Anonymous
Post 10/22/2022 20:22     Subject: Name a popular book you didn't like
Anonymous wrote:The Family, by Naomi Krupitsky. I had to wait forever to get this book from the library because there were so many holds in front of me. Didn't care for it and found it a chore to read.

+1 for The Goldfinch. If ever there was a book in need of an editor, that'd be it.





That was me. Maybe it has Stephen King's editor. Someone needs to tell that man to chop 100 pages.
Anonymous
Post 10/22/2022 20:11     Subject: Name a popular book you didn't like
The Family, by Naomi Krupitsky. I had to wait forever to get this book from the library because there were so many holds in front of me. Didn't care for it and found it a chore to read.

+1 for The Goldfinch. If ever there was a book in need of an editor, that'd be it.



Anonymous
Post 10/22/2022 19:42     Subject: Name a popular book you didn't like
Wild by Cheryl Strayed. She sure thinks she is special.
Anonymous
Post 10/22/2022 19:34     Subject: Name a popular book you didn't like
The Bridges of Madison County. I literally threw that book across the room.

Anonymous
Post 10/22/2022 19:34     Subject: Name a popular book you didn't like
All of Glennon Doyle’s memoirs.
Anonymous
Post 10/22/2022 19:33     Subject: Name a popular book you didn't like
The Overstory. The first part was good, but once the main story started, I lost all interest. My good friend, who reads as much as I do, said exactly the same thing. And yet it spent many weeks on the bestseller list, at least locally. I wonder how many people actually finished it!
Anonymous
Post 10/22/2022 19:31     Subject: Re:Name a popular book you didn't like
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Goldfinch, ugh was it every going to end. Also The Giving Tree, yeah the kid's book.


I really liked The Goldfinch, but was similarly wondering if it was ever going to end.



I really checked out by the epilogue. I don't really care what fictional characters learn in a fictional story. Just end it at the end.
Anonymous
Post 10/22/2022 19:17     Subject: Name a popular book you didn't like
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Great Expectations. In what way is this a good book? I read it twice because it came so highly recommended. I see zero highs in this book. Even 1984 had a cool concept. I hated this book.


I love Great Expectations. I re read it often.

Have you also watched the movie version with Gweneth Paltrow? I just love it too.


No disrespect but why? I could see the love for Oliver Twist, but it's too wordy. I could find nothing to love about Great Expectations
Anonymous
Post 10/22/2022 19:13     Subject: Name a popular book you didn't like
Anonymous wrote:Great Expectations. In what way is this a good book? I read it twice because it came so highly recommended. I see zero highs in this book. Even 1984 had a cool concept. I hated this book.


I love Great Expectations. I re read it often.

Have you also watched the movie version with Gweneth Paltrow? I just love it too.
Anonymous
Post 10/22/2022 19:04     Subject: Re:Name a popular book you didn't like
The Poisonwood Bible. I really like Kingsolver’s earlier fiction, but I couldn’t get through this one.
Ditto for the Crawdads book and The Goldfinch — which was disappointing, since I really liked reading the Secret History.
Anonymous
Post 10/22/2022 19:01     Subject: Name a popular book you didn't like
Anonymous wrote:Heartburn by Nora Ephron. Insufferable characters, totally unreadable.


How about the salad dressing recipe
Anonymous
Post 10/22/2022 18:56     Subject: Name a popular book you didn't like
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I wanted this forum created so that I could talk about books I didn't like. Maybe I'm just not understanding some of these books and maybe they're not written for me but there are still he popular books I really don't like. I won't make them all because that would likely give my identity away.

One I haven't mentioned to anybody is Maya Angelou's 'i know why the caged bird sings". Not to trivialize what she went through but I really finished the book like seemed like what did I just read. How critical can I be of an autobiography? Especially if it made her who she is? But seeing this put in the same leagues or above invisible man, black boy, native son. I just don't see it.

They're are several others and I hope this doesn't turn into a bash me or bash Maya because I love her other works (especially poetry) but I'm not a fan of that book.


I don't get what you didn't like about it. Be more specific. I didnt like Invisible man. I couldn't even finish it while I know why a caged bird sings was very engaging.


It's supposed to be inspiring but she trivializes sex, gets pregnant by a seemingly random dude didn't really talk about loving the baby or hot that changed her or anything. I just felt no love for her character at that point.
Anonymous
Post 10/22/2022 18:49     Subject: Name a popular book you didn't like
Anonymous wrote:The Crawdads one. Horrible.


Same- way too far fetched
Anonymous
Post 10/22/2022 18:48     Subject: Name a popular book you didn't like
Heartburn by Nora Ephron. Insufferable characters, totally unreadable.
Anonymous
Post 10/22/2022 18:45     Subject: Name a popular book you didn't like
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. I just…couldn’t. Maybe I gave up too early, idk.


I did it all, but it was painful.


I gave up. Also gave up on Where the Crawdads Sing.

Glad to know I'm not the only one.

I did love Daisy Jones and the Six though. .