"The Most Boring Book" I read or tried to read - Page 25

AuntiWiddershins · 12-31-2023, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by HGW

Well said, rkomar.

I'm just now reading "Robinson Crusoe", having avoided it for most of my life. I got it from Project Gutenberg when I bought my first Kindle.

I must say, I don't really feel that I missed out on much, waiting all those years. It's readable, but so dang repetitive! If I'd picked it up and tried to read it, all those years ago, I'd have thrown it away.

But now I can persevere with it... just.

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This should be required reading for all teanagers, especially the first chapter where his father begs him not to go to sea, but he just won't listen

hiteshp · 08-02-2025, 03:56 AM

Maybe you start one more thread on "Most Irritating book you ever read". Looking at all the new age author and also the old ones trying to catch up with the new age, the thread on 'Irritating Books' is much needed.

Dr. Drib · 08-03-2025, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by hiteshp

Maybe you start one more thread on "Most Irritating book you ever read". Looking at all the new age author and also the old ones trying to catch up with the new age, the thread on 'Irritating Books' is much needed.

Any member of Mobileread can start a thread.

haertig · 08-03-2025, 11:46 PM

I can't think of any books I could call "the most boring". Because I usually fall asleep multiple times then abandon them long before I even know what the story is about. So me calling them boring would be premature.

Two that come to mind are by Alexandre Dumas. The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. These are both obviously classics. And the movies that have been made from them were enjoyable for me. However, I just could not read the books. I don't think I made it through even the first chapter of them. The wording and writing style just could not hold my interest. Now that I think about it, Moby Dick fit this same "not for me" classification. I've tried a couple of times, but it appears "the classics" are just not my cup of tea. I'll just have to stick with the movies that were generated from the books.

One "modern" book that that hit me the same way and was quickly abandoned was "The Road". I really can't recall it very well, but I seem to remember that it was just a jumble of short, curt, half-sentences. I remember flipping way ahead to see if the book would eventually morph into something halfway normal. But it didn't. So I abandoned it.

These all could actually be great books. And probably are. But they just weren't my style.

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08-02-2025, 03:56 AM	#362
hiteshp Connoisseur Posts: 69 Karma: 87534 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: e61i	Maybe you start one more thread on "Most Irritating book you ever read". Looking at all the new age author and also the old ones trying to catch up with the new age, the thread on 'Irritating Books' is much needed.

08-03-2025, 11:46 PM	#364
haertig Wizard Posts: 1,898 Karma: 31522252 Join Date: Sep 2017 Device: PW3, Fire HD8 Gen7, Moto G7, Sansa Clip v2, Ruizu X26	I can't think of any books I could call "the most boring". Because I usually fall asleep multiple times then abandon them long before I even know what the story is about. So me calling them boring would be premature. Two that come to mind are by Alexandre Dumas. The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. These are both obviously classics. And the movies that have been made from them were enjoyable for me. However, I just could not read the books. I don't think I made it through even the first chapter of them. The wording and writing style just could not hold my interest. Now that I think about it, Moby Dick fit this same "not for me" classification. I've tried a couple of times, but it appears "the classics" are just not my cup of tea. I'll just have to stick with the movies that were generated from the books. One "modern" book that that hit me the same way and was quickly abandoned was "The Road". I really can't recall it very well, but I seem to remember that it was just a jumble of short, curt, half-sentences. I remember flipping way ahead to see if the book would eventually morph into something halfway normal. But it didn't. So I abandoned it. These all could actually be great books. And probably are. But they just weren't my style.