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I think there...
I think there was one of these a while ago, but it died...
Anyway, basically a self explaining subject...
Twilight, New Moon, probably ALL SMeyer's books, although I haven't read any of them, I'm taking %99.99 of the people here's advice.
Um...any other's I've heard are bad...I don't read them...
Vick says auho.
~~~NDT~~~
submitted by NDT, age 9, NC
(November 16, 2010 - 2:33 pm)
(November 16, 2010 - 2:33 pm)
I really hope this thread doesn't offend any fans of anything... let's be kind and sensitive, kay?
(November 16, 2010 - 7:35 pm)
Top. Oh, and NDT -- how can you say you think Smeyer's books are bad when you haven't read them?
(November 17, 2010 - 6:24 am)
@ZNZ: That's NDT's way.
Generally, I don't find too many books that I don't like, although the Pony Pals series is a little childish now that I'm almost thirteen, and I didn't much like the Secret Unicorn series even when I was eight-too cutesy and girly for my taste.
But here are a couple of books that I'm not really sure I liked or not:
D.O.G: This book was just really strange. And some people may find the idea of hotdogs being made out of *ahem* canines funny, but not me.
Flawed Dogs: I might have liked this book better if I hadn't felt nauseous all wile reading it, and quite a few of the pictures it suggested made me feel even worse.
And one time I saw this page of Twilight or New Moon or whatever on somebody's page on a website, and, out of curiosity, started reading. The first couple of words were "Time passes," and by the time I was in the middle of the second sentence I was already bored, so I just skimmed to the end. I'm pretty sure Smeyer just kept saying the same thing over and over in different ways, because by the end of the page it said, "Time passes-even for me."
*Snooooooooore*
No offense meant to anyone who liked that!
Andy P. C. says wfvr. Whatever. I think he agrees with me.
~Wolfgirl67 signing off
(November 17, 2010 - 1:46 pm)
I don't like the Smeyer books that much either, but to *ahem, pun coming on* judge a book by its cover. maybe you should at east attempt to read it before you say how terrible it is.
other terrible books: Inkheart (the first one, not the other two), The secret of Platform 12, Honey Baby Sweetheart, and The Prophecy of the Sisters. shudders.
(November 17, 2010 - 4:29 pm)
I don't think I've read a TERRIBLE book, at least all the way through. I generally stop. In addition to what I've said on previous threads about bad books, I disliked The Conch Bearer and The Watsons Go To Birmingham. I just read the latter for school and didn't care for it at all. Then again, the reviews on the back contained so much gushing praise that I'm wondering if that was really more personal taste than actual bad writing... Strangely enough, The Conch Bearer had plenty of praise as well... Oh, well. I suppose that doesn't mean anything. I mean, from the waymy 6th grade English teacher talked about Twilight, you'd think it was a work of genius. Mind you, I haven't actually read it, so I can't insult it, but I've seen the first page or so and it definitely was not genius. That much I am sure of.
@ ZNZ: You read a book about a character named Gary Stu? XD! I don't think I've heard of it, actually. It sort of sounds like you might have been talking about Eragon, but of course that main character's name was Eragon, even though I know you didn't like that series, either... What was this one called?
(November 17, 2010 - 12:27 pm)
Erm, that... was a joke. I was saying that the MC *is* a Gary Stu. D'you get it now? You ought to get it now. But I don't want to say the title for fear of causing offence. I don't like it when people bash *my* favourites, and do unto others and all that jazz...
(November 17, 2010 - 9:25 pm)
Oh, right. *facepalm* Sorry, I misunderstood... I sometimes have a tendency to take things much more literally than they should be taken, which sometimes results in misunderstandings. I'm sure everyone else gets it. But yeah, that's fine... I definitely get it now. Sorry.
(November 18, 2010 - 10:41 am)
Conch Bearer? Yeah, that was kinda weird.
On topic, I can't really think of any terrible books except for some by Sarah Dessen.
Inya says...imuv. I think she means I love. Making up for what she said to me last time... that's okay inya.
(November 18, 2010 - 3:55 pm)
Oh yeah! I hate Twilight too!!! And there was one called Twenty Boy Summer-- just depressing.
Inya says wbod. Why bad? I'll tell you why- they're cheap romance novels.
(November 17, 2010 - 4:57 pm)
The Twilight series goes without saying, though I do admit to enjoying a bit of snarkery at it every now and again.
Ditto Eragon, with less snarkery and more fuming.
I also would like to submit The Art of Racing in the Rain. We read it for book club. The narrator is a whiney dog who wants to be human when he dies and doesn't seem to realize that if he really could talk nobody would like him. That he's self-righteous and pompous doesn't help much. As to the plot itself, it was... boring. Blah, blah, Denny adopts the dog, blah blah, Denny marries some girl, blah, blah, apparently ceaseless amount of buildup and attempt at suspense for the final reveal that Denny's wife has cancer (no, I didn't see this coming from four pages after she was introduced, why do you ask?), blah, blah, long extended death, blah blah, spiteful grandparents, blah, legal garbage, blah, dog dies and reincarnates as little Italian boy. Oh, and there were multiple mentions about racing (cars) in the rain, which had surprisingly little to do with the plot and was very poorly integrated with the story itself considering that it's the bloody title.
Also, The Beekeeper's Apprentice, which was recommended to me by the assistant director at the library (ie my boss). Apparently it's about some smart fifteen year old girl in 1915 who meets a retired Sherlock Holmes and is taught by him, which seems unlikely to me somehow. I read the first few pages in SSR today and was immediately bogged down by the excessively flowery prose and the glaringly obvious fact that little miss heroine is a bloody Sue, and Holmes' characterization was far too... relaxed for my tastes. I don't think I'll finish it.
(November 17, 2010 - 6:11 pm)
I'm glad omy school isn't the oly one that does SSR. I'm reading Pride and Predudice and even though its a really good book... I usually end up staring into space.
(November 18, 2010 - 5:31 pm)
I'm taking advice. From 99.99 people on the Chatterbox. They're pretty trustworthy.
A bit off topic, but that's funny.
Vick says fdvu.
~~NDT~~
(November 18, 2010 - 9:45 pm)
I offer Curse of the Spider King, I skimmed most of it. My friend said it is really good (I have a habit of avoiding the use of contractions, due to NaNo) but I disagree strongly.
Just by the way, my other friend read the first three (her "source" can't find the third book) Twi books. She says Smeyer's a good writer (she knows good writers).
Also, The Gentle Knight, or some book that goes along that name isn't that good.
One more, the Missing series by MPHaddix is pretty boring. *cries* MPHaddix is usually a good author. The Missing series is a crime.
Oh, just remembered! Mockingjay. Yeah, that book did not reach my expectations. I don't like who she (Katniss) ends up with (but it makes sense) and there isn't enough action in my opinion.
(November 18, 2010 - 9:09 pm)
@Olive I didn't think Mockingjay was too terrible. Sure, it was the worst of the series and wasn't as good as I hoped, but I liked it. For the most part.
And also, the thing is about Sarah Dessen that most of her books are great, like This Lullaby and The Truth About Forever, but a few are just terrible (such as Dreamland, Lock and Key). She either writes great books or terrible books. There is no in between.
(November 19, 2010 - 7:26 pm)
I too think that Mockingjay wasn't the best book. It was pretty good throughout the book but I didn't really think that the ending was suitable.
(November 20, 2010 - 1:22 pm)