• Variden@lemmy.world
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    Fahrenheit 451 but I wanted to put it down because of the bad translation. I switched to reading it in English and everything went smoothly after that.

  • Michal@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham.

    I found the first part (the boys) very boring, and unnecessarily detailed. I could have skipped it without consequence. But the rest of the book was pretty good and enjoyable.

  • TheSlyFox@lemmy.zip
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    Moby dick ( complete unabridged edition).

    The parts where they go into detail about whale hunting was like reading a manual, I did not know there where other editions and just got the frost one I saw. Maybe it was my part for not investigating before.

  • Atom@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The Bible was a difficult read for me. I pushed through just because I wanted to have at least read it when using it’s words to contradict Supply-Side Christians.

  • unwinagainstable@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The Count of Monte Cristo. I did like it, but I expect the abridged version would have been better for me. There were parts that were a struggle to get through. It just seems like the unabridged version is more recommended, so I felt compelled to get through it

  • SuperSloth@lemmy.world
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    Fucking “IT” by Stephen King. That book started so good, but it’s about 400 pages longer than it needed to be and the child orgy at the end really didn’t help me cross the finish line. That book became a chore to get through.

  • Terevos@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Malazan: Book of the Fallen.

    Having no idea what’s going on and not really even being able to comprehend what I’m reading should not be a ‘feature’ of a fiction book.

    • CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netOP
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      1 year ago

      I know exactly what you mean. It suffers from the very worst fantasy tropes of meaningless words. I did not finish.