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Worst book(s) you read in 2020

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makingitupaswegoon · 29/12/2020 11:55

So I haven't participated in the 50 book challenge this year and was planning to ask for your best / worst reads during 2020 but see someone else has started a thread on best reads.

But I also want to know what to avoid. What did you spend your time reading that you really wished you hadn't wasted your time on or gave up on partway through?

Usually there's a good few 'must reads' that are absolute pants ... 'girl on the train' and 'we are all completely beside ourselves' spring to mind ...

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TheWashingMachine · 29/12/2020 17:38

In fact I'm a bit sceptical of award winning fiction at the moment I feel the choices are often very political rather than being based on literary merit.

TheWashingMachine · 29/12/2020 17:36

I hated Milkman and was underwhelmed by The Binding.

hopeishere · 29/12/2020 17:35

Theatre of Dreams by Polly Samson. Pure shite. Too many characters and a muddled plot.

I didn't mind Queenie but it wasn't worth the hype. It was ok.

cameocat · 29/12/2020 17:34

Untamed, stop pleasing, start living by Glennon Doyle. Could have had promise but was utter drivel and I couldn't bear the writer or her writing.

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makingitupaswegoon · 29/12/2020 17:33

sorry Queenie

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makingitupaswegoon · 29/12/2020 17:32

Oh thanks for the heads up about Queen - it was on my list. Now removed. I tried to read Milkman and couldn't be bothered with it tbh

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PrincessGinderella · 29/12/2020 17:29

Queenie by Candice Carty Williams here too. Sounded really interesting but Christ I was so bored I gave up after a few chapters.

danadas · 29/12/2020 17:23

Milkman. I'm just not clever enough for it I don't think!

TheWindOnTheMoon · 29/12/2020 17:21

Where The Crawdads Sing was utter shite in my opinion. Overblown, over-written, unbelievable nonsense.

The Binding, also over-hyped garbage. Promised far more than it delivered.

Agree with PP - The Lido is bad. Poorly written, I wondered how it even got published.

YewandOak · 29/12/2020 17:07

Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine.
Struggled to finish it. Waste of time and money.

Kote · 29/12/2020 17:03

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams was probably my biggest disappointment of the year.

My other contenders for worst book (none are new releases):

  • Himself by Jess Kidd
  • So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
  • Every Note Played by Lisa Genova
  • The Lido by Libby Page