Books I Hate

Yes yes yes one mustn’t hate books but there are some books that I just hate and will never ever pick up them again…I do not know why, but i know why I hate them so. There is always that thin meandering line that exists – between liking a book and not-liking-a-book and its so easy for certain books to stay on the good side and so easy for other books to stray to the bad side. I mean I have also read books that I loved at the start but they lost me somewhere in the middle and I did not know whether or not I should bother but I do not give up on books that easy and I finished them only to realize that they were just terrible reads…Yes yes this is one of other lists…List of books I hate:

1. Anything by Paulo Coelho – Need I say more…Its Coelho after all who just doesn’t stop giving spiritual advice.
2. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts – I finished the book with great disdain and was left to wonder: Why me? Why must I go through such torture and then I came up with an idea: Praise the books and pass it on to poor unsuspecting souls who actually loved it…Damn!!
3. Maximum City by Suketu Mehta: I do not need an outsiders’ view to know my city and certainly not a lop-sided view. Bombay is not all about terrorists or poverty or gangsters or bars. I am sure they all exist in plentiful but there is also the way you write about it. You cannot live it so don’t claim to.
4. The Lord of the Rings: I know there will be Tolkien Fans who will hate me for this but guys this is my choice and this is my list and I tried with Tolkien and the conclusion was: Why bother with a bunch of creatures who aren’t even human? I am sorry but Tolkien just does not do it for me.
5. On Beauty by Zadie Smith: I loved White Teeth. Loved the entire diasporic thingy going on in that book but this one! This is a cheap imitation of Forsters’ “Howard’s End” which is a classic and this one – well….zzzzzzzzzzzzz……..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz….

5 Seems like a good number to start with…I am sure there will be more that I will add to the kitty…