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Toxin by Robin Cook - so bad I reviewed it on Amazon. Still my only review on there...and here 'tis :-
"Once, many years ago, i was stuck on an oil rig, offshore. Nothing to do, and had run out of my own books.
I found a copy of this appalling book.
It is the worst book I have ever read. I had no choice.
At one point I burst out laughing like some madman, after reading some particular piece of 'dialogue'. Stunningly badly written.
So bad, I felt sorry for the editor and proofreaders.
There is a reason this book has 71 (now 72) 1 star reviews - it really is that bad, and there is no zero star option."
I can only add that I was not exaggerating when I said I burst out laughing at it.
Another would be some science fiction effort by Iain M. Banks... ah, the horror. Again, I was offshore and left with no choice but to see it through.
Now, I'm a whimperingly grateful ereader owner who never has to suffer such mental anguish. Just finished my first Bukowski ("Post Office") as an interlude between starting book three of 1Q84 by Murakami.
Marvellous.
ps Swann's Way by Proust is in my "worst" list also
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