Asklemmy

Can't remember the name but there's a novel set in Ireland in the not-too-distant future

Synopsis implied it had become a surveillance state but didn't gave up before confirming due to the literal writing style

I swear every sentence was written in the passive voice (poorly remembered examples):

"It was made known through the clothes he wore they were sent from the department of security"

"As she walked outside the smell made Spring's arrival clear"

Totally fine normally but do it every single sentence and it becomes a mystery novel where the mystery is what the hell you just read!

... Or idk, Harry Potter 5 is pretty meandering

For me personally: Triton. I remember reading it 25+ years ago. I really had to fight through it, after circa half of it I put it away and never touched it again.

So remarkably not my favorite book that I still feel the exhaustion when thinking about it.

Any author of the french mouvement réalisme.

The fucking bible, ugh

I've read some utter wank in my day, but the one that first springs to mind is Fault in their Stars by John Green.

Had to read Animal Farm for school. Haven't read it since then, so this could be a now incorrect edgy high school opinion, but I felt that its allegory was so obvious and direct that it had no need to be written and was a waste of time to read when we could've just directly discussed communism instead.