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what's the worst book you've read for a book group?

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lucydogz · 30/05/2018 22:20

I love the book groups I've been to - they make me read books that I would usually never have picked up, but sometimes they throw up absolute stinkers. I thought the worst ever was the Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, but this has been surpassed by A Memmonite in a Little Black Dress. Absolute drivel. I'd love to hear other's bad books

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Namethecat · 31/05/2018 17:38

Cold comfort farm - boring !

Toomuchsplother · 31/05/2018 17:36

Loved Kite Runner.
The Loney, The Keeper of Lost Things and When you disappeared come to mind!

Unsureneighbour · 31/05/2018 16:34

I hated We Need To Talk About Kevin, everyone else in the group adored it. I thought I was going mad until I found the 1* reviews on Amazon and discovered there are a few others who felt the same as me!

spidey66 · 31/05/2018 16:30

I loved The Kite Runner, though it's not a patch on A Thousand Splendid Suns.

My two worse book club reads were Bury My Head at Wounded Knee and The Hare With the Amber Eyes. Both were as dull as dishwater and i think I managed a fraction of both of them.

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lucydogz · 31/05/2018 10:51

Yes! Kite Runner, imo, was dross.

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FiveShelties · 31/05/2018 10:46

I also thought the Boy in the Striped Pyjamas was really bad, but then someone recommended The Kite Runner. That was really bad!

Ragwort · 31/05/2018 08:57

David Beckham's Biography Hmm - I left after that choice. Grin

KeithLeMonde · 31/05/2018 08:45

Street Cat Named Bob - horrendous sanctimonious drivel. I even hated the cat.