What was the worst book you’ve ever read?

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Stephen King's It
Great story, but the writing was exceedingly dull, apart from the first chapter. I even tried getting through it via audiobook and still only made it halfway through. It's just a chore.
- I don't get Stephen King. I've never read a thing by him that I thought warranted the accolades.
  I like some of the films based on his books, but those are all punched up quite a bit.
  
  No, King writes well. It's very much from the heart and you can relate to the emotions he lays down effortlessly on every page. I think his strength is creating mysteries, and his weakness is over-explaining said mysteries.
  
  Maybe you relate to the emotions "he lays down effortlessly on every page", but I sure don't. If you enjoy reading King, go for it, read it, even share your opinion and preference to contrast mine.
  No need to tell me my opinion is wrong. Both things can be true that you like King's writing and I don't.
  
  When I said "No", the tone wasn't "No. You are wrong. Prepare for assimilation.", it was a gentle musical inflection of "nooo, here have a sandwich and let me tell you about the butterflies I love so much."
  
  👍 comment retracted then. I've been getting quite a bit of "your opinions are trash" stuff lately, it's been feeling like some of the reddit subs I had blocked back in the day.
  
  The lemmiverse has been feeling pretty active lately
  
  I also like some of the films, so I tired to read "The Stand" as it was one of his more lauded books. My mistake was buying some anniversary edition which came in two tomes and was apparently a longer uncut version the author had initially written, that was then edited down to the produce the initial release.
  Couldn't finish even half of the first tome. King writes good, but loooves to write a lot. I quickly understood why the classic version of the book was cut down so much - I was screaming for all this exposition to cut to the action finally, and it just didn't come, always being teased as being behind the corner.
  Also I found out that as any classic his style has been immitated so much in literature and other media, that by now I've basically consumed a ton of Stephen King-like stories and I really don't get much more from reading his books. So I just gave up on that front, while appreciating him as an author and perpetuum-idea-generator.
- I enjoyed it...until the insanely problematic ending.

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