Books you picked up and quit because you hated it.

[Rebellious Eagle]

Dickens. Any Dickens. Aside from page 1 of Bleak House, which I find to be fantastic beyond compare.

Seconded. I had to read Great Expectations for my freshman English class. Awful. Absolutely abysmal.

Same here! The regular English classes were lucky because they read the abridged version, but us poor honors students had to read the entire shebang. The whole book itself was dull and thoroughly uninteresting. I think one night when I was reading it before bed I nearly fell asleep with it in my hands.