushie are so overrated. |
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The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
East of Eden (John Steinbeck) |
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Infinite Jest.
It's excellent, but it's just so long and dense that life gets in the way. |
Anonymous
Do you wonder what happened at the end? Or is it just not very plot-driven? |
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Anna Karenina
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Anonymous
me too!! Sooo looong |
Anonymous
| Ulysses |
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| The Book Theif |
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Lord of the Rings. Hobbit.
I could never ever get past the heaviness of the language. That is the reason I was soooo very happy that the movies were made. |
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Never got any traction with Interview with the Vampire.
Liked the movie though. |
Anonymous
| Fifty Shades of Grey. Really, so dumb, so poorly written and I was even at the beach when reading it. Skimmed through and put it down. |