How often has literature let you down?

Have there been any time in your life where you were disappointed in a book? What book was it? What exactly disappointed you about that book?

I read a book a few years back by Chris Bohjalian…..it was called “The Night Strangers”. I thought the book was good until I got to the end. I thought the end was horrible………so horrible, in fact, that I have not read anything from this author since then.

There was one other book I tried to read a couple of years ago (seen below). The synopsis was good……it made the book sound like something Agatha Christie herself could have written. Problem was that this has been the one time that I find myself not being able to finish a book. The book got so bogged down with the details that I only made it about half way through and I had to put it down. Normally I’m really hardcore about finishing whatever book I pick up……..but I couldn’t with this particular book.

10 responses to “How often has literature let you down?”

  1. One of the recent books I was really disappointed by was ‘An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed,’ the sequel to ‘An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good’ (which I really enjoyed.) I was really excited about it and it just ruined everything that was good about the first book :/

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    1. Yeah, my husband says the same thing about movies. The sequels are usually not as good as the first movie, in his opinion.

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  2. That would be Moby Dick for me (controversial?). I also really didn’t like Normal People…

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    1. I haven’t tried reading Moby Dick yet. I know Moby Dick is kind of considered a classic but if it won’t hold my attention then I can’t read it.

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      1. Yeah, it definitely didn’t hold my attention… Might be different for you, though!

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  3. Thankfully I haven’t really experienced this yet. I think it helps that I never set and real high expectations for any book. I’m the same way when it comes to movies. Stories that don’t grab me within the first 15 minutes usually makes me give up on a book. I feel like if I invest any time longer then I might as well commit.

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    1. I can’t continue a book if it doesn’t grab my attention and hold on to it. Luckily it’s not something that happens often.

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  4. Literature has let me down many times. Some books are so overrated that after reading these books it feels that I wasted my time. One book that overtly disappointed me was White Tiger. Interestingly the book received Booker Awards.

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    1. That usually happens to me with movies. The movies that normally wins all the awards are the movies that I don’t watch. The movies that the critic’s all hate is the movies that I normally go see.

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