Asklemmy

Art of War in the Middle Ages. Just fucking interminable.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/44308/pg44308-images.html

I tried reading two different series from Stephen R. Donaldson, and it seemed to me he was somehow unable to write a book without a horrific rape. I just stopped reading the first book in each case because I felt like they were salacious and hateful.

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

The Pearl by John Steinbeck. Its technically a novella but still. Hated it.

Tom Sawyer. I don't think i'd hate it as much if I read it today, but having to read it in middle school was a bitch

Worst book I've quit is Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. What a horrible book!

Worst I've finished is Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, immediately followed by Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. I'll throw in a special mention for The Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby. All terrible books that I finished only because they were required reading in school.

I tend to quit books if I don't find them very good. One I did finish that I fucking hated was The Girl on the Train. All of the characters were fucking insufferable.

Profiles in Courage - John F. Kennedy

Should have stuck to being a president… maybe it’d land differently now, but in like 9th grade, it was a total slog.

Timequake. I love Vonnegut but I just remember it being impossible to follow and overall not interesting.

"Meteor" by Dan Brown (could be a different name in the original language). It was the first time I read something that was bad. Up until then book were cool and fun and interesting. It was a puzzling experience.

Edit: it's called "Deception Point" in the original.