Anonymous
09/07/2014 20:37
Subject: Re:Books you couldn't finish
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.
Anonymous
09/07/2014 20:37
Subject: Books you couldn't finish
Never got any traction with Interview with the Vampire.
Liked the movie though.
Liked the movie though.
Anonymous
09/07/2014 20:36
Subject: Books you couldn't finish
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.
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.
Anonymous
09/07/2014 20:34
Subject: Books you couldn't finish
The Book Theif
Anonymous
09/07/2014 19:47
Subject: Re:Books you couldn't finish
Ulysses
Anonymous
09/07/2014 19:42
Subject: Books you couldn't finish
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Gold finch
Ditto! And I tried about 4-5 times. Just couldn't get into it.
me too!! Sooo looong
Anonymous
09/07/2014 19:40
Subject: Books you couldn't finish
Anna Karenina
Anonymous
09/07/2014 19:35
Subject: Re:Books you couldn't finish
Anonymous wrote:Infinite Jest.
It's excellent, but it's just so long and dense that life gets in the way.
Do you wonder what happened at the end? Or is it just not very plot-driven?
Anonymous
09/07/2014 19:32
Subject: Re:Books you couldn't finish
Infinite Jest.
It's excellent, but it's just so long and dense that life gets in the way.
It's excellent, but it's just so long and dense that life gets in the way.
Anonymous
09/07/2014 19:29
Subject: Books you couldn't finish
The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
Anonymous
09/07/2014 19:28
Subject: Books you couldn't finish
Anonymous wrote:On The Road - stopped pages from the end. Was so pointless and boring.
Agree. Satanic Verses as well.
Kerouac and Rushie are so overrated.
Anonymous
09/07/2014 19:25
Subject: Books you couldn't finish
Anonymous wrote:Gold finch
Ditto! And I tried about 4-5 times. Just couldn't get into it.
Anonymous
09/07/2014 19:23
Subject: Books you couldn't finish
Gold finch
Anonymous
09/07/2014 19:06
Subject: Books you couldn't finish
On The Road - stopped pages from the end. Was so pointless and boring.
Anonymous
09/07/2014 19:03
Subject: Books you couldn't finish
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.
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.