What Makes You Hate A Book?
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What Makes You Hate A Book?
For me, I don't like a book that is riddled with rambling thoughts and extra details that must be inserted into nearly every sentence. It isn't fun to have stop and focus on the main thought being conveyed through the sentence because it was chopped up by parentheses, hyphens, and a slew of commas that threw several sentences and thoughts together. I prefer to be able to fluidly read the story and take it in for what it is. So please tell me your thoughts. Have there ever been stories that you just couldn't read?
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On that note though, one book I couldn't read, even after trying it a few times? A Wrinkle in Time.
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AliceofX wrote:When I'm siding with the villain. Or maybe not necessarily siding with him, but not seeing the hero as the good guy.
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The other thing I cannot stand is poor writing. If the book feels like it has been written by a 5 year old, its a deal breaker. Spelling or grammatical errors drive me crazy, but they won't destroy a book for me (unless, of course, the book is completely illegible), but poor writing will.
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I actually am. But in those stories it's clear that he's not the good guy and no one is pretending he is. What I was talking about are the ones where the author seems oblivious to how dislikeable his character is. I could read stories about bad or damaged characters, but don't try to tell me they're somehow in the moral right.LadyLynn wrote:So I take it you're not a fan of the "anti-hero"?
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An example of this (without naming names) is this scenario:
Teen girl sees her boyfriend brutally murdered, and is almost killed herself. Mere days later she awakes from a horrible nightmare and proceeds to undress and walk around her room with her curtains wide open, even after she thinks she sees a face in her window.
I mean, what?!
It read like some gross guy's disgusting fantasy of a teen girl, which I found quit disturbing.
I won't even try another of this author's books because I figure his other female characters will be just as unrealistic and one dimensional.
What is grief, if not love persevering?
Grief is just love with no place to go.
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One other thing i don`t like is when its far to obvious what is going to happen.
But to be honest i can`t really think of any books that i have actually hated.