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Has there any books that made you rage quit?
- Thread starter Sapphire Dreams
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It was this one that made me so angry:
Fucking, the cliff hanger ending is that the protagonist's brother is his enemy and the evil corrupt king is his father.
I'm saving people's time and doing everyone a favor by spoiling it.
apparently it was retconned in the following book, but geez that pissed me off.
I'm pretty sure it was one of the kings top men that was Eragon's father, not the king himself.
I feel bad about the Eragon hate. I really enjoyed the series in my early teens, but I suppose it's a better experience when you hadn't read the stuff it ripped off.
Blackpuppy
Member
I've tried to read A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, but I just can't get into the writing. If Twain's not making a not-so-subtle stab at religion or government, he fills it with expressions which I feel miiight have made sense in the 1800's but it just flies over my head.
I feel he's trying to be Voltaire but he just blabbers on and on and on...
I feel he's trying to be Voltaire but he just blabbers on and on and on...
CaviarMeths
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You forgot the part where
Richard sends all the raping, murderous socialists to a new parallel world where they can all go be religious in their own shitty world with no magic. Oh and by the way that world is Earth.
I do love how thorough Richard is with
using literal god magic to fix everything though. Like, Goodkind dug deep in his own lore to find pointless, mundane shit to fix just to show off how all-powerful Richard is. Apples are no longer poisonous! Hurray!
Finn of Ooo
Member
Malayan Book of the Fallen: midnight tides. By this point the series had been a slog, the sheer volume of characters is overwhelming and events happen quickly and seemingly without explanation in some cases. So yeah by this point it's already been a difficult read and now you want to chuck me into another part of the world with an entirely new cast of characters? No thanks.
Usually for books like that I make a little notecard with a character's name and a quick reminder of who they are, then use that for my bookmarks. Add to it when new characters appear.
It helps a lot.
I really wanted to like Malazan but I quit half way through the first book. Just couldn't do it.
Armada by Ernest Clone. I quite liked RPO despite itself, and I was hoping that his writing would improve and make a book that you could like without feeling a bit slutty.
NOPE! References, shitty ripoff of Last Starfighter, references, our hero is a misunderstood badass nerd, pretty much just RPO but shittier. Dropped that shit halfway through.
NOPE! References, shitty ripoff of Last Starfighter, references, our hero is a misunderstood badass nerd, pretty much just RPO but shittier. Dropped that shit halfway through.
IndieJones
Member
I'm going to echo the Ready Player One comments.
Good lord. The Nintendo Worlds of Power books are better written.
RPO makes the GI:Joe books from the 80s look like Gone With The Wind.
Wow, I can make references too!!!!
Good lord. The Nintendo Worlds of Power books are better written.
RPO makes the GI:Joe books from the 80s look like Gone With The Wind.
Wow, I can make references too!!!!
IndieJones
Member
I can't even imagine this.
GoingToDelete
Member
1984. I got to room 101 and realised I didn't care anymore. I stopped reading there.
Freezasaurus
Member
Atlas Shrugged. I tried to read it like 3 times, never got further than about 200 pages. Not a single solitary fuck given about anything in that book.
The first time I tried to read Guns Germs and Steel, I quit because there was a portion in the intro that annoyed the hell out of me. He goes to a third world country and is making the argument that we stereotype people from third world countries as backward and use that as an explanation for their lack of success. And he's saying that we shouldn't do that because in his experience they're not.
Obviously, I'm on his side at this point. But then he goes on and says something like "in fact, I bet they're smarter because they haven't been corrupted by TV/Video Games/Movies like in the West." It's a throwaway comment, but it just bugged the hell out of me because he's arguing against stereotypes and then he just throws that out there, and it's so lazy.
Anyway, I eventually went back years later and read it, and found it pretty good. Still annoyed by that sentence though.
Obviously, I'm on his side at this point. But then he goes on and says something like "in fact, I bet they're smarter because they haven't been corrupted by TV/Video Games/Movies like in the West." It's a throwaway comment, but it just bugged the hell out of me because he's arguing against stereotypes and then he just throws that out there, and it's so lazy.
Anyway, I eventually went back years later and read it, and found it pretty good. Still annoyed by that sentence though.
I came close several times just stopping the audio book because of the massive shift from the end of Catching Fire to the mess that is Katniss in Mocking Jay, but I soldiered through and finished, even making past the heel turn and poor life choices she makes at the end.
Atlas Shrugged I found to be boring even when I was riding the Libertarian Train. It's just not that good of a book.
darkstar0155
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OMG great choice. For all the hype it gets it really is terrible. Its not a good read. I mean I understand the historical significance where at the time going on the road and being a drifter was a very hippish type of thing, but the writing is beyond boring. Its something freshman college kids would think is "cool".
darkstar0155
Member
Crossroads of Twilight was easily the lowest point in the series. It was a huge slog to get through but thankfully, you never have to deal with anything like that again. The book after that was better, and the series picks up a LOT once Sanderson takes over and takes a much needed chainsaw to the endless piles of bullshit plot threads. He starts shutting down extraneous or meandering stuff fast and very decisively, and focuses on the plot threads that people actually care about. He really cleans house while trying his best to maintain the feel of the series, and it greatly improves the pacing of the later books.
The series actually wrapped up quite nicely IMO. Sanderson did a particularly fantastic job in the final book.
darkstar0155
Member
Shit, that's when it gets good. I loved the entire sequence at the end with the vision the MiB gave Roland. I've also done a lot of hallucinogens so that may have helped that scene speak to me as it just seemed perfect
Barely made it through Armada, but it was the closest I've come to rage quitting a book.
THIS. I enjoyed Ready Player One, but this was offensively bad. Rage quit after just a few chapters.
darkstar0155
Member
What? Rage quit IT? That book is just amazing. Like, I really don't see how anyone would want to rage quite that book unless your just not into long stories with a lot of character building. I mean it was effectively two books in one.
Yeah, this one wasn't all that great. It was unique I guess but nothing...ever... really... happened.
darkstar0155
Member
Yeah while I didn't rage quite both this and animal farm aren't all that great of reads imo. They are good "what if" or thoughts about society, but as reads it was really ridiculous. Especially animal farm.
I am going to rage quit this thread.
wild wild rice
Member
Atlas Shrugged. Poorly written and full of stupid ideas.
I don't think I've ever quit a book but Mockingjay pushed me further than I've ever gotten. I thought Hunger Games was an okay book and Catching Fire wasn't terrible either. Mockingjay had me contemplating actually burning it. I don't think I've ever been so angry, frustrated, and disgusted at a story. The ridiculous plot contrivances and non-sensical throughlines were unpalatable but the characters killed it. The character assassination at the end of the novel was just the cherry on top of constant baffling decisions, ridiculous dilemnas, and manufactured drama.
That book is garbage and it turned a serviceable series into one of my most hated book trilogies. I'm angry about it all over again.
That book is garbage and it turned a serviceable series into one of my most hated book trilogies. I'm angry about it all over again.
The Wise Man's Fear
FUCK THIS SHIT, it started really well, then it became a fucking clusterfuck.
"what if Kvothe was really good at everything and also overpowered?..... I'M A GENIUS!" Patrick Rothfuss
Wait, seriously?
I loved Name of the Wind, and was looking forward to reading the second one when I have time :-(
Finn of Ooo
Member
There are some lame parts but for the most part it's still a good book.
He really turned Kvothe into a god unfortunately.
What's worse though was he rambled. We hear about this awesome adventure with pirates that he then explained in an almost fourth wall breaking fashion that he wouldn't talk about because there wasn't enough time and it wasn't relevant. That way we could spend more time with Kvothe
conquering a fairy sex-god. And then AFTER that we get rambly with his visit to the music = prostitution ninja village.
What kills me is Patrick Rothfuss talks about how much he has to put in his third book to make the overarching narrative of the series make sense which wouldn't have been a huge problem if he didn't mess around with Kvothe's sexual prowess for half the book.
Bare in mind you're in a thread full of people trying to outdo each other on the hyperbole.
If you liked TNotW you'll like TWMF.
Freeza Under The Shower
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'ar, my old nemesis. One day I shall return and conquer thee.
But I tried it like a decade ago and I just couldn't get through it. I think my understanding of English on an intuitive level is a bit more advanced these days though, so maybe I could do it now, or just brute-force my way through it.
For others its Moby Dick (or Shakespeare), but I can't say I've genuinely 'ragequit' something. Perhaps if Crighton had stuck with what he seemed to be going for with Jurassic Park until the very end -last line in fact- of the T-Rex breakout, after which it suddenly assumes a completely different tone. To be fair, I was flipping the page going 'nonono' myself as well, so I imagine he had no choice when his beta-readers read it and didn't like that. It's a strange turn from horror to adventure book though, where the parts beyond the breakout are basically a completely different book than what the first 50 pages were.
honestly though, it was always obvious he was going to become a god. The thing about Wise Man's Fear, is he did it through sex, which was....unexpected.
Mine's Willful Child by Steven Erikson. A friend loaned to to me and said the humour would be up my alley but he was one hundred percent wrong. Didn't make it through more than a couple of chapters. It seems that a "deft parody" of Star Trek means to take all the worst impulses of the main characters and crank them up to 11.
(In a mild defense of Kvothe from the Kingkiller Chronicles; yes, in the story he's the Best At Everything and Super OP but keep in mind he's narrating his own story and is not a reliable narrator. Given his upbringing with a troupe of performers, he would know a lot about embellishing a legend and telling wild stories.)
This is a frustration venting thread, which is why I try to hold back on defending series that I like from complaints I don't think match up with what I've read from the books, so I'm not gonna make a big deal about this.
But I have to make a point here because the entire Fae episode is something that is drastically misrepresented when people talk about it.
First off, the actual sex takes up a few pages at best. It's the central action when Kvothe meets Felurian, and it pops up here and there as he goes on describing his overall experience with her. In the meantime, he spends his time
learning about how weird and otherworldly the Fae are and it's world, he learns about the Creation War, he learns about Felurian herself, Felurian makes him a Shaed, he talks to the Cthaeh, etc.
Similarly, the sex positive attitude of the Adem are only a singular part of several aspects of their culture that are described. The vast majority of that time is spent him learning about the Lethani.
Like I said, this is a venting thread. It's not up to me to say "You are wrong for disliking this". This isn't really the time or place to debate whether any book or story has merit. That's for official threads regarding the series and this is just a place we can collectively roll our eyes at stories we didn't for any reason like without judgement. But I have to atleast point out because a lot of the things complained about, especially regarding that part of the book, often never actually happened.
darkstar0155
Member
Hey, those were my thoughts at the time of reading them. What can I say.
GordonShumway
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That's pretty much what I thought about The Passage and The Twelve. Really felt like the first book was just thrown out the window while going through the second. Sadly, I forced myself to finish The Twelve but couldn't get very far into the third (The City of Mirrors).
Pretty early on in that book Amy explains to Peter that his future ghost was the mysterious person that saved his brother back in the first book.
Finn of Ooo
Member
Oh! I will also submit the Night Angel series by Brent Weeks. I have never read such a blatant male power fantasy play out, this book shows up fairly high on multiple recommendation lists on reddit and goodreads and I'm sitting there reading it wondering if I'm taking crazy pills for getting so annoyed at watching this author play out his fantasies in this book.
What? This is the first time I've heard about this. I haven't finished the 4th book yet (been reading it on and off for the last 2 years and a half, I really need to pick it up once and for all), but I didn't know the 5th one was supposed to be bad.
No worries, honestly I appreciate the different perspective. I think my issue with WMF was there was a lot of telling but not a lot of things actually happening. He learned a lot with Felurian but outside of his meeting with
the Cthaeh
In one part, she is trying to explain something super important to him but he's distracted by her breasts. He only stops to listen when she lets him feel her up as she talks to him and this is after they've been having sex for a while. His sexual awakening was important to his development but I just remember that entire section of the book being sex and exposition. Even after he leaves Felurian, he then almost immmediately goes on to have sex with some bar maid.
As for the adem, it wasn't the central pillar of their culture but it was important and, to me, it was just a continuation of the same themes he encountred with Felurian which was frustrating.
I do agree though, a venting thread is probably one of the worst places to recommend a book. To clarify, I still loved WMF. I just didn't love it as much as TNOTW. I'm also hyper critical of the second book since my excitement for the sequel was high and I feel like if Rothfuss had executed some things differently it could have surpassed its predecessor.
Rushersauce
Banned
It's not good. It's a Bad book with good parts. Plain and simple.
Rushersauce
Banned
Hahaha oh yeah? No, this is no 'hyperbole'. I liked NOTW quite a lot, and then, I'm presented with this mess of a book.
And the one who defended the "misinterpreted" sex act (which is one of the many offenses this book commit), Just one acronym: lmao.
Finn of Ooo
Member
Traditional thoughts say so but what my theory presupposes is... maybe its good?
There's been a few. The most recent example is probably Abaddon's Gate by James SA Corey.
I saw early on what was going to happen with the Mao story line and just noped the fuck out of there. Not going to waste any time following that shit.
My tolerance for questionable literature is pretty high, too.
I saw early on what was going to happen with the Mao story line and just noped the fuck out of there. Not going to waste any time following that shit.
My tolerance for questionable literature is pretty high, too.
That's fair. Personally, I liked WMF more than TNotW. It does a lot of things that are just more interesting for me than the first book did, which was more traditional in how it told its story. We could probably end up having an interesting conversation about it at another time, just not here.
Garbage. Too bad I read 1/3 of it, which normally wouldn't be a big deal, but in this case was around 300 pages
I've been going through all of Murakami's works and I'm leaving this one for last because I consistently hear about how bad the third book is. :/
It's just a clever test, the Knife of Dreams was surprisingly action-packed.
704 pages of women trying on dresses to impress Rand. Never did finish the series, and I never will.
GoingToDelete
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Book 10 wasnt great, definitely the worst of the series so far. I'm on page ~220 of book 11 and its been great so far.
Absolutely. Back to the regularly scheduled salt.
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