Books I have stopped reading because they were so bad

January 24th, 2012

Dead Europe

This book contains a lot of same-sex sex, orgies, beastiality, incest, rape, drug use, Jew h8ers, and descriptions of men jizzing in various places. And while I can appreciate a brutally violent anal sex scene as much as the next reader, I was hoping for a few plot points in between visits to pound town.

My mother bought me this book for Christmas.

Coonardoo

Aboriginal people herd cattle for 800 pages = TLDR.

Can you believe that when this book first came out, it was banned for being so controversial?

Me neither, cause it’s fucking boring.

The Alchemist

What would be quicker than reading this book is if you just got someone to shit directly onto your lap and then got on with your day.

The best part of this book was when I threw it in the bin.

A Wolf at the Table

Augusten Burroughs tries not to be funny and succeeds.

Could put it down.

 

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10 Responses to “Books I have stopped reading because they were so bad”

I had to read Coonardoo for uni last semester. The only thing I really remember about it is the old lady in my class who somehow connected the book to alien abduction.

Comment by Rosie on January 24th, 2012

ha! great laugh to end my tuesday work-day!

Comment by Alex on January 24th, 2012

Hahahhahaah your review of the alchemist cracked me up. Good stuff.

Comment by Mayor Gia on January 24th, 2012

@Rosie – same! (Apart from the part about aliens.)

Comment by Annik on January 24th, 2012

I wish I could put books down. There is something wrong with me that makes me finish ever book I start, regardless of how much it bores or angers me.

Comment by Brett Minor on January 25th, 2012

Your mother is a disgusting sicko. Is she getting this porn at the church jumble sale??

Comment by Renee briggs on January 29th, 2012

I don’t know why Jennifer Byrne doesn’t have you on the ABC book club show. These are the kind of reviews we need to hear!

Comment by Gavin Heaton on February 7th, 2012

I too threw the Alchemist in the bin after getting about a third of the way through it – despite being told by a bunch of friends that it was AHMAAZING…

Comment by Nick on February 10th, 2012

So glad to see A Wolf at the Table on this list. It’s the first book that popped into my mind when I read the title of the post. His writing needs to be funny…it’s kind of awful otherwise. Also, I felt nauseous a couple times while reading that book. Not good.

Comment by Caroline on February 25th, 2012

I love The Alchemist.
For years, I hate A Clockwork Orange. Thought it was absolute crap, but refused to throw it away. I would read a few chapters, find myself getting irritated, put it away for another yeay, start all over again. I finally sat myself down and read it all the way through. I am glad I did.

Comment by nellie vaughn on February 25th, 2012

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