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seanyyz · 08-05-2016, 10:30 AM

I thought it might be fun to talk about what was the worse read of say, the past year.

I read Our Young Man by Edmund White. I was embarrassed for the author. It was one of the worst novels by a capable writer I have read in a very long time.

I only read the whole thing because I had read some of White's other books and they had some literary merit, so I figured that there would be a twist at the end that would make the whole ordeal of reading the book worthwhile. There wasn't. It just stops basically, as if he got to a point where his word count was up to the minimum he needed to publish the book.

It would never have been published by a large publishing house if he had not been a well-known author.

08-05-2016, 10:30 AM	#1
seanyyz Connoisseur Posts: 69 Karma: 2068472 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: Kindle Oasis	Worst Books: What Not to Read 2016 I thought it might be fun to talk about what was the worse read of say, the past year. I read Our Young Man by Edmund White. I was embarrassed for the author. It was one of the worst novels by a capable writer I have read in a very long time. I only read the whole thing because I had read some of White's other books and they had some literary merit, so I figured that there would be a twist at the end that would make the whole ordeal of reading the book worthwhile. There wasn't. It just stops basically, as if he got to a point where his word count was up to the minimum he needed to publish the book. It would never have been published by a large publishing house if he had not been a well-known author.