author last names g-l

The Believers

symkha wrote in bookfails Nov 12, 2011 13:28

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good plot gone wrong, kill it with fire, author last names g-l, overrated reading fails, buddy can you spare me an editor?, thank god it was just fiction

"The Ice Princess," by Camilla Läckberg

000_hester_000 wrote in bookfails Sep 25, 2011 11:52

So, I read this book:

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at least the cover is cool, character development fail, author last names g-l, because sometimes it's not just the book, feminism just got set back 50 years

I have a feeling this is a bookfail.

gwenyvere4 wrote in bookfails Jul 26, 2011 00:20

Has anyone read The Book of Air & Shadows by Michael Gruber? I keep trying to read it and after a couple of pages, I find the narrator so irritating and rambling that I can't continue. I haven't gotten through more than a dozen pages, which I realize is nothing, but it's that off-putting.

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questions, author last names g-l

Lord of the Flies

crimes wrote in bookfails Jul 14, 2011 16:01

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at least the pages were numbered, classics, author last names g-l

XVI by Julia Karr (2011)

cyranothe2nd wrote in bookfails Jun 30, 2011 23:02

My synopsis (no spoilers):

XVI is a dystopian novel about Nina, a girl who is afraid to turn 16. This is because when a girl turns 16 (or "sex-teen" as the book repeatedly calls it), she is tattoed with a 'XVI' that declares her to be of legal age. She's basically fair game. Since the world includes a strictly-govt controlled caste system, upper- ( Read more... )

at least the cover is cool, character development fail, author last names g-l, young adult fails

Real Live Boyfriends By E. Lockhart

shecaneathesea wrote in bookfails May 29, 2011 10:44

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good plot gone wrong, rants, character development fail, author last names g-l, this is romance? how?, sequel fail, i love this author but what in the world

Sex with the Queen by Elizabeth Herman

msmcknittington wrote in bookfails May 27, 2011 01:33

This is, quite possibly, the worst non-fiction book I have ever read. A comment on a previous post in the comm reminded me of it, and I thought I should share. Forewarning, like a literary lighthouse ( Read more... )

oh man and this was nonfiction, kill it with fire, author last names g-l, sex scene failure

Willow by Julia Hoban

haveloved wrote in bookfails May 25, 2011 15:10

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at least the cover is cool, character development fail, author last names g-l, buddy can you spare me an editor?, young adult fails, this is romance? how?, let me introduce myself

Snow Falling on Cedars

ryl wrote in bookfails Apr 16, 2011 17:02

Full disclosure: I got about four chapters into this before giving up. Watching the activity described by the title would have been more interesting. Well, not more interesting, but certainly it would have been easier to follow. I swear, this book had the worst case of literature ADD I've seen in a hot minute ( Read more... )

i couldn't even finish this awful book, author last names g-l, buddy can you spare me an editor?

Philippa Gregory: The White Queen (and a few notes on The Red Queen)

lied_ohne_worte wrote in bookfails Apr 14, 2011 10:04

I was going to post these two books in one, as they have both similarities and interesting contrasts in the ways they fail for me. However, my rant became so long that I split them off. I mention some things that annoy me about both books now, but the particulars of "The Red Queen" will follow later.

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character development fail, author last names g-l