Is there a book you hated so much you wanted to rip the pages out of it and torture the author?

Question

For me, it was Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

Answer 1

Gosh! That's nothing. Over in a few hours.
Try Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Worst-written and most pointless book ever to make it on a university curriculum reading list. As a bonus, there's over 1 000 pages of it.

Answer 2

Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. I am an avid reader, and I can usually find SOMETHING I like in every book I read. Not this one. This feels like the most boring book ever. And this was a (Highly) condensed version. (Read: Great Illustrated Classics)

I also hated The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving. I really liked Sleepy Hollow, the movie, and thought I would like to read the story. The whole thing was around 30 pages long, and at least 20 pages were devoted to how Ichabod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, and 'Brom Bones' looked and acted. There was no action until VERY near the end.

Answer 3

Well, it wasn't Frankenstein, but yes, there have been several such. Usually it is one of the "feminist" writers who make a big deal out of male-bashing. I mean, according to these rhymes-with-riches, there's no such thing as a good man! Forget it! If every male character is a creep, I keep reading, waiting for the knight in shining armor to show up and vanquish the creeps. But if the "B Goddess" shows up instead to vanquish the creeps, I feel I've been cheated. This is a lesbian book! Not saying lesbians don't need their own literature, and I will even go so far as to grant them a right to bitterness if they want it. But publish it in such a way that everyone knows where you're coming from, like Rita Mae Brown. The covers of her books say where she's coming from, so you can decide if it's your cup of tea or not. I can respect a writer for that.

I'll be even more general here: anyone who publishes a book whose covers are deceitful (in terms of the sort of people who will appreciate the book) should be drummed out of business forthwith.

Answer 4

a book is a piece of art. Writing a book is extremely difficult (and i saw this as a 'writer', well ive published a book). Books should be respected, treated nicely and preserved. However much you dislike a book, remember that someone put a lot of work into that. Maybe you dont like what they say, but then others do.
Torture an author for their words? never. They wrote those from the depth of their soul, they did their best.
Should we torture actors because thay act in a film we dont like? Should we torture footballers for playing for the wrong team? What about singers, for singing songs we dont like?
Of course not! Anything someone created is a piece of art, and art is very valuable.
Im sure if you ever create something, you will soon feel the same way.

Answer 5

Oh, there are so many, most of them popular works. Publishers seem to think we all want slap-on happy endings in neatly tied bows, and these endings are superimposed on books as if by rote and ritual. For instance, "The Book of Ruth" and "White Magnolia" and most recently, "The Glass Castle" all dealt with women and girls growing up in extremely trying circumstances that many people, like myself, could relate to. However, each of these has one of those E-Z endings that make it seem like miracles are an everyday, hapless occurence. Before the readers know it, the characters become wildly successful -- they meet a mentor, have their college paid for, become professionals -- and none of this is probable by the reality created by the author up to the point of the ending.

I really detest books that make me believe or relate, and then slap me with a false end.

Answer 6

Yes, 2 of the worst books I've ever read:
Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger - and-
The Debutante Divorcee by Plum Sykes.
These read like really lousy first drafts and should never have been published!

Answer 7

"Sophie's Choice", by William Styron. Without a doubt the worst, most manipulative book I've ever read, but very useful for igniting wood in a fireplace. Reading this book to terrorists in Gitmo would probably be banned as inhumane treatment. Let's try it and see how long they can hold out.

Answer 8

Yes harry Potter

Because i cant understand why people get crazy over it.
There are many books out there to read.

And yes "lord of the flies" is a whole load of big horse s h i t . Thanks vanna
Complete blablerdash and a load of nonsence

Answer 9

Harlequin romances. Totally predictable and formulaic. I don't read them but I tried a few and gave up. Comic books in a binding.

Answer 10

For me,it's all the ones with great stories all the way through,but when you get to the end,it's a big let-down. It's either abrupt or does'nt fit in with the story