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 :)
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. The parts where her politics weren’t crammed down your throat were good, her politics will also ensure I never read a second book published in her name.
John Galt’s speech was the most painful literary experience I’ve ever had. And that ending, Seriously?
I loved Atlas shrugged and have read it 3 times, but never once have I read the Galt speech. I think I’m mesmerized by Rand’s screwed up worldview that, in practice, really messed up the lives of those around her.