Books to avoid

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Plenty of threads for recommendations but what books would you advise people to avoid

For me it's 'Her' by Harriet Gray

A total non story with a dreadful ending. I actually thought my kindle had forgotten to download the last chapter. Don't know if the author was running late for her deadline or what but ugh avoid

Cloud Atlas. Like WTF?

Kate Mosse - Labyrinth - too ridiculous

Jojo Moyes - Me before you - Unrealistically worthy portrayal of 'working class' family plus woman being taught, pygmalion like, about foreign language films. Also cringy.

The 100 year old man - Dull as fuck.

oops Her is by Harriet Lane not Grey

Quite enjoyed me before you.

Gone Girl. Was actually quite cross that I'd wasted part of my life on it.

Run, Rabbit by Updike - grow the fuck up, Rabbit! The book gave me the rage.

Girl on the train - awful, I really don't get its popularity

(but Cloud Atlas is one of my all time favourites!)

Also enjoyed gone girl and girl on train. But not cloud atlas.

The Tme Traveller's Wife. rubbish and very long

Lord of the Rings. I'm very stubborn and don't like to let a book 'beat' me, but bloody hell it was tedious.

ladydepp was going to say The Girl on the Train too. Painful.

The poisonwood bible and Jonathan strange and mr Norrell - I wasted hours on both of these

Can't believe no-ones claimed this yet- but 50 shades of grey. I hate it. A lot.

I loved Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. Her by Harriet Lane was my favourite read of last summer.

But I will give you The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. Truly the worst book of the year so far. I can't believe I wasted time on that utter tripe. Have no idea what he was thinking when he wrote that. He's a good writer and I have enjoyed several of his previous books but he's seriously lost the plot with this one imo.

Time travellers wife is one of my favourites.... I love it!!!

Yes to Gone Girl. I'm half way through and thinking when will this get any better.

Lovely bones by Alice Seabold. I've started this book twice and both times given up in disgust because it's dire.

The Dice Man. Misogynistic crap.

I think lovely bones is for teenagers. I loved the time travellers wife gripping though I read the first half grumbling and tutting that it was a 'stupid book, stupid idea' but somehow couldn't stop reading. Loved it.

Girl on the Train was just meh after all the bloody hype. She gave me the rage too.

The latest Marian Keyes - i used to like her because although I don't like chick-lit, she has a sharp humour. I can read Rachel's Holiday over and over again. But she's just gone soft now: it's basically your run of the mill stuff.

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, don't know why I succumbed to the hype - I thought it was awful. Poorly written and just what was the point of the main character?!?

Also have not enjoyed The Miniaturist, no revelation and no satisfaction

A quiet belief in Angels - relentless misery

"Cloud Atlas. Like WTF?"

Like, great book that you didn't get

Re "Books to avoid" - I'd put in that list any heavily-marketed, over-hyped book by an unknown author that suddenly becomes a bestseller. I'll happily wait a year or two, then read it if it's still talked about as a great book.

Maud - I managed about two pages of A Quiet Belief in Angels before giving up. I'd forgotten about that one. Not my cup of tea at all.

Oh and Brick Lane by Monica Ali - boring. Struggled through to the end, but wished I hadn't bothered.