It was a glorious trainwreck of poor spelling, absurd scenarios that were constantly one-upped by even more absurd happenings, and overt, constant anti-psychologist propaganda. One literal caveman takes over an alien empire. All of it. Even the space parts. It's mind-blowing how contrived and out there the plot gets at times, it's wonderful.
As for a book I disliked, Twilight. I was recommended it by my girlfriend at the time. I hadn't heard of it prior, and this was about two years before the movie came out and its popularity exploded. Unlike Battlefield Earth, it was not so much a gracefully woven failure as it was a miserable piece of tattered cloth. I've yet to pick up its spiritual successor, 50 Shades of Grey, but according to the twitter debacle a few days ago, apparently Mrs. Meyer is a better writer than the author of the 50 Shades books. It is a worrying thought.
I made it to chapter 11 of Twilight before putting it down. I really made an earnest attempt, because everyone had talked it up so much. It was just too bland.
I once read Battlefield Earth.
It was a glorious trainwreck of poor spelling, absurd scenarios that were constantly one-upped by even more absurd happenings, and overt, constant anti-psychologist propaganda. One literal caveman takes over an alien empire. All of it. Even the space parts. It's mind-blowing how contrived and out there the plot gets at times, it's wonderful.
As for a book I disliked, Twilight. I was recommended it by my girlfriend at the time. I hadn't heard of it prior, and this was about two years before the movie came out and its popularity exploded. Unlike Battlefield Earth, it was not so much a gracefully woven failure as it was a miserable piece of tattered cloth. I've yet to pick up its spiritual successor, 50 Shades of Grey, but according to the twitter debacle a few days ago, apparently Mrs. Meyer is a better writer than the author of the 50 Shades books. It is a worrying thought.
I made it to chapter 11 of Twilight before putting it down. I really made an earnest attempt, because everyone had talked it up so much. It was just too bland.