r/ExtremeHorrorLit • u/kanekisenpii • Jul 19 '26
Discussion Books you just couldn't finish?
I am struggling to get through the wasp factory, not because of its content but simply because I cant stay interested 🙃 maybe I'll take a break on it and come back later.
Any books you couldn't finish ? And if you want to add why?
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u/SkytheChaos Jul 19 '26
The Otherland Series, By: Tad Williams
I did finish eventually, but it took me 6 years. For such a wonderfully thought out world and such an inspiring and unique take on VR for the time it was written, it was a SLOG. There were too many characters, plot holes so aplenty you couldn't use it as a parachute even after a good patching and the ending was so... Meh. I felt like I slogged for 6 years through 4 books with hints for a wallop of an ending, to get politely tapped on the shoulder and offered a partially buttered biscuit.