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JacintaMCarter

The Catcher in the Rye | J. D. Salinger

#Hated #SizzlinSummerBooks

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EchoLogical

City of Ashes | Cassandra Clare

Playing catch up again for #SizzlinSummerBooks...
#Hated & #ReadThisNow
Can you guess which one is which?

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JaclynW Read this now = Glass Castle?? 7y

EllieDottie This is fun! Hmm this is just a random guess but I'm going to say that you hated the Cassandra Clare! (edited) 7y

EchoLogical @JaclynW @EllieDottie Spot on! I hate Cassandra Clare's books so much and I figured it's a good time to read The Glass Castle since the movie's coming out soon. 7y

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Mindyrecycles

Life of Pi | Yann Martel

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Blech. Yuck. Preachy. Pretentious. Pointless. #hated #sizzlinsummerbooks

Caroline2 Totally agree!! I could not get on with this book at all! I bailed then watched the film and it's all kind of a dream and didn't really happen any way?! 🙄 7y

TrishB @Caroline2 didn't like either! Didn't bother with film! 7y

monkeygirlsmama Had this on my bookshelf for awhile before we moved. Don't know if I kept my copy or not, but I know I never got around to reading it. Now, either way, I'm not feeling so bad about it never making it's way to my "currently reading" stack. 7y

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Soubhiville Yep I'm with you. 7y

GuiltyFeat Wow. What a shame. Life of Pi, in my opinion is one of the few truly great novels of the past two decades. It will survive us all. A tremendous survivor's tale like Life is Beautiful with all the storytelling guile of the greatest yarnspinners ever. 7y

GuiltyFeat @Caroline2 Not a dream, but a reframing borne of survivor's guilt. 7y

CoffeeK8 Totally agree, then I forgot I hated it and watched the film, then hated it all over again. 7y

CouronneDhiver I wasn't terribly impressed with this one either. 7y

tournevis I agree that it feels pretentious, especially in original English. Martel is a native French speaker and it shows in his style. He's also a pretentious git IMO. Anyway, I never finished either Fr or En versions, but I can tell you with certainty, the tone is better in Fr. Martel had his parents do the translation and they made it better. For sure. 7y

Jas16 I hated this one too 7y

OrangeMooseReads I wasn't a big fan of this one either. 7y

Jinjer Omgggggg I loved the movie & book SO much!!!! 😳 7y

Jinjer @GuiltyFeat yaaaaassssss! I'm totally with you on this book! 7y

GAustin I'm on the other side of this. One of my favorites. So it goes... 7y

Mindyrecycles @Jinjer and @GuiltyFeat and @GAustin -- Yes, I know many people love the book. I'm just not one of them! I do sympathize...some of my beloved titles were named on others' #hated tag. Like a knife to the heart! (edited) 7y

GAustin 😬 7y

Jinjer @Mindyrecycles That's ok. I understand.😢😊 7y

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mrp27

The Lovely Bones | Alice Sebold

#sizzlingsummerbooks

I #hated these books.

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DrSabrinaMoldenReads I HATED "The Lovely Bones", too! 7y

lesliemarie I think Eat Pray Love is terrible! 7y

Mindyrecycles Bailed on Eat Pray Love-- ick! Lovely Bones was also disappointing after all the praise it got but I didn't hate it. 7y

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Texreader Just recently added it to my tbr list but more than willing to take it off. Why did you hate it? @Joyfulmimi 7y

DrSabrinaMoldenReads At the beginning of the book, you know she is dead and thats about all you know at the end of the book. I kept reading until the end, waiting and wanting to determine the point of the book. Thats my opinion, though @Texreader 7y

Texreader @Joyfulmimi Thanks. That's enough info to tell me I'd be disappointed 7y

mrp27 @Texreader @Joyfulmimi I completely agree. Plus, the last few chapters earned a few eye rolls. 7y

Texreader @mrp27 @Joyfulmimi Done! It's off my tbr list! Thanks for saving me that pain! 7y

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tournevis

Le canard de bois: roman | Louis Caron

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I'm not doing #sizzlingsummerbooks but I have to participate here. #Hate compells me. I #hated the tagged book so much, I have no words. For the better part of the last 30 years, I kept a copy of it, just so I could see it on my shelf and hate it more. It is, by far, the most stupid, sexist, idiotic, bad historical novel I have ever read. And I've read my share. And worse: it's super popular! Argh!

Just sayin'.

Gailthurber Did you read it all? 7y

tournevis @Gailthurber Oh yeah! Two deep readings with annotations, followed by an essay. Yes, it was for school. I got an A+. 7y

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tracy.anne8

I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell | Tucker Max

As others have said, #hated is a strong word but these are 3 books that fit the bill for me. The Silent Wife, I feel like, tried too hard to be Gone Girl. Don't even get me started on Tucker Max. I'm not even sure what I was thinking on that one. Well Enough Alone had less to do with hypochondriac and more to do with random tangents. It was behind frustrating. #sizzlinsummerbooks

Allkat Funny I just read Silent Wife. I really liked that one. You‘re right,not Gone Girl good but it kept me turning pages as things started unraveling for that couple. Just started I hope they serve beer.... Hoping for some laughs. 🤭 6y

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EllieDottie

Before We Met | Lucie Whitehouse

I really hate very few books but I wanted to pick one I haven't posted on before! I really didn't like this book, I found the plot laborious and the characters flat. I only finished it because it was the only book I had with me on a long plane ride! But the cover is pretty cool right?! #hated #sizzlinsummerbooks

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