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Have you read the original? That one goes on my list of hated. It's written entirely in journal form and I couldn't really get into the story (which is a bad ass idea btw).Dracula the Undead. I can't get back the moments I spent on that, even after skipping the duller parts.
One of the biggest disappointments for me in recent years was Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. I didn't consciously have expectations about it one way or another when starting it, but with the awards it won and the fans it has, I assumed it would be a pretty decent read at least. Didn't like anything about it. The ending was so predictable, so obvious. Logical problems everywhere. Petty, unbelievable characters. I guess if I had read it when I was a kid, it would have worked better.
To make it worse, I had this book with me when I was stuck in a waiting room for five hours while having a catalytic converter installed. Of all the times to have only (what I consider) a poor book on hand... I was quite grumpy that day.
You must get a Kindle (or other ebook reader) so this never happens again!
You must get a Kindle (or other ebook reader) so this never happens again!
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And, strangely, I like to read a poor or mediocre book every once in while too. Mostly so I can say to myself something along the lines of, "Wow. How did this get published? I'll make sure my book is better than this."
Oh there's tons of those on the self-published ebook sites including amazon. Another thing about ebooks you might consider is all the free classic and out of print books that are available!
A book I hated and was super disappointed about was Name of the Wind. What a major disappointment for me. I was so engaged in the writing… and then… nothing. Literally nothing. Kvothe was a total Gary Sue, he was great musician, then… what? He went to school and did some stuff, then saved a village from a dragon… hundreds of pages of nothing.