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I don't like books that preach too much, and when it is glaringly obvious that the author is trying to convince me of something. Christopher Paolini's Inheritance series was a perfect example of that, what with it's anti-meat, anti-religious, pro-self serving stance. In contrast, Chronicles of Narnia, despite being a religious book, hardly had any preaching involved - it was all story and action, and I loved it.
Writing styles too. This one is rather had to explain, but sometimes, some writing styles just put me off. That's the main reason why I never got into the Harry Potter series past the first and third book. I actually found it bland and uninteresting, and I couldn't really relate to the characters because of it.
Half-assed research also annoys me. Like when an author barely does any research and bases his or her information on hearsay and 'feeling'. Axis Powers Hetalia, though not a novel, pissed me off because of that. Da Vinci Code too, I refused to read it because of those reasons, and going by all the reviews, it seems like I'm mot missing much.
Sometimes, I stop reading because it gets too emotionally painful to carry on. I did that for Stephen King's Under the Dome, because what happened to the characters was so painful I couldn't go on.
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