What book have you never been able to finish?

i am into this book entitle RED ZONE for over 2 months now and i cant simply read through it...i read it whenver i am bored or i have nothing to do or to read left in my shelves...i am a novel fan but not this one...it is about a crime made by the animals (close to that) the idea is good because it is a true story but on how the author narrates the sotry is really boring...once you start reading it you will just wind up and realized you have fallen asleep...hays

The classic book I've never been able to finish was that famous book by Lawrence of Arabia - his memoirs. I literally tried for years. Everytime I started I was discouraged by something. The stuffiness of it. The unending explanations of Arabian politics, the descriptions of the countries and the customs which was most of the book, and, of course, the negotiations, which took years and dedication that made the author famous. Another such book was War And Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Russian books are heavy and this one is a massive work of literature. I can only admire the patience and effort of these authors. That alone is stupendous.

I've never been able to finish Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. It's the language. It's just too difficult for me. Also, for some reason, I can't ever get through Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. I've tried multiple times. I've seen two movie versions (one movie, one mini series) but I can't finish the book. I've managed to read one of her other books (Sense and Sensibility) all the way through, but Pride and Prejudice is just one that defeats me every time.

Ulysses by James Joyce. I guess I share that with a lot of people. I have heard it is the sort of book many people have in their book shelf but hardly anyone reads. I just did not get into it. I really disliked the writing style.

Well, there's a couple of them. To my husband's dismay, I have never been able to get through Dune. Great movie, love the story, can't get through the book, don't know why. Much to MY dismay, I can't get through Wizard and Glass by Stephen King. I think it's the 4th book in the Gunslinger series (which I have loved so far). At some point in Wizard and Glass, I guess it got a little slow and the suspense building just got to me and I just haven't been able to pick it up since I put it down. I am thinking about starting to read the whole series over again to see if I can manage to get through it this time. I have also been thinking about giving Dune another chance.

Gone with the wind.I have tried many times and borrowed from our library a couple of times.But i just can't finish it.I may say that i have no time to read,but actually i did have free time. Well,i gusee what makes me stop reading is that this is a long story,and some translation is hard to understand.the name they tanslated into Chinese is so weird. Altough I know this is a famous,intellegant book and worth of reading,ummmm,i find it hard to finish it.whatever,i will try again sometimes later : )

As much as i've found the movie of the same title very intriguing, i was never able to get passed chapte one of The Da Vinci Code...it bore to tears!! It probably did get more interesting as the book went on, but i just couldn't concentrate and get into the story for how boring it was!! Also, a book I did want to finish, but had to return to the library where i had borrowed it is The green mile..that book was very good, but i never got to finish it.

I've started a couple of Clive Cussler books. They are well-written, adventurous, exciting..all in all...they are really good books! But, they are LONG! LOL. If I don't get it finished in a weekend, I have trouble picking it back up a week later and trying to remember the characters and what is going on. This last one I started several weeks ago. I'll probably have to just start over.

The Catcher in the Rye. I tried several times to read it, but I never could get past the first few pages. I'll read it someday, because I usually force myself to read the ones I don't like.

I started "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver several times and have never made it all the way through. I like it but it is a very long book and apparently it has not just grabbed me by the neck and pulled me in. Someday I will finish it.

Sadly, I've never been able to read the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I can read The Hobbit just fine, but beyond that, I get started reading, and just get so bored! It's unfortunate, because I really love the movies, but the books are just so dry!

I normally like to read books about parapsychology, but every now and then, one will get so bogged down in studies and statistics that I can't finish it. I've been trying to finish a book on [/u]Your Infinite Ability to be Rich[u], but I sort of do and don't want to finish it. Every time I apply something in it, something cool happens. But when I do finish, I will start reading it over again. Mostly I'm learning about all the opportunities that present themselves, but my eyes have been closed to them or I was so down and didn't present a positive image, so I lost out. Now I see opportunities everywhere.

yap!! exactly.. i tried reading C.S. Lewis' books. one of those is Problem of Pain.. the title excites me because somehow the title relates to my own problem. but for some reason i just couldnt understand the book! i liked the topic a lot. but starting the first few pages, somehow i find it boring and caused me to stop. but i struggled a lot that after many days i then started reading it all over again, but i just cant grasp his ideas and knowlege. i inquired to the owner of the book, my aunt, and she told me that the author is philosophical that is why we can't or i can't fully grasp what he is talking or telling me about. hehe, it made me realize that i am really not into philosophical things. and C.s. Lewis other books like the chronicles of narnia, i still find it boring. i had a copy of some of his series but i just couldnt apprehend or like what he is talking. it was the same like that of harry potter, but i really could not finish the book in one setting.. hmmm, i managed to finish the last book of the series because somehow i find it interesting though.. but i was under struggle doing so...

I just can't get through anything written by Ernest Hemmingway. I know that's terrible because he is a great writer but his books either bore me and I don't like his style of writing. I can read just about anything, just not his books.

I hope no one from my writing group is reading this right now! As members of a writing group one of our roles is to support one another. So when someone gets a book published we should buy at least one copy. The latest book published by one of our members if a very short book entitled "Memoirs of a Fly Fisher". Since I'm not all that interested in fly fishing, I am having a hard time getting through it. It's 197 pages and I'm on page 62. As a rule, I never DON'T finish a book I start so I will eventually finish this one but it could take a long time. There's other stuff I'd rather be reading.

I could never finish "The Hobbit", they get lost in the forest way too long and I just get bored with it. it's a shame as it means I've never been able to get into "The Lord Of The Rings" even though people tell me it doesn't matter if you haven't read "The Hobbit". I don't know why as I've enjoyed other so called "Sword and sorcery" books, it's just something about Tolkien I can't get on with.

i was unable to finish my course book and it is too difficult even to read only then i have to study, and the thing is i don't have any interest in studying this subject. but forcefully i had to study this. luckily i completed my course

Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell & someone else. I can't figure out why I couldn't go beyond even one-third of the book; left it on my shelf for almost year, hoping to pick it up and continue. In the end, I totally gave it up.

many many books I haven't finish read! he he..I will try to finish some good books!

I read 'Watership Down' and 'Plague Dogs' by Richard Adams but have never managed to get further than the first few chapters of 'Shardik'