What was the worst Book you have ever read.?

Question

I had to read Jane Eyre and it was a load of old drivel,

Answer 1

the bible
the ending sucks
everybody dies!!!

Answer 2

The problem is that, today, the books available on the market, live the illusion of covering every desire of the reader. In fact, this attitude leads to a special kind of bluntness, the editors trying to obtain a better position on the market, offering to the readers what they think that sells. Unfortunately, too often they are right, thus the majority of the books available today in stores being nothing else than rubbish. Therefore, the number of the bad books that are read is far greater then that of the good, or at least decent books (of course, I am talking about literature). Or, this makes impossible for me to say which is the worst of those which were read by me. For example, I hated D.H. Lawrence, not for the lack of talent, nor for his style, but for his emptiness, but if I wold compare him to the sovietic and communist novels - I must say that they must be the worst books. Although there might be something even worse (I know, hard to conceive, but still possible) - the socialist and pro communist prose from the Western states.

Answer 3

I had to read Jane Eyre 4 times in 1 year and I truely hated it (I moved Schools a few times cause of my Dad and ended up reading it cause it was on the syllabus) a decade or so later my girlfriend tried to make me read White Sargaso Sea, and we nearly split up over it (it's the prequel to Jane Eyre). However, even that wasn't as bad as 12 Red Herrings by Jeffrey Archer (I read Kane and Able, loving it I tried several years later to read this book and was shocked..... have later found out that Kane and Able was the only decent thing he ever managed to write).

Answer 4

I liked Jane Eyre. The worst book I ever read was "Lord of the Flies". It could have been a realy good adventure story but was written in such a dull, po-faced style which gave you no psychological insight into any of the boys actions. I just hated it. And how can one of the choir-boys be the bully? Where I'm from, if you were in the choir you kept your gob shut for fear of having the s*** kicked out of you.

Answer 5

Why is everyone fixated on Jane Eyre? There are worse books written. Mostly I have read through all the books I started, however boring. So of them I think The Lord of the Flies is a big yech.

Answer 6

The worst book I ever read- Well this may not be the worst but its pretty bad. I can't remember the title the experience was so bad. It was about the aboriginal people of Australia, written by an American woman who supposedly went down there and lived with a group of them for a time. So bad. It was one of those Primitive people all good--Modern people all bad things. OK we may have lost some good things in the head long rush to to the 21st century but lets give some credit for writing and for polio vaccine. And didgeridoo music sucks.
Ok - remember now It was called Mutant Message Down Under by Marlo Morgan.

Answer 7

The old man and the sea by Hemingway and any of the depressing crap they forced us to read in high school by Steinbech. Not like you aren't already depressed enough as a teenager with out reading books about how hopeless life is.

I loved Jane Eyre and most guys I know who were forced to read it in High school really liked it too. But I hated her sisters book
"Wethering Heights".

Answer 8

Actually, I liked Jane Eyre. It made me cry.
But the worst book...crikey, there are so many over-rated books.
I sodding hate anything by Henry James or Jane Austen. There are not enough hours in my life to waste reading such tedious shite.
Like any other thinking individual, I also hate the Harry Potter books. But since they are aimed at children it wouldn't be fair to have a go at them, since they aren't aimed at me. Mind you, when I see ADULTS reading them my heart does cry a little.
No, I'll stick with Jane Austen and Henry James as the worst.

Answer 9

The worst book I have ever read was in French and it's called "Le bonheur est au bout de l'élastique". I never hate any book I read but that one I did. It was just a superficial load of crap. By the way I don't understand why the classics are so unappreciated...Just because a book needs depth of understanding and is written in a slightly less accessible literary style doesn't diminish its value and insight.

Answer 10

The worst book--hmm, there are two that deserve that. The first was written by Charles Darwin(he may have been a brilliant scientist, and is definitely an influence in our world today--but he's no writer), called THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. Darwin's writing style was so dry that it made my mouth pucker. I couldn't finish the book.
The other was VOYAGE TO ARCTURUS(I forget the author's name). That book I did finish--but wish I hadn't. It was depressing to read.

Answer 11

Middle March