Hey Pandas, What Was The Worst Book You Have Ever Read?

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The plot is ludicrous, makes no sense, and in the end, Jesus did it.

I love reading the Bible. When I get into it, I read several translations. Do research. It's a good read and yes it's full of everything, good, bad, ugly, evil. Just like today's world. It ain't no fairy tale that's for sure. I believe the words of the Bible. I'm just wondering what was left out of the KJ version. It took a thousand years for that version to be finished. I think that is why it's so hinky because yet again people who think they are smarter than the average Joe think they need to think for us.

Every religions and philosophy needs to be questioned and examined. Reading a religious text blindly without questioning what you are interacting with is an incredibly dangerous practice-we see how well that works out. That is why many philosophy, religious studies, and anthropology majors take courses that teach them to question and view a religious text or ancient mythology from a historical, cultural, and sometimes gender-focused manner. Blind faith is terrifying and dangerous. People who practice "blind faith" and refuse to question or learn from other faiths and philosophies always seem to be the ones who twist the same one or two verses to harm others.

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Oh. My. God. The worst book ever. So badly written, I mean there is like 50 pages of "oh Christian" and the way the author describes sex makes me wonder if she's actually ever had sex

Not only was it poorly written, but nothing even happens. The whole book is just her anxiety over things that _might_ happen. To me this was just a poor rip-off of Anne Rice's _The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty_. Now THERE'S a book.

Ah yes, the glorification of abusive relationships. I never understood how anybody found Christian Grey sexy and attractive. My inner goddess couldn't take the atrocious writing either.

Reading the description on the Shampoo bottle is much more interesting than this really stupid book. Such a waste of paper!!

just a pedantic physics point: a quantum is the minium and precise amount of energy to change energy states, and it's indivisbile (ie can't be smaller). So... it's like saying "microscopically infinitessimally tiny levels beyond bad". Just saying.

I liked this book, but I understand everyone's criticisms. I thought the point was that Holden was a bit whiny, but then he grows up at the end. Probably just me, but the things he said about wanting to disappear and hating the world resonated with the 19 year-old me that read it.

I liked it, although I don't understand the cult around it

I totally agree. I read this in high school and thought it was trash. I read Lord of the Flies and enjoyed that book despite disagreeing with the premise of the book. Just an example that my disapproval of Catcher in the Rye is not because I disagree with the commentary the author was trying to make.

I was 17, it was required reading max I took English class so seriously bc I wanted to major in Professional Writing and Rhetoric. So I really thought carefully while reading this book, and I clearly remember thinking "god this is such a whiny brat". At the time, my bff was dating wealthy boys who'd cheat or just be brats and I just remember being like what's with these little teenage boys FORGET THEM ALL. Lmao I'm cracking myself up now, but at the time I remember being disgusted.

Yes yes yes! Terrible story and rubbish protagonist

Ayn Rand, beloved by white male teenagers and tech fratbros like Elon Musk. vomitorial once you mature beyond 15 yo mentally.

Actually went to see one of the movies with my best friend as a favor. I have never seen a worse movie since or before. What's with alk the vampires in movies and on TV anyway?

I compare Ayn Rand to The Incredibles. It says the naturally powerful are better than those who use technology or work their way with intelligence to get to the top.

If nothing else read her book "Anthem"

I'm upvoting for "Tangerine Palpatine"! Nice!

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Ditto

Absolutely!

I agree.

well, thanks for spoiling it for the rest of us!

my favorite comment on the whole thread

I like reading the Dictionary.

Can’t agree more. From the 1 page chapters, the author’s younger woman fantasies, the protagonist’s poor grasp of his own specialist subject, the endless reminders to US readers that Europe is sooooo old and, worst of all, the obvious solution that occurs to the reader 20 chapters before the author reveals it. Utter c**p - the final proof being that that my mother in law loved it.

It's pulp fiction - not sure it's even meant to be good. The pacing is rather good I think.

I have read both Angels and Demons and the Da Vinci code and they were alright but I didn't read his other stuff.

digital fortress is o.k. though.

I imagine charity shops will be asking people not to donate it soon

Poor little rich boy marries a b***h!

South Park dubbed that book “WAAAGH.”

There are books in the bookstore that my eyes just can't see.

I had come here to post this exact one, but you beat me to it. Bombastic bathos and impenetrable writing. To be fair, the overly descriptive snarlingly dense writing style is just the style of Victorian era writing (Dickens too, but at least he had interesting stories), but even so, this story sucks.