Books you cant stand.... Options

[xoxo_proud]

Are they're any books you really dislike?

I couldn't stand Bean Trees. I got through some of it but I found it so boring and long. I didnt enjoy Romeo and Juliet either. I love the way Shakespeare writes but I couldnt stand the characters.

[Smoogrish]

When I was little, I absolutely hated the Magic Treehouse or whatever. Our first grade teacher was obesessed with those books. -shudders-

[mahokaida]

I didn't like Romeo and Juliet as well, but I really couldn't stand Of Mice and Men. I just didn't get why it is considered such a classic. If anyone can explain it to me, please do.

[*Kathleen*]

I LOATHED Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Awakening. Borrrrrinnng. The characters pissed me off in those books as well. Getting through the dialect in Their Eyes Were Watching God was TORTURE.

[goodcharlotte]

I LOATHED Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Awakening. Borrrrrinnng. The characters pissed me off in those books as well. Getting through the dialect in Their Eyes Were Watching God was TORTURE.

I didn't like Project X. Never Read it. It is horribly written and the editing was horrible as well. So many typos . I couldn't stand to read it but once I start a book I have to end it.

[*mona lisa*]

The Call of the Wild by Jack London. Had to read it in English class in the ninth grade. It was so long and boring. I remember there wasn't much dialogue and I couldn't understand what was going on.

[Serendipity]

The Call of the Wild by Jack London. Had to read it in English class in the ninth grade. It was so long and boring. I remember there wasn't much dialogue and I couldn't understand what was going on.

I received that book as a gift, read half of it, and got bored. It was really dry and the whole plot was sorta hard to follow.

[mznikki]

at the moment I can't stand my summer reading book, Fast Food Nation, its all facts and whatnot and it's scaring the crap otta me O.o some people that already read it say that its good and other say its boring. nuts.. i'm half way done i'll be done before this week is over. =]

[radhikaeatsraman]

YES, Mona, The Call of the Wild was terrible. I read it in eighth grade. I read Alas, Babylon for my ninth grade summer reading, and it sucked as well.

[Mistress Bags]

Far From the Madding Crowd. I hate to read it my senior year, and I hated it. It was dull, and about sheep.

[*disco infiltrator*]

The Turn of the Screw...did anyone ever have to read that? Oh, and the Odyssey. A lot of people like it, but I hated it.

[*mona lisa*]

The Turn of the Screw...did anyone ever have to read that? Oh, and the Odyssey. A lot of people like it, but I hated it.

The Turn of the Screw? Is that a parody of The Taming of the Shrew?

[xoxo_proud]

Oh I hate the Odyssey. It was long and boring and I didnt understand much of it

[Mistress Bags]

I hate most literature, actually.

I have a very active imagination, so I need something fast-paced, full of action, and deep characters. Literature usually lacks that.

[dinoooRAWR]

well .. the ones you know what happens at the end after reading the first chapter /=

[KissMe2408]

The Call of the Wild by Jack London. Had to read it in English class in the ninth grade. It was so long and boring. I remember there wasn't much dialogue and I couldn't understand what was going on.

Oh God, I remember that one.
They made us read that in middle school. I hated that as well.


I'm pretty sure I hated "The Tempest", I just remember really wanting to finish it quickly.

[*disco infiltrator*]

The Turn of the Screw? Is that a parody of The Taming of the Shrew?

No, it's just a really awful book.

[thanhmai]

into the wild by jon krakauer

blech

[iROCKYOURSOCKS]

i couldnt stand A peoples History of the United States I HAD to read it for my history class dammmmmnnnn that was SO BORING!!!!!

[*mona lisa*]

..I really hate the boxcar children or whatever. I would pretend to read them in class, but really I was just blurring it out. Gosh I hate those.

Aww, really? =\ I loved reading them when I was a kid. Mystery, adventure, lots of dialogue; my type of book.

[Listelle]

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemmingway. It should have been interesting, with bridges blowing up and gypsies and whatnot, but I absolutely hated the way it was written. All the sentences were three words or less, I swear. I never finished it. Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness was horrible too.

[Gypsy Eyes]

East of Eden. I wanted to burn in when we had to read it in english. It had really cool connections and allusions but it was too long and there was no actual plot.

And my AP american textbook.

[expoised]

The Scarlet Letter . I can't stand Nathaniel Hawthorne. Even that short story "Young Goodman Brown"... Maybe it wasn't so bad. Maybe I just hate him because my junior year english teacher made us analyze him to death.

We had to read City of Darkness, City of Light by Margeret Pierce (I think... now that i think about it, i'm not so sure) for World History sophomore year. It's pretty trippy. Lots of sex and blood and at the end, the woman turns lesbian. It's set during the French Revolution. I thought it was a waste of time.

[xforgottenlove]

i hate the lord of the rings trilogy x___x'

[NoSex]

Go Ask Alice.
I can't begin to stomach that bullshit.

[*I Shot JFK*]

Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

I wanted to blow my brains out.

OH, and Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen. We had to read it in 4th grade AND 6th grade. horrific. wanted to die.

[*Zatanna*]

A Thousand Acres. I felt like I was being punished the whole time I was reading it.

[Nymphetamine]

With no one as witness. WTF?

[goodcharlotte]

Go Ask Alice.
I can't begin to stomach that bullshit.

I liked that book.

I hated Cry of the Kalahari.

[soEXCLUSIVE]

OH, and Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen. We had to read it in 4th grade AND 6th grade. horrific. wanted to die.

Argh, me too. There's no point in reading it unless you anticipate being stuck in the middle of nowhere and need to learn how to survive. You know he's gonna get rescued.

ttyl... I can't even begin to say how much I hate that book.

[expoised]

Argh, me too. There's no point in reading it unless you anticipate being stuck in the middle of nowhere and need to learn how to survive. You know he's gonna get rescued.

ttyl... I can't even begin to say how much I hate that book.

then... what's the point in reading anything?

books aren't meant to be a self-help tutorial or a learning guide.

[whooooshy]

^x2
I reallyyyy disliked ttyl too. I thought it would be kinda interesting, the format and all, but I didn't even manage to finish it. Partly because it was due back at the library, but also 'cause I lost interest in it.

[Gigi]

Hatchet. And The Cay. Oh, dear God. We went through this phase in elementary school, and all we were forced to read were books about survival. It was HORRIBLE.

I also hate books about books. What's the point of writing a 2 inch book on the secrets behind the Da Vinci Code, or J.K. Rowling's success with Harry Potter?

[expoised]

I really hate the SV Twin series. It's so... guasdhf. and it makes me want to shoot myself.

Fearless is a little better, though.

Basically, me & Francine Pascal have a love-hate relationship. Some of her books are just plain bullshit, but then others are pretty fun for a light read.

[goodcharlotte]

Box Car Children. We had to read them in like Kindergarden. It was torture.

[*yrrnotelekktric*]

Ramona Quimby books. My sister and I used to own soo many and when we moved we just kept them in this bin and I don`t know what to do with them and theres soo many

[fameONE]

Dan Brown's novels.

The DaVinci Code was overrated, damnit. It was a well writted romance novel disguised as a suspense thriller. As was Angels & Demons and Deception Point.

[*mipadi*]

It was a well writted romance novel disguised as a suspense thriller.

Well-written? Bah!

[Gypsy Eyes]

Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

I wanted to blow my brains out.

OH, and Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen. We had to read it in 4th grade AND 6th grade. horrific. wanted to die.

Oh man I remember Hatchet. That was horrible.

[*Kathleen*]

Box Car Children. We had to read them in like Kindergarden. It was torture.

I REMEMBER READING THOSE. They weren't so bad! Then again, I think I'm the same way with movies as I am with books.. I like the vast majority of them.

[xoxo_proud]

I was in love with the boxcar children but that was in 3rd grade.

I think that the Fearless series are usually light reads to. I get those done in a day or two

Go Ask Alice is an olddd book. My mom told me it was really popular when she was growing up.

[*Azarel*]

Dan Brown's novels.

Amen. Nicholas Sparks's shit, too.

[silver-rain]

Ugh, Washington Square by Henry James was really boring and hard to get into.

[*This Confession*]

ALL Nicholas Spark books.

He's a complete ass in real life too.

[*yrrnotelekktric*]

^ i agree!

[goodcharlotte]

ALL Nicholas Spark books.

He's a complete ass in real life too.

Agreed.

[Serendipity]

Box Car Children. We had to read them in like Kindergarden. It was torture.

^ I used to love those books. =P

[illriginal]

Harry Potter books... just not my type of literature.

[*This Confession*]

Hah, I suppose you guys have met him? His wife is rather nice but man hes just a complete you know what.

Anywayyy I didn't like the box car children that much either, after the first few of them it got kind of eh.

[expoised]

Over the summer, I read like... every single book James Patterson wrote. I don't know why, since I really don't like James Patterson's writing at all. His characters are pretty much flat, and his villains are always twisted in the same exact way. Maybe it's just for the little thrill.

If anyone ever wants to read a thriller... don't do it. Just watch a movie. "Thriller" books always end up dissappointing me.

[timeflies51]

"Treasure Island". I absolutely hated it.

Maybe it was just the writing style. If it had been a different writing style, then perhaps I would've liked it.


Oh, and also "Story Time" by Edward Bloor. He made the 7th grade girl act like a five-year-old, and it was just a stupid book.

[xtrancie]

relaly? i thought his book a walk to remember was really good i cried

the book i hate is A lesson before dying by some guy i forgot and aslo the great gasby T-T gosh i was dying reading them

[*Azarel*]

Oh! I don't like Faulkner. As I Lay Dying, "Barn Burning," and "Spotted Horses" all irked me like no other. ... Stupid Bundrens and company.

And last two pages of Kate Chopin's The Awakening ruined the entire book. </3

[*Kathleen*]

Oh! I don't like Faulkner. As I Lay Dying, "Barn Burning," and "Spotted Horses" all irked me like no other. ... Stupid Bundrens and company.

And last two pages of Kate Chopin's The Awakening ruined the entire book. </3

WHAT? *Cries* FAULKNER IS MY FAVORITE. But yes, the ending of The Awakening just further strengthened my Edna-is-a-complete-idiot premise in English class last year.

[*Azarel*]

WHAT? *Cries* FAULKNER IS MY FAVORITE. But yes, the ending of The Awakening just further strengthened my Edna-is-a-complete-idiot premise in English class last year.

Reading Faulkner makes me want to bang my head on the table at how stupid the characters are!

[*xcaitlinx*]

Definitely The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway...the most boring and pointless book i've ever read.

[*Kathleen*]

Reading Faulkner makes me want to bang my head on the table at how stupid the characters are!

Not all of them are! I like Quentin.. and Darl..

[*Azarel*]

Not all of them are! I like Quentin.. and Darl..

I liked Vardaman. "My mother is a fish."

[thanhmai]

Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

I wanted to blow my brains out.

OH, and Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen. We had to read it in 4th grade AND 6th grade. horrific. wanted to die.

Ugh.
Pretty much anything remotely similar to Mark Twain's diction rapes me in the ass.

[angelrevelation]

the autobiography of miss jane pittman.

[much2muse]

The Scarlet Letter . I can't stand Nathaniel Hawthorne. Even that short story "Young Goodman Brown"... Maybe it wasn't so bad. Maybe I just hate him because my junior year english teacher made us analyze him to death.

Completely agreed. Reading the Scarlet Letter was completely terrible.

[*Kathleen*]

^ It might have been irritable, but it'll be quite helpful come AP English testing time.

[x_curse_of_the_c...]

hatchet, babysitters club (my teatcher was obsessed!), and boxcar, and old man in the sea, i would rather rip my eyes out then read the last one.

[*suddenly she*]

great expectations.

ALKSJDLFKAJDKLF

[*Kathleen*]

great expectations.

ALKSJDLFKAJDKLF

I'm actually going to have to agree with someone in this thread. That's the one book I've been assigned to in school and haven't finished it. I HATE SPARK NOTES.

[lovescream]

Saffy's Angel. It's more of a kid book, but meh. I had to read it in fourth grade or something and I practically died reading it. I even tried reading it now with more interest of books, but I stilllllll find it so hard to follow. >.<

[fairytale-magic]

I absolutely hated Vampire Diaries.

Of course it's about the popular girl, gorgeous, gets any guy she wants, has a super-cute boyfriend that she LEAVES, for a vampire that she "can't get" in the beginning.

Ah, the allure of the forbidden.

BUT THEN. Of course the vampire falls in love with her.

AND SO DOES HIS BROTHER! Oh my.

And then she gets turned into a vampire, but dies.

And becomes a ghost?!

Yeah, no way she's gonna be leaving. Should have stopped reading there, but noo, my "once you start reading a book, finish it" thing has to kick in.

Suffer in silence. D:

Of course she just HAS to come back to "life" in the end and everything is happy.

Yeah, way to go.

Mary Sue. \:

And what the HELL is up with them not knowing when their best friend's real birthday is?! If they've known each other for so long, they should KNOW that.

Yeah, really. Doesn't add up.

I don't recommend this book. ]:

[imm]

Anything by Stephenie Meyer, J.K. Rowling, or Dan Brown.

The Crucible by Arthur Miller.

[CUTEBUNNY160]

I am terribly annoyed by the Twilight series. I read the first one just to see what all the fuss was about. The way Bella is so attached to Edward is a bit disturbing. Yes you can love someone dearly but to be so obsessed about them...doesn't really seem right in my opinion. Also, the fact that Meyers didn't research vampires beforehand is a bit of a bother. Vampires are not supposed to sparkle when in sunlight. Not being able to see daylight is the point of the trade off. Immortality is gained and never being able to see sunlight, the support of life, is lost.

[dilligrout]

Romeo And Juliet bored me to death!
I fell asleep in class every day.

[amish-hammer]

magic tree house series, those books are evil!

and the goosebumps books they were just really shitty!

[Saikou]

PUSH by Sapphire

such a shit book,there was nothing compelling about it at all.
I dont know why it got so popular,it was just gross.

[Blyat]

all of my sophmore year i hates the books we had to read
huckleberry finn and two others that were based on racism

i loved to kill a mockingbird though

but the rest, i hated with passion

[Tomates]

Yeah Huckleberry finn was a horrible book. The writing was horrible and i ended up just spark noting the whole book for class.
There was also this one book but i couldnt remember what its called but the main character kept bitching and being so un-aprriciative that i put down the book after 2 chapters.

[alison-apples]

I dislike most books. There's really only a few I've ever liked.

But I hate:

The Harry Potter series.
The Twilight series. WTF IS THAT SHIT?
Narnia or whatever.
Eragon and all following books.

Et cetera.

[carolannexbh]

Twilight. Or anything in that series. I haven't read it but my god everyone at my school is obsessed and its obnoxious and just makes me never want to pick it up.

[LittleMissSunshi...]

of mice and men! i hate that book.. i hate the ending it runined everything. gosh, john steinback is a horrible writer for endings lol

and i don't like farenheit 451.. grrr ray bradbury! lol

[fameONE]

Lord of the Flies. I don't care for the book, the movie or the character study. This beef has been going on since I was in the 8th grade. Real talk. I have a laundry list of reasons to hate that book.

[heyo-captain-jac...]

Lord of the Flies. I don't care for the book, the movie or the character study. This beef has been going on since I was in the 8th grade. Real talk. I have a laundry list of reasons to hate that book.

I hate that book too.

Worse: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

[towntown2]

Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut

and

The Twilight series.

[LittleMissSunshi...]

i'm starting to not like Twilight Series... and I am a fan. wow, i'm sucha biased person lol

i also don't like this Oedipus and Antigony thing (there are three books actually, i don't know whats the third one called, i forgot). Greek Mythology on those 3 books suck ):

[mipadi]

To kill a mocking bird, had to read it one year at school then write a paper on it. My paper was basally 3 pages of urological reasons why I hated.

Your paper talked about piss, then?

[none345678]

^ That's pretty much what my grade on the paper said.

[technicolour]

To kill a mocking bird, had to read it one year at school then write a paper on it. My paper was basally 3 pages of urological reasons why I hated.

It isn't quite a book, but Hamlet was atrocious. My whole final was based on that, and for the essay portion I wrote about how awful it was and how he should have died in act 1. I love writing papers on why I hate things. It's always so much fun.


Pretty much all of the books I had to read for AP English I despised. Fahrenheit 451, The Scarlett Letter, La Morte De Arthur (The Death of King Arthur), Huck Finn, The Great Gatsby, The Crucible, A Separate Peace. Yeah. AWFUL books right there. Some of them wouldn't have been that bad if I hadn't had to do all those analyze the mood, tone, syntax, blah blah blah. That's how you zap the fun out of a book right there man.

Lord of the Flies wasn't as bad as those. It was tolerable. Thankfully, my teacher didn't really like that book either so there wasn't a whole bunch of in depth stuff for it.

[shanaynay]

Pretty much every book I've been forced to read in english class. Romeo & Juliet wasn't that bad. Neither was To Kill a Mockingbird, or The Giver.

[Blyat]

"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" "Raisen in the Sun"
hated it with complete passion! there was another but i dont remember it
i had to read them for english
i read the spark notes so i would do fine on the tests

[karmakiller]

The Great Gatsby can be good, if you have a good teacher who is willing to elaborate. I'd say pretty much anything we read in middle school, because that was when we had to read lame books about acceptance and kindness.

[shanaynay]

The Great Gatsby can be good, if you have a good teacher who is willing to elaborate. I'd say pretty much anything we read in middle school, because that was when we had to read lame books about acceptance and kindness.

I swear every book we read last year was about racism, except for Romeo & Juliet and Anthem.