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| Book Title: The Ruins |
| Author: Scott Smith |
Truly, this was the worst book I've ever, ever read in my 49 years of life. Touted big and raved of by Stephen King and many online reviewers, I couldnt believe just how bad a book could possibly be. How it made it to the best-seller list is beyond me, I could find nothing redeeming whatsoever. Bad characters, crazy and highly unlikely plot, dialogue so bad you cringe when reading, and an ending that was very lame.
| Book Title: Erec Rex: Dragon's Eye |
| Author: Kaza Kingsley |
A direct rip off of Harry Potter, so much so that I have been waiting for news of the author being sued by JK Rowling. As I read each page realizing all the stolen ingredients, I truly felt appalled that another author could stoop so low.
| Book Title: The Canopy |
| Author: Angela Hunt |
A wonderful plot, exciting and adventurous story, until the end. This is a perfect example of how to destroy a good book with a horrible, improbable, just plain dumb ending.
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| Book Title: Catch-22 |
| Author: Joseph Heller |
I couldn't stand the inane dialgoue and circular story. I just wanted something, anything, to happen that would interest me.
| Book Title: The Maze |
| Author: Catherine Coulter |
Not the best writing in the world and predictable.
| Book Title: The Search |
| Author: Iris Johansen |
Why oh why can't writers do their homework? This book was so full of errors when it came to search dogs and dogs in general (NEVER give your dog a Tylenol unless you want to kill him/her).
| Book Title: Crime and Punishment |
| Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky |
Hmm...it would probably be Crime and Punishment, with its creepy but intriguing main character, Rodya. Much as I liked the story, it was just a little too dark and gruesome for my tastes. And there are SO many other books I'd rather read.
| Book Title: A Million Little Pieces |
| Author: James Frey |
Another memoir, this one untrue. Frey initially hooked me with his clean prose and raw account of recovery from drug addiction. But then the media onslaught began and I felt completely duped.
| Book Title: The Turn of the Screw |
| Author: Henry James |
To impress my professor, who didn't really give two beans about me, I wrote my worst-ever paper in college on the theme of "ambiguity" in this Henry James ghost story about two children and their governess. Grade on the paper: C-, largely due to bad formatting and my inept use of footnotes.
| Book Title: Mr. Muo's Travelling Couch |
| Author: Dai Sijie |
All in all it was pretty one dimensional, especially his treatment of women, and the whole plot was divisive seeming to revolve around the last line of the book. Boring.
| Book Title: The Witching Hour |
| Author: Anne Rice |
Loved the book all the way until the end when it didn't end. The book couldn't stand on it's own.
| Book Title: Burnt Offerings (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Book 7) |
| Author: Laurell K. Hamilton |
Books 1 through 6 rocked and while they progressed more to the romance side there was enough horror/science fiction to keep me interested. Book 7 well, porn is porn even when it's dressed up to resemble a novel.
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