Most Overrated Book You've Read? Groups

[hannah]

"The Milkman" is another one I thought was rubbish. In opening few pages it tells you what happens and that's it for the whole book.

 

[Gemma]

The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger - A tedious read about a whiny teenager.

Another vote for Catcher in the Rye. I know it's not overly long but if I hadn't been on a long train journey at the time of reading I'd never have finished it.

I never understood the attraction to The Catcher in the Rye

 

[Janey]

I never understood the attraction to The Catcher in the Rye

I agree, like I said before, it is just a whiny teenager bitching about everyday things that don't really matter - I was in my mid 20's when I read it and didn't get the hype at all, found it boring - I do wonder though if I had read it as a teenager it might have been one of the greatest books I'd ever read, I might have felt that the author really understands me because most of us were whiny little bitches when we were teenagers!