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Hyped-up books that you were disappointed with
teenagemartyr
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It's happened to all of us and it can be so irritating!
The one that sticks out for me is "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time". I just didn't "get it", thought the plot was a bit bland and that it was rather lazily written (even if it was from the POV of the autistic boy).
What about you?
The one that sticks out for me is "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time". I just didn't "get it", thought the plot was a bit bland and that it was rather lazily written (even if it was from the POV of the autistic boy).
What about you?
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:O Really? You're the first person I've spoken to who didn't like it
Was there anything particular?
So was I. I'd been recommended it by quite a few people and ended up hating it! I don't know how I managed to finish it.
I hated it, I couldnt bare to finish it !
TBH, I felt it was badly translated, tedious in the extreme, and the Salander girl was a monumental cliche.
A few million others would disagree with me, but , IMO, it was just mno where near the hype.
Oops Im just starting The Time Traveller's Wife and then going onto The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo once its available from library
I loved that book!!!!!
For me the Labyrinth by Kate Mosse (this ties in with the books you couldn't finish thread!) and The Memory Keeper's Daughter - which had a great plot in theory but failed to deliver.
Don't despair, the Time Treaveller's Wife seems to be one you either love or hate and I absolutely loved it!
but the winner for me (I eagerly await the flames) was The Bible
I was excpecting something approaching the level of Tolkien but didn't get it.
Haven't read the 2nd and 3rd parts yet - may do one day.
Yes, the translation is very poor and the main female character cliched in the extreme, I quite agree.
Also disliked The Time Traveller's Wife.
I really liked the Time Traveller's Wife! Well, once I got my head around the anachronism and stopped drinking whilst reading in the evenings.
When i saw the thread title that book instantly came to mind, as well as the last Harry Potter book
Also, can't remember the novelist, but The Life of Pi did nothing for me. It won a load of accolades, won Booker, but i didn't care for it.
Hated Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Interview with the Vampire and Tale of the Body Thief (I did like Pandora, but disliking two out of three books made me conclude that I shouldn't read Anne Rice's material unless I have no other choice. At least her vampire books.)
Self-satisfied, pedantic, professional northerner piffle that proved too annoying to finish.
The first part is the best of the three.
Although I'm not a fan of Tolkein either.
To answer the OP, I hated Wuthering Heights.