Refuse to read?

[Mina Markliff]

Are there any books people refuse to read? Either because the author is awful or just on principal?

I can't think of any... yet. There may be a few on principal but I would usually try to approach a book with an open mind. How can you judge a book by its cover?

[Andrew]

Bravo.

[Betsy C.]

Ditto.

[Joyful]

When Twilight first showed up in the bookstore, I looked at the back of it and declared right there that it looked horrible, and I wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot-pole Then, three years or so later, the 5AG start talking about it nonstop, and I had though Lauren & Kristina had good taste in books, so I decided to read them, and I read all four, and I now regret all the energy I spent on them. I had wanted to see what the big deal was, but when it comes down to it, I wish I had just trusted my instincts and stayed away from it.

[Rachel Mottershead]

thank u, i was wondering whether i should trust my instincts or just read them because my best friend keeps raving about them. Twilight was what i was going to say, so thank u for restoring my faith in myself and confirming that they are rubbish i shouldnt read them

[Ursula Wright]

i read the first book before it became a fad becausr there was vampiers. in the end its to much romance and not enough blood. 

[Adrienne Cory]

I decided to read the Twilight series so that I could complain about them knowledgeably because i really hate when people say things like "I hate Harry Potter" when they've never even given it a chance. So i read Twilight and though it's not my favorite book by any meaning of the word it isn't the worst book I've ever read either. 

 

[Plottoberry]

This is exactly my story as well, although my friend told me to read it because of that exact reason.

[Meaghan B]

Am I the only one that didn't find them horrible? I'm not a fangirl or anything, but I thought they were kind of entertaining, they definitely weren't the worst books I've ever read. I don't really regret taking the few days it took to read them.

[TheGrouch314]

I've read them. They weren't great but they were tolerable.

Maybe it's because I'm a teenager who reads romance but I don't see why all the hate. Okay, the fangirls are annoying and the films were pretty crap but the books weren't that bad

[Claressa Wilcox]

I refused to read the Twilight books on principle. What principle that was I'm not really sure : )

When the hype kind of died down I decided to try and read them after all. I got halfway through the first book and just gave up because it the characters were so annoying!

[Plottoberry]

I still don't understand why everyone is like - ''it is so easy to read!''. It took me weeks to finish it! I really didn't felt stimulated reading quicker because Bella kept complaining about the weather/her amazing friends or wondering where Edward was.

[theubiquitousgirl]

The way I feel about Twilight is that they are completely awful, but they are the kind of books that you just have to read. Everyone who reads on a regular basis has read them, and they are just those type of books that you need to get through, if not only to say you've read them. I agree that they suck, though.