Boring books you have read and books you couldn't finish

A Tony Hillerman novel about some guy stealing pots in a desert. Probably turned himself in because of how boring his life was.

A Tony Hillerman novel about some guy stealing pots in a desert. Probably turned himself in because of how boring his life was.

Nude_Dude

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A Tony Hillerman novel about some guy stealing pots in a desert. Probably turned himself in because of how boring his life was.

fastesttruck

The Bone People-considering it's about 800 pages long and it had to be done in 3 weeks...forget that.
Hard Times-forced to do so in HS. Used sparknotes.

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A Tony Hillerman novel about some guy stealing pots in a desert. Probably turned himself in because of how boring his life was.

Nude_Dude

Recently...Mein Kampf.

I couldn't finish reading it.

Horribly written.

The Bone People-considering it's about 800 pages long and it had to be done in 3 weeks...forget that.Hard Times-forced to do so in HS. Used sparknotes.

Desulated

I finished Frankenstein, and the Scarlet Letter. I got through most of The Foundation, but I accidentally left it on a plane and not a single f*** was given that day.cd_rom

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The Bone People-considering it's about 800 pages long and it had to be done in 3 weeks...forget that.Hard Times-forced to do so in HS. Used sparknotes.

fastesttruck

XD :P

Yeah, I felt like an idiot having taken that course making me read a book that's 800 pages long. That doesn't include the other readings for my other courses.

Correction: It's 500 pages, not 800. Blame my poor memory skills. But the font is still small and I can barely understand the book. :lol:

Most of the books I had to read in 10th and 11th grade were boring as hell.

Lord Jim is the only book I never finished. Jane Eyre is the only book I wish I hadn't. I have a feeling that I'll feel the same about Portrait of a Lady, but I'm going to give it a shot anyway.mattbbpl

[QUOTE="mattbbpl"]Lord Jim is the only book I never finished. Jane Eyre is the only book I wish I hadn't. I have a feeling that I'll feel the same about Portrait of a Lady, but I'm going to give it a shot anyway.Theokhoth

I couldn't finish Moby Dick. I know there's a good story buried in there, but I'm not interested enough in cetology to get to it.

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The Bone People-considering it's about 800 pages long and it had to be done in 3 weeks...forget that.Hard Times-forced to do so in HS. Used sparknotes.

fastesttruck

[QUOTE="mattbbpl"]Lord Jim is the only book I never finished. Jane Eyre is the only book I wish I hadn't. I have a feeling that I'll feel the same about Portrait of a Lady, but I'm going to give it a shot anyway.Theokhoth

Twilight - read because the wife said it was good.

Worst vampire story I've ever had the misfortune to waste my time reading. Actually skipped large portions of the book.

Glowing vampires lol. Vampire thats 500 years old redoes highschool to appear normal. Doesn't he know how to invest money ? Theres like no downside to being a vampire so why wouldn't everyone be one.

Horrible writer and story.

[QUOTE="mattbbpl"]Lord Jim is the only book I never finished. Jane Eyre is the only book I wish I hadn't. I have a feeling that I'll feel the same about Portrait of a Lady, but I'm going to give it a shot anyway.Theokhoth

Boring Book I Did Finish: Great Expectations

Boring Book I Couldn't Finish: The Red Badge of Courage

Theo, don't make me not love you.scorch-62

Man, you people don't know nuting!Theokhoth

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]Man, you people don't know nuting!scorch-62

[QUOTE="scorch-62"][QUOTE="Theokhoth"]Man, you people don't know nuting!Theokhoth

Twilight - read because the wife said it was good.

Worst vampire story I've ever had the misfortune to waste my time reading. Actually skipped large portions of the book.

Glowing vampires lol. Vampire thats 500 years old redoes highschool to appear normal. Doesn't he know how to invest money ? Theres like no downside to being a vampire so why wouldn't everyone be one.

Horrible writer and story.

Skarwolf

1. Immortal
2. Super speed
3. A possible second "power" (Reading minds, mind can't be read)
4. Hunger is only caused by blood (so you can drink animal blood)
5. You can still be yourself before you became a vampire. (No losing your soul, not becoming evil; unless you CHOOSE to be bad).
6. Sun light does not kill you! (But you glow)

One downside, YOU GLOW! It will take practice but you can keep yourself away from eating humans, so what's not really not to like becoming a vampire? You're not a monster.

EDIT: Read all four books, the last one is hilarious.

Robinson Crusoe...

The only positive thing i can say about it is that it made me feel like i was trapped on some crappy island in the middle of the ocean with no living soul in sight.

Robinson Crusoe...

The only positive thing i can say about it is that it made me feel like i was trapped on some crappy island in the middle of the ocean with no living soul in sight.

Snow Crash sounded pretty damn cool, but it didnt hold my interest. I will retry.

Finished: The Sun Also Rises The Stranger As I Lay Dying Prodigal Son Not finished: Brave New World Rabbit, Run Over Sea, Under Stone The Stand Wicked The Subtle KnifeTheokhoth

You had trouble finishing The Stranger? That book is short and sweet (well bitter-sweet).

I've never given up on a book of fiction no matter how dull it was and non-fiction books I sometimes read in a very piece-meal fashion so I wouldn't really count those. As far as books I found pretty darn dull to the point that I had to really push myself to finish them would be Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, Moby Dick, and most books I have read by Goethe. I keep meaning to tackle Proust just because of its size and the intense warnings I receive from literary folks that they are the death knell of reading enjoyment. I figured that I was warned about how tough so many people found Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov to finish up and yet I ended up enjoying that immensely so...who knows?

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]Finished: The Sun Also Rises The Stranger As I Lay Dying Prodigal Son Not finished: Brave New World Rabbit, Run Over Sea, Under Stone The Stand Wicked The Subtle KnifeUserBane

You had trouble finishing The Stranger? That book is short and sweet (well bitter-sweet).

Asimov's guide to science, A short history of nearly everything - I always give up at the sub-atomic particle physics parts of these types of books Sword of shanara - Just felt like a LOTR rip offmarkop2003

Omg, Terry Brooks is brilliant, I love his Shannara series and he is so much easier to read than Tolkien. Lots of fantasy authors write similarly, I can find similarities between Lord of the Rings and any other modern day fantasy book out there...lol.

Anyway to be on topic, The Scarlet Letter...oh how I HATE that book and never want to read it again. Fellowship of the Ring did start off boring for me as well, but it eventually did pick up. I find Jane Austen uninteresting (although I did like the films of Pride and Prejudice, I just can't get the interest to read the book)...Great Expectations by Dickens is another book I cannot stand...like the other books of his I've read, but that one...ugh.

The Other Half Lives, I think I got 50 pages into it and had to put it down I was so bored. The Bronte sisters books I do not find interesting enough to keep my attention (except Jane Eyre)...yes with Bronte, Austen and Dickens I think it is the language at times, although I can understand Shakespeare easily enough, but those three...

i'm a big reader, so some **** gets mixed in with the good, these two being the worst.

The Great Gatsby *Spoiler* they talk about going to a house party, and then they go
The Catcher in the Rye *Spoiler* kid skips school, thinks about runinng away, and then doesn't