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Whats the worst book anyone has ever recommended you? (piefed.zip)

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[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago

My great great aunt made me read the Bible so I'd be a good little Christian. Read it got the privileges for it, sucked right ass. My only conclusion is that I liked Samson and that most Christians are hypocritical asshats. But what was I expecting my great great aunt thought Lord of the Rings and Chronicles of Narnia were evil because they had magic.

Also if anyone is curious how well the good Christian aspect faired now that I'm 26 and not 8. Well hark to the ancestors, the spirits, and the gods, I'll burn every last mega church to the ground and send them to their god to face a second judgement not my own.

[–] SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The Sword of Truth series.

I read the first book as a teenager. I was rather skeezed out by the roughly one-third of the book that was a poorly-disguised authorial kink fantasy.

Then the second book had a lovingly detailed description of a witch gaining demonic power by getting railed by a demon.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If you had stuck around because the sex stuff didn't bug you, it devolves into capitalist propaganda. The evil bad guys follow communism, except the focus is on making sure everyone suffers similarly and talent is kept down (because everyone must be equal, thus anyone with talent are trying to be better than others). Of course Richard changes the hearts of those he comes in contact with by carving a statue so amazing it changes their worldview. Oh and he protects everyone from the evil bad guy boss dream walker by having them swear allegiance and if they truly mean it in their heart, it'll protect them.

Near the end, Richard monologues for pages and pages about the greatness of capitalism and became the second book I was reading for fun where I skipped over parts because even young me found the preaching to just be too much and his portrayal of communism so cartoonishly evil that it must be bullshit.

[–] SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago

Ugh. Well, sounds like I made a good choice dropping it...

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Forest Gump. When the movie came out one of the people who was there was going on and on about the book. I picked up a copy and wish I hadn't. Its terrible. The movie is great but its based on pure garbage.

[–] DiploRaucous@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Red Rising. The whole series, really. They're probably fun for a 10 year old but... I am not a kid anymore. As much as I sometimes wish I were.

I don't know, maybe I'm missing something. But it seems like the author couldn't focus on his own story. Just "and then this happened, and then this, and then this" with no details or reasoning.

[–] KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

I can see why you'd say that.

Book 2 or 3 got so bogged down with MC indecision that I had to drop the series. I recently picked up the Sun Eater series on Audible for cheap and it's looking like it's going to trend the same way.

Instead of a story lead, it seems like the author wanted a story leaf that flits back and forth between overthinking this, melodrama that, and a whole slew of other plot contrivances that leave the story spinning in place for big chunks of the book.

[–] Newbrain@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson

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