Book you never finished

tylercook4 · Post by **tylercook4** » 19 May 2013, 19:45

I stopped reading Fifty Shades of Grey after the first 100 pages. I have read erotica before, but that was just too much for me.

MandiKenendy · Post by **MandiKenendy** » 20 May 2013, 14:43

gloriana wrote:Do you have a book you never got to the end of for whatever reason?
I never finished The Bridges of Madison County, it bored me to tears and just recently could not continue with Charlotte Gray. It was too slow and dull. I hate not finishing books to the end, but these two had to go!

I couldn't get beyond first couple of chapters of Bridges of Madison County, still don't really know what it was about.

kasmanandapalace · Post by **kasmanandapalace** » 21 May 2013, 06:01

i have started a book named count your chicken before they hatch 3 time but not able to finish yet

LadyDeveaux · Post by **LadyDeveaux** » 21 May 2013, 18:18

The Bible.

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 21 May 2013, 19:09

Theres been a few, but one that comes to mind is Ben-Hur. Boring, boring, boring.

meskinka · Post by **meskinka** » 23 May 2013, 05:06

"Memorias de mis Putas Tristes" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I couldn't finish it because I was trying to read it in spanish, and although I'm a native spanish speaker, my english has overcome my native tongue and my spanish has become very limited, so I found myself looking up words every other sentence. I ended up getting too lazy to finish. What I read was very good though, and I plan to finish the book this summer.

hitesh rajput · Post by **hitesh rajput** » 28 May 2013, 12:06

war and peace !

AliceRose · Post by **AliceRose** » 28 May 2013, 17:04

Fifty Shades of Grey. It was just dreadful - the descriptions of erotica didn't bother me, it was the fact that the writing was awful. Very little plotline, and an incredible amount of repitition and cliches. I think the phrase "my inner goddess" was used about twenty times in the hundred or so pages I got through. Shouldn't have got all the hype it did!

MelMariah · Post by **MelMariah** » 28 May 2013, 18:10

Atonement - Ian McEwan, just can't bloody do it!

micky74007 · Post by **micky74007** » 04 Jun 2013, 14:30

Riding the Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux. I found this ponderous to read, and his condenscending attitude towards the people he meets to be quite boorish. I was confused by this, because I liked other books by him.

Leyzer2990 · Post by **Leyzer2990** » 04 Jun 2013, 16:06

The Hobbit unfortunately. Just couldn't really get into it, it went on so long.

Most books by Stephen King I find I have the same problem

Loveabull · Post by **Loveabull** » 27 Jun 2013, 15:13

The Phantom Tollbooth, read it to two or three of my kids n' for whatever reason never reached the end. Been meaning to read it all the way through on my own.

Carrie R · Post by **Carrie R** » 27 Jun 2013, 19:08

Loveabull wrote:The Phantom Tollbooth, read it to two or three of my kids n' for whatever reason never reached the end. Been meaning to read it all the way through on my own.

I had to read that one for my son's classroom book club meeting. Definitely not my favorite!

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 27 Jun 2013, 19:37

I read The Phantom Tollbooth, It wasnt one of my favorites either.

I started to read one a couple days ago, The Ship of Ishtar, but after a few pages I couldnt get interested in it. I usually like A. Merritts books, but this one just didnt grab me.

Travels-RoadDog · Post by **Travels-RoadDog** » 28 Jun 2013, 00:45

There have been several books I can't finish. The latest one was 'Freakonomics' - the writer spent chapters making the same point......tedious as heck.