Bad Books or wish I hadn't bothered!

Glad to have this thread Trisher.

The Lovely Bones, whimsical load of old tosh, I wanted to hurl it across the room when I finished it. Of late Lincoln in The Bardo, won loads of accolades wanted to like it, worse than the worst homework ?

sorry lots of spelling errors......in above post

Some novels are more relevant in the time they were written
I liked Catcher In The Rye when I was 16 and it was in the 1960's. Life for teens is very different now.

I ahven't read it since, so 50 years ago, but if I remember it is the painful struggle to find connections as a teen who doesn't fit. Which is a common enough experience.
Many teens don't fell they fir in but they give it different names now.
Being a teen is often a tough time.

I didn't like Wuthering Heights but loved Jane Eyre.

I got quite excited about discovering Henry Miller (my English teacher, thinking she was "cool", mentioned it.). I rushed out to buy Tropic of Cancer.

Er - no thanks. The porny bits were disgusting, and the rest self-absorbed and turgid. Disappointing.

? Quaint indeed Irene! ??

Moby Dick. I wanted to sink that ruddy boat.
Middle March. Dry as dust.
Was never a Bronte fan at all.
DH Lawrence. Yawn.
Solzhenitsyn. Worthy and turgid.
The Shipping News is my favourite book ?

C.P. Snow’s The New Men. What an awful grind!

John Boyne’s “Ladder to the Sky”. I have never read a book where I have found so few likeable characters - in fact there was only one that I had any time for and she didn’t last long! I like John Boyne’s books, but definitely not this one!

Dan Brown?
Just ignore me.

Oh I am so glad that I am not alone in finding Wuthering Heights less than wonderful . Wasn’t that enthralled by Vanity Fair either , but that might have been because I had to read it for school !

The Dan Jones one, I've even forgotten what its called.

My daughter loved it, but I just couldn't get into it.

Another vote for Catcher in the Rye. Self-absorbed whingeing, as already pointed out.

Had a go at Shades of Grey, but no, just no.

The Bell Jar - underwhelming.

Brave New World - I really tried. But no.

Wuthering Heights - whatever the attraction is, it passed me by.

Sounds riveting Poppyred if you’re a ship’s captain or some such, one man’s meat etc.

Bought a book after recommendation on here - Shipping News or Shipping Times something like that.... that was a load of c* too.

The above 2 are on my waste of time list too! Add to that 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Never did get that.

Not so much ‘bad books’ but books that just don’t appeal. For example, my son gave me ‘Life of Pi’, I tried it but just wasn’t me, although I’m sure others loved it.
TBH, I have many ‘worthy’ books on the shelf which have never been read, but might get a look in if stuck at home for the duration.

Catcher in the Rye. Despite being a lit buff and an English teacher (regarded as a literary snob by other English teachers), I'd never read this 'classic'. So finding a copy in the staff room, I took it home for the weekend and decided to treat myself.

What a pile of c**p. To sum up, spoiled little rich boy wingeing.