I just read a terrible book

oh god yes I think I might have been on the same readalong for The Interpreter - bleurgh

A Little Life is the worst book I have ever read. We read it in my Book Club and all hated it. Misery upon misery upon misery yet some people seem to love it.

I’m so happy to see Crawdads made other people’s lists. What a dreadful book.

I’m throwing I Am Pilgim into the mix. I was hate-reading it after the first third, and finished it only as some kind of exercise in self-flagellation. It still makes me cross.

This is one that I chucked about a third of the way through. Thought it was such third rate stuff. But he obviously sells as his books are all now given the window display at Waterstone's treatment. Thought it was funny that Rev Richard Coles then released a similar sounding 'cosy crime' novel. Publishers clearly looking to repeat Osman's success.

Where the Crawdads Sing. One of the worst books I’ve read in years - quite why it’s as popular as it is I don’t know, it’s utter tripe.

Anything by Jodi Picoult. Well, to be fair I’ve only read 2 of hers so I can’t say for certain that they’re all awful, but I bet they are.

Now I've rtft I see I'm not alone.

A fellow book group person told me she'd pretended to be busy because she couldn't face talking about it.

I loved Piranesi, hated A Little Life - should have binned it off but ploughed through thinking it might improve. Lesson learned.
I read about 10 pages of Verity by Colleen Hoover then hurled it across the room. I have never thrown a book before in my life. Awful 50 shades vibe. Dire.

How to Kill Your Family. Just do not understand why it's a bestseller. The writing is appalling.

The Miniaturist is one of mine too. What a load of old tosh.

Another one I remember rolling my eyes through most of the book was The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield.

These days I just chuck 'em if they're annoying me too much.

The worst book I can remember (in terms of a completely WTF godawful plot, at least) was Zelda’s Cut by Philippa Gregory. It was published quite a while ago but boy, the ‘twist’ at the end was just… completely crap.

I had read a few by PG before, and thought they were quite good, but that one put me off her forever.

Yes!! I gave up on it about a third of the way through. Just cannot understand all the hype. I read an Alexei Sayle book that was similarly awful and figured that it had only been published because he was so famous. I can't remember the name of it but it was laughably bad.

I also put it down about of a third the way through.

A Little Life. Horrible misery porn. The person who chose it for my book group rhapsodized about it at length, her favourite book that she rereads every year etc. I'm not in a book group anymore.

Oh my god, I picked this 'book' up in a charity shop recently for 50p, having never read anything of hers previously. Good lord, it is dire. I struggled through and finished it, god knows why. The main character, who we're clearly supposed to love and sympathise with, was just eurgh. Whiny, clingy, possessive and self pitying.
I really like chick-lit, but it has to be good chick-lit, (Marian Keyes etc). This never would have been published without a 'celeb' name attached to it, not in a million years.
I passed it on to my 14 year old, who managed less than one chapter before lobbing it in a corner and saying, "Wtf, did she even pass GCSE English? This is shit."

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern. It is supposed to be 'spellbinding'. It couldn't finish it as it was cats, corridors, cats, corridors....and I gave up the will to live.

Little fires everywhere..it was SOOO slow going. I gave up in the end which I hate doing. Can’t understand the rave reviews.

Eleanor Oliphant was the biggest pile of shit ever. Actually made me properly furious it was so unbelievable and the way it trivialised childhood abuse and serious mental illness was just bizarre. Total raging alcoholic but only on the weekends - right. Lonely social misfit with hints of dark abuse and grim childhood - oh guess what all she needed was a makeover, a Brazilian wax and the love of a good man. And as for the 'ending' - she's actually been hallucinating her long-dead mother all along?? In other words floridly delusional. But she's FINE NOW?? Absolute bollocks. Cannot understand why anyone likes it.

I recently read the family at no. 12.

Absolutely awful!

Also, Malibu rising - I found that really tedious.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo has been recommended to me a few times, but seeing as it's the same author I can't imagine finding that an interesting read either

'The Orphan Choir' by Sophie Hannah.
Ridiculous plot.
I had read a couple of her other books that were decent but this was so bad made me want to weep.Life is to short for bad books.

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton was infuriating after a reasonable first chapter, as was Audrey Niffeneggers’s second novel Her Fearful Symmetry. Both just dreadful books.

Sorry, the title cut off on my display, you did tell us! I haven't read it...there's a similar one about.

Thanks for warnings on others.

Op sounds familiar am sure there has been a recent tv series on Netflix or somewhere similar that I switched off after 10 mins as was equally annoyingly bad 😂

I loved crawdads, midnight library and Eleanor oliphant!

I did however hate the murder club books by Richard osman

I love most of JoJo Moyes stuff but hated Me Without You.
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell..
Richard Osman, absolutely.
Couldn't finish Gone Girl.

I DNF'd SPQR too, it sent me to sleep multiple times.