i really dislike a lot of books that are non scifi written by "modern" authors.
such as Douglas Coupland's "Miss Wyoming", "Microserfs" "GenerationX", and "shampoo planet"
I also read some book that was making the rounds at mtv a while ago called "the fuck up" (i forget the author) it blew heartily.. that's the last time i read a book reccomended by MTV
"The interpreter" by Suki Kim started off..bleh.. got interesting, and wimped out in the end.
I think this is a trend of contemporary writers now.. almost everything has beeen done in some capacity.. they dont know how to wrap up a book effectively.