I have two. The Ritual and Drowning.
The Ritual is pure smut. 61 chapters and every one contains a graphic, demeaning sex scene. I’m convinced the author was an adult film screenwriter and decided to try their hand at writing a novel. There isn’t a single likable character in this book.
Drowning isn’t a great work of literature. I felt that the characters were very two-dimensional. I hated how naive the author made the protagonist. It made me have a lack of sympathy for her. The ending was series finale of Dexter bad.
On The Road by Jack Kerouac. I’ve read some really great books this year but this one didn’t connect with me much at all. I didn’t actively dislike it, but it was definitely the “worst” of a good bunch.
read that in the late 80s am still annoyed how overrated it is
2000s, same
Truman Capote put it best concerning that book: “That’s not writing, it’s typing.”
I have tried 5 times to read this, because my mother loves it, and I just can’t.
Also read it this year. I found the “stream of consciousness” style a bit challenging to engage with, but I could relate to the characters and situations, so actually still generally enjoyed it.