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Originally Posted by CazMar
I am glad to see I am not the only person who loathed this so-called classic - boring, boring, so very boring!
I can't remember most of the awful books I have abandoned after a few pages but here goes (and they are in no particular order):
The woman in White as above
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (But the TV series was good). As for the book, I couldn't WAIT until the main characters all got killed off - and finally gave up about 3/4 of the way through.
Dan Brown books - I read one about a massive computer (??) can't remember and it was a boring hack effort.
Anything where people fly about in space ships, fight with swords and have names like Garthwen or Ordvic. (Space stories should have laser rays and characters called Fred or Susy - technology and Beowulf are a bad mix!)
Anything where the main male character is called Brad and uses any opportunity to get his shirt off. And is usually as thing as a brick and has the conversational skills of a goldfish.
So glad to see thins thread revived - a lot of fun reading the MR members' hate lists!
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Wow, remind me to ignore your recommendations. Pillars of the Earth is one of my favorite books. The TV Series was dreadful for the most part and you lost most of the story and the depth of the characters which was so well done in that book.
Have you read Hal Spacejock... yes, his name is Hal, and there are lasers... but he does seem a bit thick. Of course, it is supposed to be humorous.
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