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Books that defeated you!

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Ilovecheese Wed 01-Mar-23 12:23:08

A Suitable Boy

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Juno56 Wed 01-Mar-23 12:20:11

The Magus John Fowles

Despite enjoying some of the descriptions of the fictional Greek island and friends raving about it, I just couldn't bring myself to finish it. I tried to read it in my teens; maybe I would appreciate it now but really life's too short 😕.

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GagaJo Wed 01-Mar-23 11:59:20

nanna8

Ulysses by James Joyce. Bits of it were ok but not an enjoyable book.

Came here to say the same thing! War and Peace too. Got 1/2 way through and thought, why am I bothering?

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nanna8 Wed 01-Mar-23 11:57:57

Ulysses by James Joyce. Bits of it were ok but not an enjoyable book.

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TerriBull Wed 01-Mar-23 11:45:06

Hot on the heels of Doodledog's uplifting thread, best novels and why?. What book/s have you abandoned or wished you had!

Mine would be, Cloud Atlas, I did finish it but found really heavy going, at the time a few people around me were saying "what a great book" I think it was a very clever concept and although I can be ok with a non linear narrative, I just didn't get on with it at all. Similarly, Lincoln in The Bardo which has won so many literary awards, Booker Prize winner and then the best Booker Prize Winner ever shock and very much loved over on MN, not by me, I think, it was my worst book ever. Other than that Johnathan Strange and Mr Norrell, I gave up 100 pages in, not enjoying it with 600 or more pages to go. The Lovey Bones, I just hated it, thought it was utter shite, I couldn't understand why it had so many accolades heaped on it at the time.

So what did you hate and abandon and what did you finish but wish you hadn't wasted your time on?

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