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myLot reputation of 84/100. shopgirl (2433)   ranked 19 out of 6,824 in reading3 months ago

Have you ever read a book that was terrible but you finished it anyway? Pubbet by Joy Fielding is just that book. Puppet is the first and last book I will read by Joy Fielding. Even thought there might have been 300+ pages, I read this book in about 2.5 hours. This was definitely a mystery for simpletons, at least a quarter through the book I knew who committed the crime.

Amanda is a happily, wealthy and twice divorced lawyer living in Florida. She receives a message from her first husband that her mother is in jail for murdering a strange man by shooting him. The action doesn't really pick up and by the middle of the book, you wish you were the victim. I had to finish this book, because I always finish what I start, but gee wiz this book was terrible, I wouldn't even recommend it to a dog to chew on. So how about it, have you ever read a book that was terrible but you finished it anyway? What was it?

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 96/100. Transdisc (12436)   ranked 1 out of 6,824 in reading   3 months ago

I wouldn't even recommend it for a dog to chew on."

heehee, this has struck me as insanely funny, shopgirl! lol" hahahaha!

Once again, I can relate to what you're saying, but once again, my memory fails me. I make it a point to finish books that I begin, no matter how torturous it may be. I can only recall two times when I simply could not finish a book because it was just so bad.


myLot reputation of 84/100. shopgirl (2433)   ranked 19 out of 6,824 in reading  3 months ago

Thank you for your response and this is the only time this has happened to me. I always finish what I start so I finished the book. But what a waste of an afternoon.

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2. myLot reputation of 91/100. sophiasmom911 (873)   ranked 875 out of 6,824 in reading   3 months ago

lol wouldnt recommend it for a dog to chew on. No I was reading Paint It black by Janet Fitch. its about a girl that is actress, and her boyfriend kills himself. its so drawn out, and she takes her mourning to a whole new level. the mother of the son comes and stills his stuff out of her apartment and its sooooo stupid. I had to just stop, couldnt take anymore!


myLot reputation of 84/100. shopgirl (2433)   ranked 19 out of 6,824 in reading  3 months ago

Thank you for your response and I haven't read this one and thanks to you I am going to steer clear of it.


myLot reputation of 91/100. sophiasmom911 (873)   ranked 875 out of 6,824 in reading  3 months ago

well she also wrote white oleander, and it was made into a movie as well . That one wasnt really bad. but the other book she wrote was horrid!

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3. myLot reputation of 97/100. shymurl (1522)   ranked 442 out of 6,824 in reading   3 months ago

If I can't get into a book, I won't finish it. My husband says some books are just great and I should read it. When I start it, it starts out boring and I can't continue to read it.

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4. myLot reputation of 90/100. ShardAerliss (579)   ranked 1,147 out of 6,824 in reading   3 months ago

The first of Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake books was foisted upon me. My friends claimed I would love it, that it sat somewhere between Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles and Joss Whedon's BtVS.

They neglected to mention it was an utter rip off of all that is beautiful about Rice's and Whedon's works, that it dug out everything that is ugly in the world of vampire fiction and was badly written to boot!

I finished it though... simply to shut my friends up.

Oh, and To Kill a Mockingbird... but that was because we studied it at school. Sorry to all it's fans but I found it utterly dry, lifeless and too slow paced. The movie was actually better...*hides*

 
5. myLot reputation of 88/100. hockeygal4ever (5472)   ranked 22 out of 6,824 in reading   3 months ago

I refuse to do that these days. When I was in h.s. I was often forced to read things I really didn't want to & I've vowed never again.

 
6. myLot reputation of 70/100. xavierkyle (209)   ranked 1,886 out of 6,824 in reading   3 months ago

No. When it is so terrible, I wouldn't read it any word further.

 
7. myLot reputation of 88/100. loveyoohbaby (326)   ranked 2,764 out of 6,824 in reading   2 months ago

Hey there I am currently reading a book it is my favorite past time a.

 
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