What is the most tedious book you have ever read?

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I am going out on a limb here for my first thread - I am struggling through The Well of Loneliness by Radcliffe hall. Aargh. I read it out of "historical interest" because I was interested by her boldness and by the obscenity trial etc but bloody hell she should have got herself an editor. The writing is truly dire. I am not sure I am actually going to make it to the end.

Love Gatsby though. I've read it three times.

Couldn't get past the second page of 50 Shades - the writing was deeply awful.

Never finished 'The Trial' as I fell asleep within a few pages every time I picked it up. After getting about 2/3rds through, I gave up.

You are spot on HugandRoll - The hundred year old man who climbed out of the window was total shite! I got three quarters of the way through and binned it in disgust!

I really enjoyed, 'The Trial.'

I was enjoying it too Remus - I just couldn't keep awake! I think it became a Pavlovian response.

I have to echo 50 shades and, in particular, fucking Gone Girl. Such badly drawn characters.

But, 8 pages in and no Cider With Rosie?!!! Jeeeesus that is turgid. Three pages describing a blade of grass or something?!! Give me strength.

The dictionary.

Doris Lessing - The Grass is Singing. Been to my friend's book gp a few times and this was her choice. She first read it at uni, UEA. What a load of pointless shite!!!

Pride and Prejudice - I love the movie with Colin Firth but CANNOT get past chapter 5 of the novel.

The Reader - what is it for? Seen the film and that was ... Just as dull despite the fact that I wanted to watch it for the later part of the story.

Birdsong - didn't get to the end. Made my depression much worse.

Of Mice & Men - I just hate it!!

Eat Pray Love - less than 100 pages and I wanted to rip it into 7 million pieces!!!

Wuthering Heights - so abusive. Not a love story AT ALL , imo.

Can't read any Dickens whatsoever. 42 pages to describe a door and yet I loved the adaptation of Bleak House in 2005/6, and am going to see it on stage a week on Tuesday.

Shall I stop now?!?!

Judy Collins' autobiography.

I picked it up on a book shelf in a holiday villa. I disliked her from the get go. By the end I positively loathed her. Self absorbed, self centered, hideous self apologist.

Shantaram - oh yaaaaaaaawn!

I've now made a rule that if I'm still bored after 2 chapters I give up . Life's too short, and there are too many other books I want time to try !

Another vote for A Prayer for Owen Meany. It took me ages to finish as I kept falling asleep whenever I was reading it.

Hester by Margaret Oliphant.
That is one Oxford Classic to ignore forever. Longwinded, dull, boring, dreary, repetitive, monotonous... you get the picture.

Girl Anatomy is the most tedious book I've read for a long time. The one star Amazon reviews sum it up. It's one of those that you actually resent taking up your valuable reading time

Me tooHugandroll
Just had to read The Girl who saved the King of Sweden for Book Group . Non of us enjoyed it (12 60ish women) we dcided it might appeal to a younger age group ..

Two chapters of unbelievable turgid shit and Wolf Hall went in the bin. American Psycho went on the fire.

I quite enjoyed American Psycho (except the tedious musical criticism chapters).

God yes! How could I have forgotten the tedium-feet that is Birdsong...

Dire

Brick Lane.
Dreary and just couldn't finish it.

Not RTFT but
Cloud Atlas (tedious) though I did like certain chapters
& One Day (duuuull)

Loads of the books mentioned were books I really liked.
I bloody hated Lord of the Rings. Gave up after 300 pages. I just didn't care.

Wuthering Heights. Took 3 attempts but I refused to be beaten. I'll never get those hours back

have only read the first and last pages of the thread so am assuming that every post in between says MORRISSEY: AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Ha ha Mudra - I wouldn't even stay awake through the cover blurb.

Sophie's World as mentioned upthread was another of my 'Who fucking cares?' abandonments. Anita Shrieve too. Couldn't give a shit about your angst ridden middle aged nonsense.