Everyone has one. At least one. A book that the world or your friends all rave about that you just…..can’t…..finish. Booktopia recently tweeted: “we all have a book the whole world says is excellent but we couldn’t finish. Own up. What is your #greatbookfail ?”
Mia: I petered out after the first Harry Potter (which I kind of struggled through) and I never got past the first page of Twilight. There are a million literary fiction books I have tried (and failed) to get through. Too many to name here.
Nicky: When the Lord of the Rings movies were being touted as ‘cinematic masterpieces,’ I rushed out to buy a box set of the trilogy, so I could read them before the movie. As you do. I only just got through The Hobbit, and never touched the box set. I also fell asleep in the movies. Also, I have never been able to get into some classic literature novels, all of Jane Austen’s books for example, too slow and painful.
Lana: As much as I tried, I didn’t just dislike Eat Pray Love, I actively hated it. I got quite angry with the book, not quite sure what it says about me ….
Nat: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. I have tried to get through it at least five times and each time I have given up after three pages and found something else to do. ANYTHING else to do. Also, I couldn’t get past the first chapter of Revolutionary Road despite loving the movie (possibly only because Leo was in it..).
What about you? What’s your #GreatBookFail?
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‘Stig of the Dump’ by Clive King would be the great book fail for me. It’s a literary classic and my brother likes it but for me, it was just so…BORING! I couldn’t get past the second chapter. Also, Terry Pratchet’s ‘The Wee Free Men’. I think it was targeted for people far younger than me because the language was too simple and the sentences were too short for it to be interesting. I couldn’t get past the first chapter.
I HATED Twilight. Bella was so self centred, rude, snobbish, mary sueish, clumsy...I could go on and on. "Oh Edward, you're so devastatingly beautiful. Bite me, Edward, bite me!" Ugh. And don't even get me started on the writing/grammar. Any fellow haters of twilight, you'll love this tumblr:
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