The Book Sacrifice Tag

This tag is about books that you were willing to sacrifice during any scenario given in the following questions. I'd like to note that these are just my opinions and you don't have to agree with me.


 

Scenario 1: An Over-Hyped Book/Series

A zombie apocalypse breaks out while you’re in a bookstore. While zombies start coming at you, you hear an announcement over the PA system saying that the zombies’ only weakness is an over-hyped book…what over-hyped book would you sacrifice knowing that it would defeat all the zombies?

Definitely the Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer. I read the first one halfway through and I just couldn’t get what was so good about it. I found it awful.


Scenario 2: A Sequel

You’ve just left your fancy salon with a beautifully manicured new hairstyle. Then, out of nowhere, there’s torrential downpour. What sequel book would you put over your head & sacrifice to the rain in order to protect your haircut?

The Shining really didn’t need a sequel. Although Doctor Sleep by Stephen King was lovely, he changed the story completely and all that weird stuff happened that just didn’t really have anything to do with the scariness of the original book.


Scenario 3: A Classic

That one classic you’d just love to throw at your English teacher as he/she goes on and on about how amazing it is? Which classic would drive you to such drastic measures?

This is easy. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. My teacher made me read it half a year ago and I still feel the chills when I think about that one scene where the main character proves he’s just another murder machine and doesn’t give it so much as a second thought. Am I to feel bad for him?! Seriously, though!


Scenario 4: Your Personal Worst Book of All Time

Let’s propose that you’re hanging out at the library when all of a sudden, global warming hits and the only way to survive is to burn your least favorite book ever. What horrible book do you have absolutely no regrets about burning?

Easy-peasy one. Fifty Shades of Grey. I felt that book was a personal insult to myself. I disliked the characters, I disliked the way the story evolved around their sexual relationship (that I find more than disturbing, actually) and I really, really disliked the way that women are portrayed in this book. Not just by the main character herself that has no self-esteem, but also by the sadistic male character that, clearly, sees women as objects even though I see nothing wrong in a sexual relationship that evolves around sex. If two persons want to make a contract - fine, but I don't think these thins are adequately represented in this book.