I had a read back through some of my previous posts and thought so far I’ve blogged a lot about what I like and reviewed books that I have enjoyed, but haven’t said a lot about what I don’t like when it comes to books. So I thought I’d bring you BookieMonster’s List of Do Not Like’s. In advance I’d like to say I’m sorry if my opinions differ from your own!
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Harry Potter
I never got Harry Potter. I read at least 2 of the books (they made such an impression I can’t even remember if I got to the 3rd book or not). “Okaayyyy” I thought.
I saw the first movie. “Snooooore” I thought.
I just couldn’t get passionate about Harry. I never felt entirely transported by the books and they never made me think. Great books for younger kids to get interested in reading (if they like them), but not sure what they were supposed to do for adults. And the movies are total pants.
Sorry! -
Lord of the Rings
As a New Zealander it is almost sacrilege to disparage Lord of the Rings so straight off I should make clear that I totally love Peter Jackson’s movies. So much so that for a brief second I even considered trying (for the fourth time) to read the books.
A very brief second.
The furtherest I’ve ever gotten into the books is about a quarter into Fellowship of the Ring. By this stage the feeling that Tolkien was just coming up with proper names and place names by throwing cards with random syllables up into the air and seeing how they came down, was so strong it was almost inducing hysteria every time I came up against another Galadalbombadelliandodrolsnaketonguerial.
Sorry! -
Dan Brown
I had a work colleague who everytime you asked her what she was reading she would say “The Da Vinci Code” with an ever increasing air of desperation. This went on for about 6 months. So, no.
Sorry!
I’m going to stop now that I’ve offended 3 segments of the market. Further segments will have to wait for future blog posts.
Remember, just because we don’t share opinions doesn’t mean we can’t share book trades!
P.S. I know, the title’s terrible. My imagination clearly took a brief nap.
My Do Not Likes (I thought the title was great!)
1) Harry Potter
2) The Alchemist
3) Wuthering Heights (although it’s one that I try again every couple of years, just in case I was too immature to appreciate it previously. Hasn’t improved yet).
I feel like I’m going to be lynched by a mob of villagers with flaming torches now.
Aha – I have read Wuthering Heights, but only once as a teenager. I never felt the need to go back, but I don’t remember hating it.
I know. Admitting to dislikes seems to be rather hard to do – people are so fiercely protective of their personal likes…. you’ll notice I couldn’t bring myself to mention Twilight…
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