Wow......I was shocked when I read this thread and saw so many books I love being dissed by you all.....
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.....*lol*
I would suggest that if you like the genre of the books (like the fantasy epics - Wheel of Time, Shannara series etc) but you didn't like one specifically, try it again in a year or two. I couldn't get thru the Lord of the Rings when I was a teenager but I picked the trilogy up before the movies came out and then couldn't put it down.
I tend to be really picky about the books I read (generally cuz I buy them so it's too expensive to buy something I don't think I'll like) so I don't remember the last time I read a "bad" book....altho The Pearl
back in grade 9 sure has stuck as one of the worst I was ever forced to read.