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[Misc] Books you gave up on
- Thread starter Flounce
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Not many... gave up on Peter James after it jumped the crocodile though.
Right Brain Ronnie
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Most of the books I open.
- Oct 12, 2022
- 2,498
I too gave up on Wolf Hall and Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. I found both utterly unenjoyable. Louis de Bernierès is an incredible author, every other book of his I’ve absolutely loved, but Captain Corelli’s Mandolin is dogshit.
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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Crime and punishment.
Not sure what the crime was but the punishment was reading the book.
Not sure what the crime was but the punishment was reading the book.
Stato
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- Dec 21, 2011
- 7,136
Never! And one day I'm going to find out what happens to that caterpillar. He's certainly got some appetite.
cheshunt seagull
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- Jul 5, 2003
- 2,571
I felt guilty about giving up on 'Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee'. I started reading Rand's 'The Fountainhead' but gave up as it was obvious that she was going to be banging on with the same unpleasant and simplistic ideas for over 300 more pages.
+ many more to be honest. I tend to apply the 50-page rule and if a book hasn't grabbed me by then I move on.
+ many more to be honest. I tend to apply the 50-page rule and if a book hasn't grabbed me by then I move on.
I've read every de Bernierès book except CCM. I've just never had the inclination to even start it, probably due to the associations with the film, which i haven't actually seen.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
It was a book on animal euthanasia, I just put it down.
Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
- 20,415
Ulysees
Given up 3 times.
Late teens, mid 30s, early 50s.
Not going to happen.
Given up 3 times.
Late teens, mid 30s, early 50s.
Not going to happen.
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
- 23,607
I've read that four times of my own free Willie, and I'm not even sure why.
Wolf Hall
To Kill a Mockingbird (utter gash, 4 serious attempts)
Trainspotting (just can't read the Scotch stuff.)
Peter James (managed two pages)
Harold Potter first book (managed four pages)
Ulysses
Count Of Monte Cristo
Every Shakespeare I have ever attempted
The English Patient (you don’t have to be English to read it but you do have to be f***ing patient).
Count Of Monte Cristo
Every Shakespeare I have ever attempted
The English Patient (you don’t have to be English to read it but you do have to be f***ing patient).
Not exactly a classic but having been persuaded to read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone I made it to chapter 3 before throwing it out the window.
I can still picture the lovely arcing trajectory it took across the room just brushing beneath the lampshade and picking up a little fade on its downward path to rustle through the gap of the partially open casement window. So it that respect it has brought me more lasting joy than many books that I finished.
I can still picture the lovely arcing trajectory it took across the room just brushing beneath the lampshade and picking up a little fade on its downward path to rustle through the gap of the partially open casement window. So it that respect it has brought me more lasting joy than many books that I finished.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 71,874
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