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[-] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

I finished Battlefield Earth.

The thing is, I remember enjoying it. I mean, it wasn't literature, but it was a lot of dumb fun.

[-] treadful@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago

Timequake. I love Vonnegut but I just remember it being impossible to follow and overall not interesting.

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

That was my intro to Vonnegut and I rather enjoyed it. Enough to read more from him which is when I realized it wasn't a great book.

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[-] untorquer@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Sirens of titan. Well, Vonnegut in general. His stories are fine, probably ground breaking for the time in the sense of exploration, but the characters have no depth. It's like reading a book about npcs. Then there's the misogyny. Women are simply livestock kept around for breeding in this one, worse than an afterthought.

I don't think it's valuable to read even from a historical standpoint. Wiki synopsis would be suggested.

[-] anarchyrabbit@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Z for Zachariah. I read it when I was like 15 for school. Man I remeber feeling the book is like a farming manual when they tried to survive after the nuclear war. The older man trying to rape the other 16 year old girl survivor also made me super uncomfortable. Maybe it would be better if I read it now. I just remeber it being a drag.

[-] Dumbkid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

Alone with you in the ether. Both characters just bothered me with their weird ways of thinking. Could not relate to either of them

[-] exocortex@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

"Meteor" by Dan Brown (could be a different name in the original language). It was the first time I read something that was bad. Up until then book were cool and fun and interesting. It was a puzzling experience.

Edit: it's called "Deception Point" in the original.

[-] Grayox@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago
[-] gedhrel@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

The Tarot of the Bohemians.

[-] Vedlt@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Probably not the worst I ever read, but whenever a question such as this comes up my mind immediately goes to one of the Tarot books by Piers Anthony. I don't remember which one, it was just in a pile of books people left in a dorm one time and I had nothing to read. I finished it, but I can't tell you anything about it other than the vague recollection that I hated it.

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