Yeah, that.

The Visitors.... Black Box aliens that eat trees.

A little purple prose is ok, but too much just becomes agitating.

IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A PANCAKE!!!!

I looked it up. Weird, the aliens are cellulose life forms that consume trees. It sounds kinda interesting, but it probably svcks.

I didn't get far in AS, it was alright, but Rand went out of her way to describe the stuff in the scene, but not the story itself, which bored me to death.

I tried Twilight, I think I read the first page or two and found it boring and said [censored] it.

If we're defining "worst" as "books that made me want to drive a stick thru my own eye"...

...Shelters of Stone, by Jean M. Auel. It was like someone finally decided to allow the author to publish without an editor, and it was a disaster.
...that sequel to Gone With the Wind.
...most Shakespeare. Great stories...but the writing style/form gives me a migraine.

Which is funny, considering Shakespeare's stories weren't entirely original.

So you only read up to maybe 3 or 4 chapters in and quit?

Just because you find some of the things morally questionable or disgustying in your eyes doesn't make it bad story telling.

I really haven't read to many books so my options are limited, but the Silmarillion by Tolkien bored the hell out of me. I couldn't make it but maybe a chapter into it.

Well, even written records that are considered original, probably had roots in stuff that was never written down/recorded so we'll never know who truly originated the idea itself.

Besides, all ideas probably came from alien teaching devices..eg not of human origin. I've seen 2001, I know how it is.

I enjoyed Twilight, but anyway I'd say anything by Stephen King. Or at least the newer stuff. Like I've tried to read a few (Cell for example) but it was like 'this happened and then this happened and then this happened and this happened' it was just really boring and poorly written in my opinion. He probably just uses a ghost writer and just throws his name on books to reap the sales these days. I find it hard to believe he would write so poorly, I'm sure the older books are better.

The one they just made a movie out of, The Hunger Games. Each character is one dimensional, the protagonist was a generally dislikable character. Her grammar was bad enough to annoy me, who is halfway drunk 50% of the time and fully drunk another 40% of the time. The story was predictable and when something you didn't expect to happen happens, its because it was so moronic that it didn't seem like a viable option. She would wright herself into corners and then use Deus Ex Machina to get herself out if it.

I could spend hours talking about all the reasons it was bad, and it pisses me off that this has become popular when there are really good stories out there that aren't looked at.

Another series I loved. I'll admit if you want to anolyze it there's a lot wrong with it, or at least you can say the ideas are pretty shallow, but if you just take it for what it is and read it as casual entertainment or something it's not half bad. I loved the first two books. The third started off slow but got more interesting as it went on.

WWWHHHHHAAAAAAAA????

I intensely disliked Brave New World, which was surprising because it's hailed as a top 2 dystopian novel by just about anyone. This was when I was younger and didn't read as much, so maybe I'll give it another crack. I don't have very fond memories, though.

Damn casuals, ruining our books too.

But in all seriousness, I found myself unable to enjoy them because they irritated me so much.

It was alright, nothing that I would go out of my way for, but the book held a solid flow of events. Some of the characters are cliche, but it was decent.


I don't value certain works critically. It was aimed at a younger generation and basically a simplified kids version of 1984. And I think 1984 is one of the most important books to read. So anything to get kids interested in fascist dystopian futures is ok by me.

I was trying to remember what it reminded me of, that was one. But there was a fantasy book I read that the premise was basically the same thing.

A Separate Peace.

What a terrible, overwrought, hamfisted novel that was. The last page or so absolutely bludgeons you with the novel's message, and the purple prose... if I recall correctly there are about two or three pages devoted to describing a tree. Ugh.

Fly Away Peter by David Malouf. I was assigned it as an English assignment, it was an absolute pile of garbage. It's a book written by a poet who was more interested in exploring the idea of the purpose of life than an actual story.
As for books being discussed in the thread;
Twilight :To quote Stephen King "Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn."
ASOIAF: Love the books, reading Storm of Swords right now.
The Hunger Games: Great series, enjoyed every page.

I can't think of anything worse than Twilight and its babies. I'm sure worse exists, but for the sheer absurdity of the popularity:talent ratio, Twilight beats out everything else. In comparison, Harry Potter reads like House of Sand and Fog.

I was skeptical about ASOIAF series at first because of its popularity but I finished the Game of Thrones. I'm almost done with a Clash of Kings and so far so good. I heard a Feast for Crows isn't the best in the series but some people say its meh and others enjoy it, so I'll have to see.

I couldn't get into The Hobbit or LOTR at all.

Once I complete the next 3 ASOIAF books I'm going to see if the Wheel of Time series is any good.

Dracula: Undead

So call "official sequel" written by someone who hates the classic.

I am extremely picky when reading books and I ensure that I know the basic detail before reading it. Thus, I generally like all the books I've read. If I don't like a book I stop reading it without a second thought.

Thus I can't vote for "worst" but Mein Kampf deserves a special mention. The book has great deal of detail about what Mr. Hitler is going to do when he comes to power yet it was a massive surprise to everyone to find him attacking neighbors and gassing Jews. Other than that it was little more than any political autobiography, so I suppose it was the biggest meh book I've read. And why I read it? I simply wanted to gloat in history lessons about it. And it worked.

There's also the Bible. It's a nice fantasy book but a very bad manual.