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For me, it's Jude the Obscure. That book is easily the worst book I have ever read, without a single redeeming quality, other than that it finally ends. I only finished it because Far from the Madding Crowd was so damn good.

But really, Jude is the gold standard of awful books, in my opinion.

What's your so-awful-it-deserves-shelf-space book, if you have one?

Or am I just weird?

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[–] HarvsPz@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The Bible. What a pile of piffle. The Old Testament in particular is freaky deaky. It should have been heavily edited, so it made some sense. Or the original cut stuff reinserted back into the book - mad shit with dragons in, and that. It contains pretty much every "ism" and prejudice there is. I've never known any book contradict itself so often. There's virtually no good jokes in it. The final 'Revelations' is obviously the work of a diseased brain.
In conclusion, I'm not a fan. Stick it on the shelf of shame, alternatively use it for bog roll.