What book have you read that wasn’t subjectively “bad” but you regrets reading all the same?

For me, Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter. The book was engaging and it kept me on my toes, but I just with I hadn’t “poisoned my head” with all the graphic gore that was in there. I years later i still think about this and how I really wish I had never read it.

Question inspired by a comment /u/PrincessOfWales made in another thread :)

  • FertyMerty@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Never Let Me Go. Just…I didn’t like what it put in my head. I can appreciate the good writing, but the concept was ick for me.

    In a similar vein, Verity. But the writing also sucks, so I have a few reasons for disliking it.

    • RzrKitty@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Agree on Never Let Me Go. — While it’s touted as speculative fiction, it really has strong horror elements. I wish I’d never read it. The psychological abuse- just gross.

      The ideas aren’t original either- done earlier/better by at least Robin Cook (Coma) and in various other scifi books/shorts.

    • estheredna@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I don’t think I have ever cried so much when reading as during that especially heartbreaking scene in this book. Big wracking sobs straight from my soul.