Books you hate, can't get into or that just plain suck

Star of the sea, by Joseph O'Conner. The sad thing is I can't put my finger on WHY - I just cannot build up the 'oomph' to finish it.

An Inspector Calls - vile, simplistic and patronising - not so much left-wing and open minded as stereotyping working class women as victims. Unfortunately many people who write curriculums and fund public theatre confuse being class-aware with being patronising so it constantly pops up in my theatre and teaching work. Not only do I hate reading it, I refuse to teach it (apart from for staging and setting, it is a gift in terms of that).

Twilight- I was curious as to what all the fuss was about, but it reads like it was written by a kid. If I wanted that kind of a book I'd re-read Deltora Quest or something. At least the plot was engaging...

Also 'Sophie's World'- the first half was pretty neat (I love history and philosophy), but somewhere in the second half the author tries to actually implement the ideas of some of the philosophers Sophie's learning about and... ugh- totally wrecked. It lost me completely. (Although, I suppose if I went back to read it now, some 5 or so years later it might make more sense. I was in middle school at the time, so it might've been a little bit of a maturity thing...)
The same thing happened to me with Stephen King's 'Dreamcatcher'. Halfway through it went totally weird- I had no idea what was going on anymore and ended up giving up on it.

I can't get into Clive Barker books for some reason and not for lack of trying. Ten pages in and I'm ready to light a match!

i can't finish the inferno. i like it...but then. it just gets predictable and i get tired of having to keep track of all the people he encounters through hell. its like...come on dante, walk a little faster. get to center already!!!!

I agree with y'all on the Twilight saga. I got halfway through the first book and already knew information that you weren't told til the second one.

However, Dante's Divine Comedy is like any other theological text, it reads slow but it is very thought provoking and deep.

Took me years to force down Wuthering Heights and Emma. I also got about a quarter through Agnes Gray before I gave up and took about two years before I went back and finished it. I also couldn't get into Swiss Family Robinson- talk about stuffy reading. Heidi was difficult and for the life of me, I couldn't dumb myself down enough to get into Little House on the Prarie.

Twilight, The Scarlet Letter, The Lovely Bones...

Usually if they assigned something for us to read in school I hated it. This included To Kill A Mockingbird, Grapes of Wraith, The Giver, and a few others I've forgot the titles to right now... <.< The Giver I really really really REALLY HATED! We practically talked about the dang book the whole year. It was a boring book! And I know the other two are considered classics but they bored me to death too! My teachers were always yelling at me because I'd never like reading anything except for Star Wars. <.< Well those are guaranteed to be entertaining. Not like sitting through several chapters of someone in court. I wouldn't find it in the least bit fun watching a court case IRL, why the heck do I want to read it?!?!?!

Twilight Saga. Bleh, the movies sucked just as bad. I can't take vampires that sparkle seriously

oh no Abbyka! The Giver is one of my favorite books! It's actually the Junior High version of 1984. When I was in Junior High, I was way advanced in reading. I had a high school, almost college reading level and couldn't find a whole lot of books that were required to hold my attention. But The Giver was just messed up enough for my fellow students to struggle with and for me to fully enjoy. Its literally been more years than I care to admit to since I've read that book but I remember the words and the pictures that came to my mind so vividly. That to me says its a good book.

Admittidly though, Steinbeck bores me. I was pretty disheartened when all my classmates my senior year loved Of Mice and Men and I couldn't get into it to save my life, I don't think I read more than half of it.

I want to bash things when ever the princess bride comes up. I was given a book with the mayfair witches I was so confused. So confused it made me sad. Oh and to kill a mocking bird in high school. I slept through reading it or was reading the life of pi during class. Then I started girl with the pearl earing.

I worked my way through Catch 22 and 4 out of 5 of hitchhiker's gudie to the galaxey. Those are confuseing books but I enjoy them.

I recently tried to read Last of the Mohicans. The sentences were so long and run-on, I had difficulty keeping track of what was going on or who was who. I guess I'll have to watch the film at some point (or find one of those Classics Illustrated comics!)

I’m one of those people who keeps reading a bad book, gets to the end and then wonders …”why did I bother?” I guess it’s the optimist in me which keeps thinking the story will improve …
Two books I’ve read and would never read again (or recommend to my friends) The Lovely Bones – IMHO the end was a total let down. The Time Travellers Wife – I found the whole thing depressing and pointless. I have friends who put both of these books in their top 10, so I guess it just depends on the person.
I’ve never been able to get into Anne McCaffrey (Dragonriders of Pern) or Jean M. Auel (Earths Children) books – my school friends went mad over those books but they never hooked me in enough to read past the first few pages.

Agreed with the Twilight saga. It's some mary sue fanfiction all over again. As soon as I read the first one, I knew there was going to be a "vampire baby." I'll admit the books are a lot better than the movies. But still they are just fiction abomination.

Pinkweeds, I liked 1984 but The Giver was disgustingly boring. They made us read it in 8th grade though so that might be why I hated it so much. I am very much against being forced to read something. If I have to read I'd prefer to choose something for myself. I liked my AP class best because they gave us a list of acceptable books and we could choose.