Something you were really struggling with but your willpower kept you reading.
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Anonymous2008-08-03 23:02
Parasite Eve. Once I realized that the mitochondria had a crush on a scientist I knew I was in for a bad ride. Once people started spontaneously combusting because of mitochondria powers, I wanted nothing more than to throw the book out of the window.
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Anonymous2008-08-03 23:04
Walden. Jesus Christ.
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Anonymous2008-08-03 23:38
I havent read a lot of bad books, but Forest Mage by Robin Hobb was pretty rough going. Ill probably read the others anyway though, since I was dumb enough to buy all 3 in hardcover without reading it at all.
Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead was by far the most gruelling and painful read I've ever experienced. Upon reflection, I enjoyed parts of it, but my god that book made me rage.
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Anonymous2008-08-15 6:20
>>4
LOL anon, I just wanted to post the exact same thing. Luckily I stole the books. I read Shaman's Crossing which was still somewhat bearable if really tedious - but it at least left you hope that it would get better - and then the whole thing devolved into one huge emo I'M SO FAT BAWWWWWWWW shitfest on EVERY FUCKING PAGE in the second book.
Glad I didn't waste money on this shit.
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Anonymous2008-08-15 12:29
Tale of Two Cities... Might just be me, but Dickens might be the least interesting writer of all time.
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Anonymous2008-08-15 14:23
L'morte D'arthur
Although I didn't actually read the whole thing. I read like 800 of its 1100 pages though... it had it's moments but it was just so dry.
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Anonymous2008-08-16 7:00
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. That goddamn Southern English. Quite the "coarse ignorant language for coarse ignorant people," to quote a review of the book.
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Anonymous2008-08-17 1:13
The Fountainhead: I quit halfway.
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Anonymous2008-08-18 3:09
Crime & Punishment. It was like reading a brick. 80 pages in, I realized I neither knew nor cared what was going on, and quit.
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Anonymous2008-08-18 9:31
Wuthering Heights
It has a decent plot so I forced myself to continue but there was just something about the prose that didn't engage me.
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Anonymous2008-08-18 12:10
Finnegans Wake
I read it simply because I wanted to put my money where my mouth was. It was a difficult task; it was nonsensical; it was stupid. In the end, however, I was able to finish it and that at least gave me leverage in declaring it personally my worst book of all time. I needed to wash my brain afterward with Faulkner. It was just so bad.
>>11 >>12
Totally agree with you. Holy fucking shit, it was worthless. But at least I can insult it all I want, I fucking finished reading it.
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Anonymous2008-08-21 18:11
>>21
Wuthering Heights had me wanting to personally kill the entire cast of characters for about the entirety of the novel, and though the book itself isn't bad, I'd probably become a serial murderer if I perused through it a second time.
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Anonymous2008-08-22 0:37
American Psycho and The Sea Wolf
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Anonymous2008-08-22 0:43
Nathaniel Mackey, Bass Cathedral. A pretty cool book, but tough going all the way.
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Anonymous2008-08-26 21:52
Lord of the Rings lol
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Anonymous2008-08-27 0:35
The Historian
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Anonymous2008-08-27 6:51
american psycho. Worth it though
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Anonymous2008-08-27 7:41
The Patron Saint of Eels by Gregory Day. Piece of shit book, but I had to read it this year for year 12 Lit.
Paradise Lost. Didn't help I was like 15 at the time, or that English wasn't my first language to begin with.
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Anonymous2008-08-30 18:18
Foucault's Pendulum.
I didn't know what the hell they were talking about half the time.
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Anonymous2008-08-30 18:42
I thought Finnegans Wake was pretty funny :/
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Anonymous2008-08-31 0:29
Shogun, had to put it on hold, such a long book.
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Anonymous2008-08-31 12:04
The Amateurs. its a long ass book about ROWING. UUGGGHHHHH.
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Anonymous2008-09-07 18:55
The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason
It seemed to have no real plot at all. I honestly cannot remember anything about it and did not enjoy reading it at all.
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Anonymous2008-09-07 20:44
Magician by Raymond E Feist. Good story the second time you read it, but first time it seemed insanely chaotic - spending 100 pages with a character then changing to another, so you kind of forget what's happening with each.
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Anonymous2008-09-08 15:06
>39 how many days did you spend on it?
reading it in 2 days doesn't left you that confused.
Ivan Goncharov's Oblomov first half is boring as hell but second half make you crave for more.
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Anonymous2008-09-10 11:20
LORD OF THE RINGS. I still haven't finished it. I only got half way. :(