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What is the most godawfully bad book you have ever read? (1 Viewer)

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Survivors by Zion Ben Jonah,

At least it's free and written on what makes a great substitute for rolling paper.
 

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I didn't mind wuthering heights...*bias* I am playing Emily Bronte for my major drama work..*whistles*

I preferred the Princess Bride film...and not JUST because of Wesley and Ewles who plays him....I probably spelt that wrong..*sigh*

STILL HATE EMMA. HATED IT BEFORE THE HSC AND STILL CONTINUING TO HATE IT WITH PASSION NOW.

I really, truly, greatly dislike The Lovely Bones aswell. I respect the author, its well written. And I read the whole thing..but it all got a little too much for me. I think, really, I'm getting a little sick of cliche happy endings.
 

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nearly everything by John Marsden....he sucks big time !!
The choosen sucked as well
 

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tess of the d'urbervilles - thomas hardy (had to read it from english. the hardest thing i ever did was to keep myself from strangling the girl sitting next to me pretending she was tess)
 

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i put it in another thread of the similar nature,
but its SOOOO FREAKING BAD,that i'm going to relist it on another 'bad book list..'
it should be put on the ban list [butthen every one will read it, as everyone does..]

SALLY MORGANS... MYPLACE.

*shudders*

:burn: :bomb: :mad1: :read: :mad: :angry: :hammer: :vcross: :chainsaw: :ninja: :argue: :jaw: :cold: :mad: :pain:




i think that about sums it up...
 

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absolution* said:
the davinci code


not only because it makes working class scum think that they are somewhat intellectual, but also it is horribly written. no cohesion. sensationalist ideas and plot (stolen). no character development... much like this sentence in fact.
much hate to audrey tautou for selling out and breaking my heart.
So true! People like Dan Brown can't write for shit, but they know exactly how to conceal this from the audience: give them something that seems mind-blowingly logical, creative, whatever, add lashings of romance and a new twist on every page, and they suck it in so fast that they don't have time to realize the stuff they are reading is shit.
 

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ellen.louise said:
So true! People like Dan Brown can't write for shit, but they know exactly how to conceal this from the audience: give them something that seems mind-blowingly logical, creative, whatever, add lashings of romance and a new twist on every page, and they suck it in so fast that they don't have time to realize the stuff they are reading is shit.

haha i love you guys!
i think i have an intellectual penis..
[this really needs to go into the other thread...]
:)
 

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i dont know if anyone said it before but ill say ti again anyway
YOU CANT FIND A BOOK WOSRE THAN AN IMAGINARY LIFE BY DAVID MALOUF !!!!!
 

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simplistic said:
i dont know if anyone said it before but ill say ti again anyway
YOU CANT FIND A BOOK WOSRE THAN AN IMAGINARY LIFE BY DAVID MALOUF !!!!!
That book was... *shudder*
his writing style was kinda cool but...
it was a bit too disturbing.:rofl:
 

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lmao dude noone talks about grass and dew in that depth:mad1: .. noone sane that is but i think ill take a leaf out of his books and when the english hsc is over ill burn the book in a spiritual cleasning bonfire :D
 

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ellen.louise said:
That book was... *shudder*
his writing style was kinda cool but...
it was a bit too disturbing.:rofl:
YOU BLASPHEME.
 

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simplistic said:
lmao dude noone talks about grass and dew in that depth:mad1: .. noone sane that is but i think ill take a leaf out of his books and when the english hsc is over ill burn the book in a spiritual cleasning bonfire :D
*Here's a bottle of metho and a lighter. Go play. Preferably in the vicinity of my english text collection...*:)
 

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*Here's a bottle of metho and a lighter. Go play. Preferably in the vicinity of my english text collection...*:)

I dont think I need a bottle of metho and a lighter to do that, Ellen. :)
 

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ZJ NingNing said:
*Here's a bottle of metho and a lighter. Go play. Preferably in the vicinity of my english text collection...*:)

I dont think I need a bottle of metho and a lighter to do that, Ellen. :)
You just need to breath on them and they'll catch fire.
:burn:

Out of interest, was Maestro your worst ever book? it was one of mine!
 

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*The Chocolate Wars, and sequel
very bad writing that had T S Eliot turing in his grave for his quote being included in it

*Wuthering Heights - just could not get into it, to disturbed in a seriously stupid way
 

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Playing Beatie Bow...studied it for English.........
worse book ever, half the stuff didnt even make sense
 
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Anything by Jodi Piccoult. The woman is a shit writer.

Her thought process when writing a book:

Googlesearch: tragic issues

<Insert Tragic Issue here>

<insert flowery, romanticised text>
<300 pages of drivel that eventually begins to examine the issue at hand>
<Tragic death, divorce, injury to insure that tragic issue is swept under carpet>

Jodi Piccoult makes a million dollars.
 

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