Pfuzylogic · M
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Pfuzylogic · M
NONE!
Why? You ask.. well I do not care about "popular/recommended" books. I think for myself and choose my OWN books to read: What sounds good by he description or if it is talking about something that has happened throughout history to GET MORE INFORMATION e.g. a book GOING AGAINST THE NARRATIVE/AGENDAS being pushed at us.
JonLosAngeles66 · M
@PrincessRoarBuddy every book gets recommended someone . If you don't read anything recommended by anyone because it makes you a sheep I'm sure what else to think. Lol
@JonLosAngeles66
Haha and I said that I do not care about that. I do not look at if it is "recommended by others" coz they could be lying or wanting people to read something that is for something that is being preached.
You DO NOT NEED TO "read anything recommended by others" when you can Read what it is about and make up ur OWN MIND if it is something u want to read yourself 🙄
I never said anything about being a "sheep".
Don't see anything funny about what u typed in reply to my reply.
You DO NOT NEED TO "read anything recommended by others" when you can Read what it is about and make up ur OWN MIND if it is something u want to read yourself 🙄
I never said anything about being a "sheep".
Don't see anything funny about what u typed in reply to my reply.
helenS · 36-40, F
"What Is Mathematics?" by the late Richard Courant, and Herbert Robbins. That book is highly recommended by some, and I decided to read it a couple of years ago, to see how Courant explains mathematical problems to the general public.
I started hating the book when I realized that the main author was very much prejudiced against infinitesimals (dx). To him, only Cauchy-Weierstrass limits make sense, and infinitesimals are completely misleading. As a big fan of infinitesimals I was not exactly amused.
I started hating the book when I realized that the main author was very much prejudiced against infinitesimals (dx). To him, only Cauchy-Weierstrass limits make sense, and infinitesimals are completely misleading. As a big fan of infinitesimals I was not exactly amused.
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@whisperingwillow And no book can elicit such feelings like a math book! 😄
summersong · F
whisperingwillow · 36-40, F
@summersong I agree on all…except Jane Eyre ❤️❤️❤️ One of my favorite books of all time, but oh the suffering! I can understand why someone may dislike it lol
hunkalove · 61-69, M
@Scribbles I've seen every Shakespeare play and I think he's highly overrated. I've read Gatsby many times. I think there are three Great American Novels. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Great Gatsby, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. All three are episodic and don't seem to be going anywhere but great characters and great writing!
whisperingwillow · 36-40, F
@tenente This actually sums up The Never King perfectly. It’s weird how some books get so much hype around them…where does it come from? 😂
Xalvadora · 18-21, F
Well, I don't have a book like that, but I do have a book series that made my depression skyrocket. They made those books into Lifetime movies.
The series is called The Dollanganger Series.
The Lifetime movies are: Flowers in the Attic, Petals in the Wind, If There Be Thornes and Seeds of Yesterday. The final book, Garden of Shadows, has not been made a movie.
I am still currently reading Seeds of Yesterday. I am on the second part of the book and I had to put it down because my depression skyrocketed. The characters all except two made me pissed, but I also like the series because it fills me with dread, it shows lots of drama and trauma, and I'm reading it because I'm into incest. Apparently it runs in the family. It has been four years since I've put that book down and I still remember it.
I kind of take back on the characters who pissed me off. The main character kind of pisses me off as well.
The series is called The Dollanganger Series.
The Lifetime movies are: Flowers in the Attic, Petals in the Wind, If There Be Thornes and Seeds of Yesterday. The final book, Garden of Shadows, has not been made a movie.
I am still currently reading Seeds of Yesterday. I am on the second part of the book and I had to put it down because my depression skyrocketed. The characters all except two made me pissed, but I also like the series because it fills me with dread, it shows lots of drama and trauma, and I'm reading it because I'm into incest. Apparently it runs in the family. It has been four years since I've put that book down and I still remember it.
I kind of take back on the characters who pissed me off. The main character kind of pisses me off as well.
whisperingwillow · 36-40, F
@Xalvadora As soon as you said lifetime I lost it 🤣
When I was younger I was obsessed with VC Andrews. I can’t even tell you how many I’ve read! Eventually I realized that pretty much every series involves some twisted form of incest and I just couldn’t take it anymore. Lol Those books used to depress me too, so I hear you!
The book that literally made me suicidal and I had to stop reading was Wuthering Heights. Who can love that book unless the WANT to feel positively devoid of any good?! No thanks lol
When I was younger I was obsessed with VC Andrews. I can’t even tell you how many I’ve read! Eventually I realized that pretty much every series involves some twisted form of incest and I just couldn’t take it anymore. Lol Those books used to depress me too, so I hear you!
The book that literally made me suicidal and I had to stop reading was Wuthering Heights. Who can love that book unless the WANT to feel positively devoid of any good?! No thanks lol
DearAmbellina2113 · 41-45, F
whisperingwillow · 36-40, F
@DearAmbellina2113 Yeah, I didn’t hate it, but I definitely don’t see the hype. At all lol
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
whisperingwillow · 36-40, F
@DeWayfarer That sounds terrible!
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@whisperingwillow it was. And it was the only thing I could afford to read on a long greyhound bus trip. Free, was free then. 🤷🏻♂️
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@whisperingwillow OHHHHHHH!
My confusion! It doesn't help that I misread your reply as " a hope in my partner's heart"....whatever that is supposed to mean! 😂
My confusion! It doesn't help that I misread your reply as " a hope in my partner's heart"....whatever that is supposed to mean! 😂
whisperingwillow · 36-40, F
Convivial · 26-30, F
Last one I read that I'd recommended is the Life of Pi... The thinking starts when the book ends and it's beautifully written
wonkywinky · 51-55, M
whisperingwillow · 36-40, F
@wonkywinky 🤣🤣 I LOVE fantasy and I’m constantly recommending stuff to friends who I don’t. We all end up disappointed 😂😂
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@whisperingwillow I hope you do like it, even though I didn't.
There are several chapters that are deleted from most "abridged" editions because they deal with nothing but technical details of whaling. I know someone who read those aloud at rapid speed with a friend when the two of them were drunk, and they found them to be absolutely hilarious! To this day, he is convinced that that is how Melville intended them to be read! 😂
There are several chapters that are deleted from most "abridged" editions because they deal with nothing but technical details of whaling. I know someone who read those aloud at rapid speed with a friend when the two of them were drunk, and they found them to be absolutely hilarious! To this day, he is convinced that that is how Melville intended them to be read! 😂
@whisperingwillow I just found it wildly boring. mostly random, things done for unexplained reasons, then have to work through miles of backstory to indirectly tell me how the world got to this place. I like dystopia, I like unravelling things, or I used to... that was just too much and far too slow a process for me.
Really · 80-89, M
@dirge
things done for unexplained reasons, then have to work through miles of backstory to indirectly tell me how the world got to this place
God how I detest that style of writing but it seems to be all the rage. In fiction I mostly like a good story straightforwardly told; pretty hard to find now.
whisperingwillow · 36-40, F
@Really Oh man, I feel you! I recently discovered my least favorite writing style when I read Kushiel’s Dart. I don’t want to bash the book…great plot and characters. The writing style about killed me though! Nearly every sentence had :/; and it just felt like every sentence went on and on and on. I’d rather just get to the point and keep moving forward lol
akindheart · 61-69, F
Samuel Adams, The Revolutionary. I have been reading this book for months. The detail is phenomenal but her writing style makes it tedious. I read a couple of pages then my head hurts and i put it down. I reread the same pages and i can't get it done
whisperingwillow · 36-40, F
@akindheart this was my experience with Kushiel’s Dart recently. If it hadn’t had such a good plot and characters this post could’ve been about it 😂 Some writing styles just aren’t for us!
akindheart · 61-69, F
@whisperingwillow i loved all the details but yeah, her writing style was horrible.
Justafantasy · M
Really · 80-89, M
Most of them, especially if recommended by the contemporary authors' clique, or as cultural literary classics.
whisperingwillow · 36-40, F
@Really Yes, that does always seem to be the case! It seems people get more caught up in some scholarly debate about the books ACTUAL meaning rather than what was inside the pages. I’m not into that. I want a good book that takes me on an adventure, has me
fall in love, or moves/inspires me in some way. But to each their own!
fall in love, or moves/inspires me in some way. But to each their own!
wonkywinky · 51-55, M
I rarely read fiction books.I feel the time you spend reading should be spent trying to learn about things.
whisperingwillow · 36-40, F
@wonkywinky I’m all about the adventure and love. And you’d be surprised the many things you may learn. I see where you’re coming from though.
The name of the Wind by patrick rothfuss
@whisperingwillow No, I think the last book is about 10 years overdue. Not that I will be reading them I reckon.
whisperingwillow · 36-40, F
@TheDeathOfOzymandiaz lol, I remember when I was reading his one book, someone bashed me hardcore for reading a series that would never be finished. Honestly, their rude behavior toward me only inspired to finish it in spite of them. Probably a good thing I lost the book haha
@whisperingwillow I know a lot of people liked it but it wasn't my cup of tea. It had too much of a Harry Potter feeling and the main character was just way too good at everything.
The Sound and the Fury. That and many religious texts.
whisperingwillow · 36-40, F
@canusernamebemyusername I haven’t read that… by Faulkner, right? They say it wasn’t originally successful….most readers must have agreed with you! 😂
Expressman · 61-69
Dean Koontz "Corner of his eye" it was okay at the beginning very interesting. But when it got to the point of where this detective could make quarters disappear and children were stepping in between realities. Was when I finally said "oh this is just b*******" and I finally just quit reading I'm sure he's a good writer but dude I don't need the b*******
whisperingwillow · 36-40, F
@Expressman lol, we all have our limit. I never could get invested in his books either.
SW-User
She's Come Undone. It was so negative and depressing to me.
whisperingwillow · 36-40, F
SW-User
Brideshead Revisited. I thought the first half was good. I thought the second was shit. And my overall assessment of the book was low.
Otherwise, not many. There are some I've tried to read but haven't gotten very far (like Ulysses). But most highly-esteemed books that I've read, I've at least enjoyed to some degree.
Otherwise, not many. There are some I've tried to read but haven't gotten very far (like Ulysses). But most highly-esteemed books that I've read, I've at least enjoyed to some degree.
Nanori · F
Daring Greatly
A great mess
A great mess
Nanori · F
@whisperingwillow I meant the book Daring Greatly is a great mess lol
Idk if u can get past 13 pages of it without falling asleep or losing track of lines go for it.
Idk if u can get past 13 pages of it without falling asleep or losing track of lines go for it.
basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M
whisperingwillow · 36-40, F
@basilfawlty89 hahahahaha, well, it is a rock solid tactic with my toddler at least
Jungleman · M
i tend not to read or finish books i hate.
whisperingwillow · 36-40, F
@Jungleman haha, I’m clearly a glutton for punishment. I try to finish all books I start unless they’re too morally famished.
TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 46-50, MVIP
LOTR…
I get that it was before tv..
But we get it Tolkien… Mordor is a horrible place.. no need to describe frodos every damn step
I get that it was before tv..
But we get it Tolkien… Mordor is a horrible place.. no need to describe frodos every damn step
whisperingwillow · 36-40, F
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout 😂😂 I feel so validated!! Everyone is always raving about world building. Yes, we love details, but we don’t need to drown in them!
I’m about to take some major heat here, but I feel the same way with Sarah J Maas. I LOVE her, she’s one of my favorite writers….when she stays on point. She always seems to start getting lost in the details.
I adored ACOTAR. The sequel was even better. In fact, one of my favorite books of all time, if not my #1. And then there she went with the never ending details about the buildup to the war. Did we reaaally need hundreds of pages telling us all the fine details? Nope. Big nope 😂
I’m about to take some major heat here, but I feel the same way with Sarah J Maas. I LOVE her, she’s one of my favorite writers….when she stays on point. She always seems to start getting lost in the details.
I adored ACOTAR. The sequel was even better. In fact, one of my favorite books of all time, if not my #1. And then there she went with the never ending details about the buildup to the war. Did we reaaally need hundreds of pages telling us all the fine details? Nope. Big nope 😂
TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 46-50, MVIP
@whisperingwillow
Aside from the ‘Dark Tower’
Stephen king books always start off awesome with loads of potential..
then die out like a dud fire cracker..
Yeah I said it 😎🕺
Aside from the ‘Dark Tower’
Stephen king books always start off awesome with loads of potential..
then die out like a dud fire cracker..
Yeah I said it 😎🕺
whisperingwillow · 36-40, F
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout Yeeesss!!! We clearly get each other! Haha I did absolutely love The Green Mile, but every other book by him - nope! Can’t do it. Definitely goes from intriguing to dud.
tenente · 100+, M
the alchemist
cari mora
tommyknockers
i am charlotte simmons
the lovely bones
atlas shrugged
name of the rose
casual vacancy
cari mora
tommyknockers
i am charlotte simmons
the lovely bones
atlas shrugged
name of the rose
casual vacancy
whisperingwillow · 36-40, F
@tenente The many hated books of tenente lol
I’ve only read The Lovely Bones from your list. I loved it and it has always stuck with me. So heart wrenching though.
I’ve only read The Lovely Bones from your list. I loved it and it has always stuck with me. So heart wrenching though.