House of Furies by Madeleine Roux. Too much poorly written romance and not enough plot/spooky elements. Plus the time period was set in the 1800s but you could barely tell. The cover is gorgeous though.
I couldn’t stand The Once and Future King by T.H White. I mean, I know it is considered a classic, but the fact that Arthur’s name was known as ‘Wart’, the countless amount of times that the story was broken by characters randomly breaking out in song, and the way that T.H White butchered most of Arthurian Literature was completely and utterly unforgiveable.
@Oscar This particular book contains White’s full collection of Arthurian literature. It includes Sword in the Stone and everything else that was based off of that story. It was pretty annoying to randomly come upon scenes where the characters started singing. I think I decided enough was enough once I got to the part where Lancelot and Guinevere sing their undying love for one another.
@Oscar I think I still have the book, but it is due to being sent to the library’s book sale because it wouldn’t feel right to allow the book to collect dust on my bookshelf. For what it’s worth though, I can say that Disney did a pretty good job at recreating that story for film, but reading through it was a bit difficult.
I disliked Tatiana de Rosnay’s book ‘Sarah’s Key’. I loathed the whiny, weak female character with a passion, and remember ranting about this book to one of my friends who was probably very scared of me by the time I was finished. I did not like the idea that there were time jumps because the only reason for why I picked up that book was to read about Sarah, not about some whiny, weak female character who was constantly complaining about how France was different than her home country, was always comparing France with the country she was from, her situation with a man that I felt was a scumbag, and everything in between. I adored de Rosnay’s other works in both the English and French language, but I disliked Sarah’s Key. To be completely honest here, I found Julia to be very repulsive and was waiting for the scene where she died a horrible death because that is how much I hated her character. *is done ranting*
IT by King, I don’t dislike it, it’s just my least favorite.
Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler. It had good reviews but it did nothing for me
The Lovely Bones…complete waste of time.
I liked it until the end. That crappy ending did a complete disservice to what could of been a good book
I liked it…but been a while since I read it.?
House of Furies by Madeleine Roux. Too much poorly written romance and not enough plot/spooky elements. Plus the time period was set in the 1800s but you could barely tell. The cover is gorgeous though.
That is a good cover!
Right?! It’s what originally got me interested.
The City of Mirrors. One of the few books I couldn’t bring myself to finish.
That’s a hard one because this year has been one great read after another.
I couldn’t stand The Once and Future King by T.H White. I mean, I know it is considered a classic, but the fact that Arthur’s name was known as ‘Wart’, the countless amount of times that the story was broken by characters randomly breaking out in song, and the way that T.H White butchered most of Arthurian Literature was completely and utterly unforgiveable.
Good ol’ Wart breaking into song at odd interludes would annoy me, too.
@Oscar This particular book contains White’s full collection of Arthurian literature. It includes Sword in the Stone and everything else that was based off of that story. It was pretty annoying to randomly come upon scenes where the characters started singing. I think I decided enough was enough once I got to the part where Lancelot and Guinevere sing their undying love for one another.
Tiffany Waller I hope you still have the book, if you do, would you take a picture of that page and share in class?
@Oscar I think I still have the book, but it is due to being sent to the library’s book sale because it wouldn’t feel right to allow the book to collect dust on my bookshelf. For what it’s worth though, I can say that Disney did a pretty good job at recreating that story for film, but reading through it was a bit difficult.
The Bell Jar – I had heard so much about it but found the story bland and disappointing.
Unfortunately Chaos by Patricia Cornwell.
Into the Water and White Fur were not my faves. Not horrible but did nothing for me.
Into the water… I couldn’t finish it and that never happens to me…
I disliked Tatiana de Rosnay’s book ‘Sarah’s Key’. I loathed the whiny, weak female character with a passion, and remember ranting about this book to one of my friends who was probably very scared of me by the time I was finished. I did not like the idea that there were time jumps because the only reason for why I picked up that book was to read about Sarah, not about some whiny, weak female character who was constantly complaining about how France was different than her home country, was always comparing France with the country she was from, her situation with a man that I felt was a scumbag, and everything in between. I adored de Rosnay’s other works in both the English and French language, but I disliked Sarah’s Key. To be completely honest here, I found Julia to be very repulsive and was waiting for the scene where she died a horrible death because that is how much I hated her character. *is done ranting*
Two by two, Nicholas sparks. Slow story.
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes. Nothing like the movie.
Yes. I like the movie much better. I bought the book because of the movie. The book is totally different, which disappointed me. ?
that occasionally happens (the movie being better)
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. Just UGH!