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I have just read possibly the worst book in the world

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Mrsrobertduvall · 13/04/2012 17:50

A Cold Season by Alison Littlewood.
Disclaimer...I bought it in Smith's on a buy one get one half price, and grabbed it as the cover looked good.
It's about a mother and son marooned in a small Lancashire village with unfriendly locals...a bit Wicker Man-ish. And of course there are witch/devil undertones.
It is utter tripe.
It is now in the charity shop for some poor sod to buy.

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junounderstated · 13/04/2012 18:14

Twilight. Can only speak for the first as I wasn't silly enough to go back for more, but really? Finished it in a sort of "oh sweet jaysus this is the most utter drivel" daze.

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 13/04/2012 18:12

Mine went in the bin.

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 13/04/2012 18:12

No no no. Women In Love is the worst. Huge swathes of German (fine if you speak German, obvs) and underlying - or rather IN YER FACE - messages that The Working Class Are Unbearable and Women Just Need A Good Shaggin'.

Never trust a man who likes DH Lawrence.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 13/04/2012 18:12

It is the alleged sequel: it is actually a pile of stinking manure disguised as a book. She should be ashamed of herself.

DilysPrice · 13/04/2012 18:11

Digital Fortress, which Dan Brown wrote before he improved his literary style and research quality. Yes, I know, can you imagine?

BellaBearisWideAwake · 13/04/2012 18:09

Is pemberley the 'sequel' to p&p? I remember the author writing an article in the guardian after the Jennifer ehle version on the telly and being so so cross at her

shockers · 13/04/2012 18:09

I preferred 'Room' to 'The Slap'.

BertieBotts · 13/04/2012 18:08

Single White E-mail has to beat all of these. It is from the dark mists of time when people used to hyphenate the word "email" because the fact that it was "electronic" was groundbreaking.

Plus, it's really shit and predictable and the protagonist is annoying.

SunshineOutdoors · 13/04/2012 18:08

Dean. Koontz.

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Mrsrobertduvall · 13/04/2012 18:07

Yes I hate Mo doo-dah and Martina Cole too.

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TheCountessOlenska · 13/04/2012 18:06

itsatiggaday, me too - I had to throw Pig Island by Mo thingy in the bin - it was sooo rubbish and distasteful I couldn't bring myself to charity shop it!

BafanaThesober · 13/04/2012 18:05

I don't know, toss up between anything by Marina Cole and The slap being worse. I couldn't read either, they were both so awful, but is completely different ways!

Gincognito · 13/04/2012 18:05

Clive. Cussler.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 13/04/2012 18:05

Nope - the worst book in the world is, 'Pemberley' by Emma Tennant. I am willing to accept that the ones listed here are bad but this one is an absolute travesty and should never have been published.

LaurieFairyCake · 13/04/2012 18:04

I read the tortuous first ten pages of 'Room' and I decided that I didn't care why they were there.

How is it a good idea to detail every minute detail of something in a room Confused

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Mrsrobertduvall · 13/04/2012 18:04

Oh no, the Slap was a literary masterpiece.
I actually quite liked it.

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NettoSuperstar · 13/04/2012 18:03

I bet The Slap was worse.

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Mrsrobertduvall · 13/04/2012 18:02

Cantdkthis again...I skipped through the last 100 pages in about 10 minutes.
Glad I'm not alone.

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Cantdothisagain · 13/04/2012 17:53

Agreed. In fact I couldn't even finish it.

itsatiggerday · 13/04/2012 17:52

See you and raise you! I read a Martina Cole once. It went in the bin, I couldn't bear the thought of someone else enduring it.

Thanks for giving another one to avoid....