Submitted by throwaway5203495 t3_ypmk8z in books
From every point of view, the writing style, the plot, the characters - what was the most absolute dogshit book you’ve ever encountered?
For me it was “Adela” by Garabet Ibrăileanu. It was so PAINFULLY boring. I don’t want anybody else to waste their time reading it themselves. In this novel, a man falls in love with a woman who is much younger than him and he is anxious about his feelings.
That’s it. That’s literally all that happens.
The narrator visits Adela, she does something charming, he pines for her and rambles philosophicallyfor a few paragraphs, he goes home, repeat for almost 200 pages with no development or changes whatsoever. I am not exaggerating. This book felt like the most boring, uneventful time loop ever. Literally nothing ever happened. Honestly, what even was the point of this book?
So yeah, what was your personal nightmare book?