For me, the most recent book regret is Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. Predictable from the get-go, bland, boilerplate sci-fi ideas, too many of these way-too-convenient plot devices just to push the story forward. I frankly don’t get the hype, and I am a pretty big science fiction guy.
Another one is Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. I read this in college and this whole book should have been a one-page essay. It was too repetitive, and the whole premise of “trust in your snap judgments and gut reactions” is way too simplistic and honestly stupid. Like all Gladwell books, it was anecdotal, superficial, and a waste of time.
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
It’s been 7 years since I read it and my hate flame still burns bright.
What why?!
So painfully boring. I kept texting my mom updates as I was reading it because of how bad it was. She was like why are you still reading it?
I thought IT. WOULD. NEVER. END. And I wondered why everyone was raving about such a spectacularly boring book. Merciful heavens!
Yeah, I read it through the Vegas section and then was just like… done. It is still on my bookshelf waiting to be completed, and I think it is time I got rid of it.