What books have you hated?

[Êurlond]

Hmm, Many Norwegian books, Well many of them are good but still, Some Norwegian authors are just plain garbage.

 

[CirdanLinweilin]

Lord of the Flies by William Golding.

And The Awakening by Kate Chopin, terrible feminist drivel.


CL

 

[Starbrow]

This past year I read the first chapter of The Great Gatsby, and thought it was so boring I didn't read the rest. I have no idea why it's considered such a classic.

 

[CirdanLinweilin]

This past year I read the first chapter of The Great Gatsby, and thought it was so boring I didn't read the rest. I have no idea why it's considered such a classic.

My Brother read that, it's one of his favorite books. I read the beginning and was instantly done with it. So, I get why you dislike it.

 

[mallos]

Anything by Charles Dickens. Is is just so incredibly boring!

 

[CirdanLinweilin]

Anything by Charles Dickens. Is is just so incredibly boring!

Ironically, A Christmas Carol was the foundation for which charity and goodwill came about during Christmas time, before then it was just a time of revelry and partying. It is also one of the most beloved works of literature. But I can see why you find it boring.

 

[CirdanLinweilin]

I know you didn't mention ACC, but you did mention Charles Dickens.

 

[Persephone]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. But Rowling promised retribution for Umbridge, so I eagerly await that.

I still hate this book - and hate Rowling even more for not doing what she promised. I hate the Twilight books - ALL OF THEM! Stupid stories and characters - all are MARY SUES!!! Stephanie Meyer is the worst author alive!

 

[CirdanLinweilin]

I knew there was something I liked about you Narya.

I detest the Twilight series, pointless, pointless, POINTLESSSSSSS

 

[Persephone]

I knew there was something I liked about you Narya.

I detest the Twilight series, pointless, pointless, POINTLESSSSSSS

LOL!!! I hate all the characters and how they turned out. It was stupid. The whole thing - didn't watch the movies. LOL!

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Necroposting again. Apologies.

I read "Catcher in the Rye" in the 10th grade. Kept waiting for something to happen. Nothing happened. I slammed it in my oral book report. My teacher made me sit down.

Kept meaning to give it a try again as an adult, thinking I hadn't been "mature" enough to grasp its subtlies, as a callow teenager.

Then a few years ago, the critic Jonathan Yardley wrote an article on it in his "Revisiting" series in the Washington Post. He confirmed that I was not crazy.

Wheel of Time: there were some things I liked, particularly the strong female characters, something unusual in a male writer. The biggest problem, IMO, was that he kept starting new plot lines, to the point where, in the later books, none of them could advance very far at all, so that the books slowly became inert. He should have kept to his original plan for (IIRC) eight books. But money beckons. . .

I love Dickens.

Hmm. There seems to be a David Eddings theme running through this thread:

 

[CirdanLinweilin]

particularly the strong female characters, something unusual in a male writer.

Really?

I've got several in mine. I guess I'm a black sheep! (These female characters do not all take away from my male ones.)

CL

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Guess I haven't been keeping up!

What are your books? (Remember, I'm new here).

 

[CirdanLinweilin]

Guess I haven't been keeping up!

What are your books? (Remember, I'm new here).

Caveat is I am in the process of writing it!

It's going to be a trilogy, it's about an orphaned Princess that is the last of her kind and heiress to the High Throne at a time when everyone is basically done with the idea of a monarchy. It's High Fantasy and based off (loosely), or at least inspired by Irish Mythology.

The Tuatha Dé Danann, especially including the Goddesses Epona and Morrigan make appearances!

CL

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Ah. Well, let us know when it's published -- I'll look forward to it.

 

[CirdanLinweilin]

Ah. Well, let us know when it's published -- I'll look forward to it.

I will! Definitely I just need to write 52 chapters, short chapters, but 52 nonetheless.



CL

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Why? Is it based on a deck of cards?

 

[CirdanLinweilin]

Why? Is it based on a deck of cards?

No, just a very long story. It's the first 21 years of my protagonist's life.

Don't worry, it's the longest in the trilogy. The ones after probably won't be as long.


CL