Good books you would never read again.

[Phteven]

What books will you never read again. Not the ones you put down and forget because they are dreary but the ones that you couldn't put down but have such dreadful themes/endings that you don't want put yourself through it again.

For me -
The boy in the striped pyjamas
We need to talk about Kevin (I will never watch the movie either *shudder*)
The lovely bones

[Traveller]

The middle book from the Call The Midwife series - tales of the Workhouse.
A Thousand Splendid Suns - in fact I gave the book away, far too upsetting to read again

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

Anything by Matthew Reilly. LOVE his books, but they're so relentless from beginning to end, I just couldn't put myself through that again!

[Traveller]

Can I add The Good Women of China. Amazing book, if anyone wants to read it you would be most welcome to have my copy.

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

What's it about Trav? I'm looking for a good book to start now that I'm reacquainting myself with the library

[Traveller]

The Good Women of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Jennifer13]

I don't re-read plays, I'd rather see them performed.

I second The Lovely Bones.

Also any of those A Boy Called It series. Or any of the abused child real life stories that I've made the mistake of reading even once. Given my background I have no idea what I was thinking!

[Traveller]

That "A boy called It" book was very upsetting, I would ditto not reading that again.

Have posted on the book swap discussion Keike, thanks D:

[~Hestia~]

April Fools Day by Bryce Courtenay. I couldn't put it down but it was so heartbreaking I doubt I could read it again!

[STARRYSKY]

The City Of Light - Snow town murders...quite disturbing and just too close to home.

also my sisters keeper (Ithrew the book across the room in tears at the last page) and anything by the same author (have read most of them) whose name eludes me at this present moment!

[meow]

I very rarely re-read books as once I know the story then I'd rather read something else. Generally I only re-read light, enjoyable fiction like Harry Potter.

I would never read any of the abuse books again, like A Child Called It and Sybil.

[AndiE]

Lord of the Rings - a phenomenal read but NEVER again.
And I read it well before the movies were made ... something I've always been a tad introvertly smug about

[Sprudel]

Any book by Dostoevsky. They are all amazing, but oh my god, are they heavy to read. It always feels like a lifetime until I finish one of his books.

[AnyDream]

AndiE I take great pride in always reading the book first!

[RockingBaker]

STARRYSKY you're thinking of Jodi Picoult. Love her work but once is enough.

[Dot Face]

I have read The Light Between Oceans and would probably read it again in a few years because I enjoy reading books I like (even if they made me cry at crazy hours in the morning, waking dh up lol).