how come you didnt like it?
Or why didnt you actually want to finish it?
honesty.
2007-09-03 07:20:57 · 11 answers · asked by butterfli8134 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Mysteries of Udolpho by Anne Radcliffe was a huge disappointment. It took me like a couple months to get about 2/3 of the way through -- about 450 pages I think -- and I am a fast reader. I kept thinking it would stop being so boring but it never did. I finally realized it had no chance to improve and just gave up. It is a point of pride with me to finish books. That is one of the few I absolutely could not finish, and after such a time investment! It just went on and on about landscapes, and they all sounded the same and the author kept using the same words, notably "romantic," to describe them. It was like Wilkie Collins with about 300 pages of tediously descriptive filler thrown in. I guess people had a lot of time to kill in the 18th century!
2007-09-07 06:54:16 · answer #1 · answered by Miss Angora 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter would be good, since it has a 5-star rating on Amazon, but I was very disappointed. The author spends a lot of time detailing everything about all the different firearms used, it detracts from the character development and slows down the plot. Does it really matter to the reader what kind of wood the rifle stock is made from or what kinds of bullets are used in each and every stinkin' gun?
I watched the movie (Shooter) instead. That wasn't very good either, but at least the script didn't describe every gun known to man.
2007-09-03 15:04:11 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eragon.
Worst piece of drivel I've ever tried to read.
I was writing better stories when I was twelve and that book wasn't published until his later teens. He's far too wordy, he is a plagiarist, and is TERRIBLE at showing emotion or depth.
It's like any one of the thousands of pimply-faced overweight teens writing Star Wars fanfiction was all the sudden published, and for some reason the world went mad and ate it all up. I can only hope people realize what a talentless hack Paolini is by the time his third book comes out.
2007-09-03 20:15:25 · answer #3 · answered by Dan A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I disliked the book "The Earth, My Butt and other Big round things" i should've known from the title, but it was a required reading book (well one of them). It started off with 2 ppl making love to eachother and the boy's name was Froggy Jr. I'm sorry but i hated it.
Oh this is my abosulute least favorite book "Dear Mr. Rothman" it was too boring, the were so many letters. It was Torture!!!! I read like 20 pages b4 i stopped, i'm sorry but if i don't like a book with in the first two chapters i stop.... Yea in know i have no patience.
2007-09-03 14:32:20 · answer #4 · answered by Why ςo ςiяiuς? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ink Heart. I know that a lot of people liked that book, but I could barely finish it. And there is this other book that I didn't like, Gray Griffins series. I just don't think stories about 11 year old children are good.
2007-09-03 18:05:40 · answer #5 · answered by A 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Da Vinci Code--I just couldn't get into it.
Just from a personal perspective, I also have long felt that the best way to absolutely ruin a perfectly good literary work (such as The Canterbury Tales, The Scarlet Letter, and an infinite number of short stories!) is to force a student to read it!
2007-09-03 14:35:05 · answer #6 · answered by Chrispy 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Turtle Island by Gary Snyder (indulgent smug hippie crap)
Crystal World by J G Ballard (cuz it's J G Ballard)
Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing (another standard-bearer in the Cult of the Vague)
Briefing for a Descent Into Hell by Doris Lessing (pretty much describes itself, actually; and anyway, I get tired of mainstream authors putting their supercilious hand to sci-fi and failing miserably)
2007-09-03 19:01:07 · answer #7 · answered by Omar Cayenne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Canterbury Tales. I did great in English Lit until that book became required reading. It put me to sleep, and was such a long and painful read. I actually opted to flunk that quarter rather than finish it, and I had straight A's until then. That's how much I hated it!
2007-09-03 14:27:39 · answer #8 · answered by Eraserhead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Scarlet Letter. It probably would have been better if I didn't have to read it in class - I think that is the main reason. It was a nightmare... and the terminology made it a bit harder to understand. But mainly it being forced on me really killed the enjoyment of it.
2007-09-03 14:26:22 · answer #9 · answered by sakura32506 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i hated past, perfect, present tense because of the form of all the stories piled together. they were all boring too. i ended up only reading at least 50 pages
2007-09-03 14:23:32 · answer #10 · answered by Answer Goddess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋