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Iain M. Banks - The Wasp Factory
Its terrible in every sense of the word.
R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing trilogy is horrific as well. Starts out pretty good and gets worse and worse.
Vorkosigan saga by Bujold - its GREAT! If you are 13 years old. Otherwise it is childish and cheesy. If you are 13, Jules Verne is a much better choice and its free.
Assassin trilogy by Robin Hobb - dull and uninteresting fantasy at its best.
SF by C. J. Cherryh - long books without plot. It is just plain boring, I tried several books of her, but could only finish one - Downbelow Station, which was absolutely pointless with characters as flat as tabletop. At least its not too long.
Phule's Company by Asprin - wow, it is even more cheesy and childish than the Vorkosigan series. At the same time, it tries to be funny. It fails miserably.
These authors are now on my 'do not touch list'. (other books by Banks are readable, but I was not impressed. Bakker may get a second chance, his world was really interesting, too bad he botched the story)
Another book:
The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds. I really like his other books, but this one is very bad. Full of logical inconsistencies and contrived plot elements.
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