To ask what is the worst book you ever read?

[Joey1471]

And why

I would say mice and men , had to read it for my GCSEs , so boring

cigars I tried, really tried, to read Moby Dick. I wanted to, I was motivated, I was bored.

"Heart of Darkness" I've re-read this several times to see what I'm missing but I can't find it. I've come to the conclusion that I'm not missing anything.
"Catcher in the Rye" Another one that I just don't get...have also re-read this one in an attempt to understand but no luck. This is my sister's favorite book.

I love "The Great Gatsby" but I think it is talking about a particularly American way of approaching life so don't know how well that translates for readers in other countries.

50 shades - didn't get any further than Chapter 2. Also, just finished reading The woman in the window, which did not live up to it's hype.

The Slap, and then another by him, Barracuda.
Fucking awful.

50 shades getting slated. Agree it's awful but to give it credit people who haven't read in years picked it up.

Not a fan of the alchemist massively over rated.

Gave up on room emma donogue. it's just misery porn. Read a few chapters and decided not for me.

Iq84 haruki murakami taught me if you don't like a book call it quits. Made it to the end took me months never got a better. Complete waste of a read

The girl on the landing alot of hype again. Not for me was awfully predictable and long winded.

@craigglen Behind closed doors? I found it so far fetched! BA Paris' second book was so much better.

A Paulina Simmons novel, the writing was awful.
I've always been annoyed by Tim Winton's writing voice, but I think I might be the only one. Eat Pray Love made me die inside, and I was not equal to The Luminaries even though I thought it was amazing in theory.

@the Doggy Few, Christos Tsolkas is a gay man, so I don't think he is enticed by any young female fuckdolls. He does explore patriarchal attitudes through his characters.

Debt inheritance by proper winters, it was the most degrading book i have ever read.

Pepper not proper. Still awful though

Another vote for 50 Shades.

I've never read such illiterate codswallop in my life.

50 Shades- Couldn't finish it

The lovely Bones

Yeah fifty shades of grey was terrible I couldn't get through it , it was o badly written and the Da Vinci code incredibly boring I did actually enjoy the time travellers wife and Gone girl , i used to love Martina Cole as an author but her books are utter tripe now and she just rehashes the some story again and again

Any other Tim Winton non-believers out there?

50 Shades without a doubt.

The last Bridget Jones one was so awful that I gave up about 50 pages in.

I read the first page of 50 Shades and laughed at her repeated use of the same adjective. I would expect better from a 10 year old. Utter bilge!

Tess of the D'Urbevilles - just hated the female main character so much.

Small Bright Things by Scarlett Thomas. Waste of time 💩.

Genuine Fraud by E Lockhart. A rip off of the talented mr ripley and told backwards for novelty.

The Colour of her Panties by Piers Anthony. I read it at a party while drunk. The Da Vinci Code was also pretty dreadful. I loathed Captain Corelli's Mandolin so much that stopped after a couple of chapters, so I don't think I can claim to have read it. I also hated Cicero's Pro Milone when I studied it at school.

The To Kill a Monkingbird sequel. The plot was super dull as literally nothing happened, the characters were all dickheads and the continuity! Since when was Tom Robinson acquitted? Or only had one arm? I wouldn’t mind so much but she’s only written two books so not a great ask to remember the odd fact about one of the main characters.

Wow, some of my favourite books on here - Heart of Darkness, Far From the Madding Crowd, Ulysses, The Goldfinch, all of Henry James ....

I'd second The Da Vinci Code. Horrible writing style. Haven't attempted 50 Shades.

The miniaturist... Tbh it wasn't terrible but the fact that there is absolutely no need for, well, the miniaturist really ruined it for me.

Totally agree @Keepingupwiththejonesys - there was a decent book in there if the miniaturist wasn't making it all mystical. The family plot line was interesting but the miniaturist distracted unnecessarily from it.

White Teeth- Zadie Smith. Some major historical inaccuracies at the start which made me think the author couldn't be bothered.

Yes x100 to The Alchemist! What a waste of time. A very try hard, pretentious pile of drivel.

Rylan I didn't hate "the particular sadness of lemon cake* but it does go down as one of the strangest books I have read. A chair to fucks sake. It did go to the charity shop

Slugs by Shaun Hudson (I think?). It's about 6 inch killer slugs, with one tooth. Seriously. I only read it as someone said it was the worst book they ever read and I wanted to see if it was true. It was.

@CanIhavedessertfirst - yes, it was Behind Closed Doors. I thought it was awful.

I hated Emma when I read it at school and have never read any Jane Austen since but I recognise it's probably a very good book, it's just not my thing.

I also didn't enjoy - and couldn't finish -

The Time Traveller's Wife
Love in the Time of Cholera
Captain Corelli's Mandolin