Worst books you have encountered yet.

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Ha, this is the first time that I've seen people bitching about Palahniuk. I started Choke a while ago but never came back to it, so after everyone kept pushing me to finally read Fight Club I gave in and gave him another chance. While I really love the movie I disliked the book. I don't know what it was, but it left me so cold... Some scenes and dialogue were great (mainly those which made it into the movie), but for the most part I was utterly bored and everything seemed stitched together and all over the place. Good to see I'm not the only one disliking (not hating) his work. One day I'll finish Choke though.

On topic: I just recently revisited some of the novels I had to read in school. While really hating them with all my heart back then I came to enjoy some of them. Now reading them with an open mind freely and with no school-made restrictions. Overanalyzing and/or presenting works in a forced environment can really destroy any form of otherwise good and enjoyable literature.

One book I will always hate nevertheless is the Reader and I still can't believe that it was made into an equal god awful movie. Jeez...