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Atonement. I still feel angry about that book three and a half years later.
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The Circle - Dave Eggars. Not really a case of regret as I don't really regret finishing books, even bad ones. It did make me wish for my time back, and that Margaret Atwood had written it.
And it wasn't a complete waste, as it did make me pick up 1984 and We to re-read. |
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Flashback by Dan Simmons. I just finished it yesterday, and I wish I had never started it. I've read several of his previous novels, and loved them all. This one was utter drivel. The only saving grace is that I borrowed it from the library. I've finished almost every book I've ever started, but life is short and I'm not slogging through another mess like this again.
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Generally I can be disappointed with a book, or less impressed, but not generally wanting my time back. I'm trying to think of a couple of examples:
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (unabridged) - list after list after list. I don't know if regret is the right word, but I was disappointed with it, especially after my initial eagerness to read it. Turn of the Screw - Felt no atmosphere at all in this. I don't regret reading it, but I didn't particularly like James' writing style which probably caused significant interference. I had no sense of dread, no chills, not even uneasiness. The White People - I really wanted Arthur Machen to be a new discovery for me after I got some recommendations from this forum. I'm not giving up on him, but this was not the introduction I was looking for. It was tedious - and that's about all I have to say about it. Animal Farm - I suppose I should have loved this and I really liked 1984 but I found it far to unsubtle for my liking. I think more effort could have been made to create a story with fleshed out characters and still make the point. I felt absolutely nothing for any of the animals and I thought that was a missed opportunity. There's been some real misses in the indie/self-pubbed arena, but I tend to publish reviews for them - so I'll leave my negative feedback in the reviews themselves. |
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The Marriage Plot is the only book I can think of that left me feeling absolutely angry that I finished it. It was a pretentious book that kept you hanging on but then finished with the most unsatisfying ending that made me hate all the characters. It also made me not want to read anything else by Eugenides.
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One of my writing teachers was not only gay but wrote about it explicitly. In reading and savoring his novels and short stories, I was never disgusted, repelled or incensed. I merely had the feeling, while reading the sex scenes, of observing the habits of a person who was different. The descriptions seemed clinical, but only because I'm not the target audience (for a change). As I said, the writing was excellent and I've never regretted reading him -- or the stories of other gay writers who wrote about their sexuality -- for a moment. And to the person who spoke about the teaching of gay literature violating "religious freedoms" -- what about the freedom of a parent who wishes to avoid exposing their preschooler to violence and takes exception to the rather grisly representations of the crucifixion on display nearly everywhere? Why exactly is that expression of outrage less worthy of legislation than objections to a high school teen being taught J.D. Salinger? Last edited by Prestidigitweeze; 03-18-2014 at 12:51 AM. |
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