Biggest Disappointments

Description
What books were so much worse than you expected them to be?
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Cœur d'encre
de Cornelia Funke
18,296 membres
522 critiques
3.9
16 Members
aprille, generalkala, _Zoe_, foggidawn, Aerrin99, nancyewhite, Cecrow, loremistress, merrystar, ncgraham, souloftherose, briarhills, Luisali, ahef1963, Peace2, Brandy1411,gennyt ,1morechapter ,racergirl76 ,WhatUsername
Explications
Cecrow: So much potential, so little happens. But the sequels are better.
3
La nostalgie de l'ange
de Alice Sebold
36,001 membres
940 critiques
½ 3.7
12 Members
Minthe, eshaw27, KimarieBee, mmignano11, sundancer, edparks, jasmaynard, martensgirl, mazzy7, kara.shamy, Peace2, Brandy1411,gennyt ,generalkala ,gypsysmom
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Sur la route
de Jack Kerouac
27,986 membres
387 critiques
½ 3.6
8 Members
aprille, pitjrw, norabelle414, sturlington, jasmaynard, CGlanovsky, gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: I was not expecting so much misogyny. Couldn't finish.
5
Twilight
de Stephenie Meyer
58,485 membres
2,266 critiques
½ 3.7
9 Members
pammab, eshaw27, chgstrom, sundancer, tottman, Bluewolf0411, Tess_W, sparemethecensor, mspixieears,zenobia158 , ,ManWithAnAgenda
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The Historian
de Elizabeth Kostova
21,510 membres
759 critiques
½ 3.7
6 Members
aprille, Tafadhali, edparks, jasmaynard, tottman, gypsysmom
7
Le complot contre l'Amérique
de Philip Roth
8,963 membres
218 critiques
½ 3.7
6 Members
wdwilson3, sturlington, racergirl76, edparks, sparemethecensor, Luisali
8
The Gathering
de Anne Enright
4,060 membres
204 critiques
3.1
6 Members
cindyst2000, Matke, Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
ahef1963: I thought this was pretty workaday considering all the good things I'd heard about it.
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Le siècle mécanique t01 : bone shaker
de Cherie Priest
3,713 membres
219 critiques
½ 3.6
9 Members
andyl, anglemark, keristars, majkia, oszymandias, sunqueen, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ,gilroy ,
Explications
ahef1963: Didn't know steampunk could be this boring.
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Da Vinci Code
de Dan Brown
70,418 membres
1,308 critiques
½ 3.5
19 Members
lquilter, Minthe, jain, stembrook, AnnaClaire, EmScape, nancyewhite, snurp, mmignano11, merrystar, suitable1, susiesharp, jasmaynard, Bluewolf0411, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Peace2, mspixieears, Charon07,Edward ,gilroy , ,MsSomeday ,sjmccreary ,Samantha_kathy ,masiejames ,zenobia158 , ,Eowyn1 ,Simone2 , ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Curran2
Explications
jain: I couldn't read more than a couple of pages, the writing style was *so bad*.
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
de Gregory Maguire
28,975 membres
649 critiques
½ 3.6
16 Members
gilroy, ABVR, generalkala, foggidawn, Tafadhali, mmignano11, Cecrow, merrystar, dste, gypsysmom, pewterbreath, tmsaguid, mspixieears, elainemberman, Brandy1411, blakelylaw,jain , ,amysisson , , ,MmeRose ,racergirl76 , , ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07
Explications
jain : The ending was terrible, but I really liked the first ~3/4 of the book.
Cecrow: Fun deficiency
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Courir avec des ciseaux
de Augusten Burroughs
14,669 membres
309 critiques
½ 3.5
9 Members
brewergirl, sunqueen, norabelle414, mmignano11, racergirl76, Bluewolf0411, sparemethecensor, mazzy7, Alphawoman,ijustgetbored ,aulsmith ,ahef1963 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
ahef1963 : Somehow I was led to believe that this book was amusing; I don't find child neglect and abuse funny so I hated it.
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Lire Lolita à Téhéran
de Azar Nafisi
13,033 membres
279 critiques
½ 3.6
6 Members
generalkala, pammab, chgstrom, Brandy1411, tdiken, Charon07,
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Damnés, Tome 1 :
de Lauren Kate
7,368 membres
404 critiques
½ 3.4
5 Members
generalkala, foggidawn, susiesharp, tmsaguid, elainemberman
15
Breaking Dawn
de Stephenie Meyer
40,672 membres
1,039 critiques
½ 3.7
4 Members
generalkala, martensgirl, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda
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La cité des ténèbres
de Cassandra Clare
21,248 membres
890 critiques
3.8
4 Members
Tafadhali, norabelle414, susiesharp, briarhills
17
Miss Peregrine et les enfants particuliers
de Ransom Riggs
19,402 membres
1,136 critiques
½ 3.7
4 Members
teeth, ahef1963, elainemberman, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
ahef1963: Wanted to like, but found it extremely troubling.
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Globalement inoffensive
de Douglas Adams
12,509 membres
130 critiques
½ 3.7
7 Members
generalkala, foggidawn, sturlington, FrancoisTremblay, martensgirl, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda,gennyt ,norabelle414 ,souloftherose
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Hannibal
de Thomas Harris
9,917 membres
86 critiques
½ 3.4
5 Members
stembrook, sturlington, tottman, martensgirl, Luisali,
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Le Livre des lunes - Tome 1 - 16 Lunes
de Kami Garcia
7,686 membres
486 critiques
½ 3.6
4 Members
eshaw27, briarhills, elainemberman, Brandy1411
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Les ensorceleuses
de Alice Hoffman
5,785 membres
173 critiques
½ 3.7
5 Members
generalkala, eshaw27, mmignano11, SylviaC, ManWithAnAgenda,jain
22
Une oeuvre déchirante d'un génie renversant
de Dave Eggers
2,370 membres
30 critiques
½ 3.5
5 Members
sunqueen, edparks, gypsysmom, ahef1963, elainemberman,ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
ahef1963: I couldn't even manage a chapter of staggering genius. Overrated, even by the author.
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Langues de serpents
de Naomi Novik
1,876 membres
99 critiques
½ 3.5
5 Members
_Zoe_, foggidawn, KimarieBee, enrique_molinero, suitable1,gypsysmom
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Les chroniques de thomas l'incredule
de Stephen Donaldson
1,091 membres
17 critiques
½ 3.7
5 Members
merrystar, souloftherose, Eowyn1, mspixieears, Sammystarbuck,Cecrow
Explications
Cecrow : The first two trilogies I really liked, but I'd agree the last set didn't add anything.
Sammystarbuck: 7 pages to describe a tree. 7. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing, and that falls under that heading. also, don't like Thomas at all, which is awkward in an MC
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Harry Potter et la coupe de feu
de J. K. Rowling
102,787 membres
885 critiques
½ 4.4
3 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
hipdeep: I liked the first 3 books well enough (actually Azkaban was quite good) but this is the one where I found myself pleading with Rowling to get to the dang point already. I thought it was too long by a third.
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L'arbre généreux
de Shel Silverstein
18,866 membres
1,013 critiques
½ 4.3
3 Members
merrystar, aspirit, ManWithAnAgenda
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Divergente T.3 : Allégeance
de Veronica Roth
13,745 membres
517 critiques
½ 3.4
3 Members
gilroy, inge87, Peace2
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Le club des policiers yiddish
de Michael Chabon
10,402 membres
422 critiques
3.8
5 Members
aprille, sunqueen, chgstrom, edparks, Luisali,aulsmith ,gypsysmom
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Mille morceaux
de James Frey
9,739 membres
230 critiques
½ 3.5
3 Members
sunqueen, cindyst2000, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: I enjoyed it but was disappointed to find out that it was fictional.
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Promise
de Ally Condie
9,416 membres
640 critiques
½ 3.6
4 Members
generalkala, foggidawn, keristars, Sammystarbuck,sundancer
31
La maison aux sept pignons
de Nathaniel Hawthorne
8,670 membres
115 critiques
½ 3.5
5 Members
sunqueen, Tess_W, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963,merrystar ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
ahef1963: I'd liked The Scarlet Letter so much that I was hoping this one would be as good; it turned out to be extremely dull.
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Duma key
de Stephen King
8,296 membres
251 critiques
3.9
5 Members
mmignano11, sturlington, jasmaynard, briarhills, elainemberman,Sammystarbuck ,ManWithAnAgenda
33
Dans le jardin de la bête
de Erik Larson
7,696 membres
343 critiques
3.8
3 Members
aulsmith, mousse, sparemethecensor
Explications
aulsmith: Expected more ethical frisson.
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Les jumelles de highgate
de Audrey Niffenegger
7,009 membres
470 critiques
½ 3.4
4 Members
chgstrom, souloftherose, gypsysmom, WhatUsername,sunqueen
35
La prophétie des Andes
de James Redfield
6,702 membres
121 critiques
3.2
3 Members
edparks, gypsysmom, elainemberman
36
Legend T01 Legend
de Marie Lu
6,678 membres
381 critiques
3.9
3 Members
foggidawn, inge87, elainemberman
37
Little Brother
de Cory Doctorow
5,607 membres
398 critiques
4
4 Members
hipdeep, amysisson, prosfilaes, ManWithAnAgenda,
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La Femme du tigre
de Téa Obreht
5,390 membres
337 critiques
½ 3.5
3 Members
edparks, gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: Meh.
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Loving Frank
de Nancy Horan
4,483 membres
208 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
kageeh, sunqueen, mmignano11
40
Twilight coffret poche
de Stephenie Meyer
4,388 membres
122 critiques
4
3 Members
briarhills, teeth, ManWithAnAgenda
41
Noir de lune
de Alice Sebold
4,185 membres
181 critiques
2.8
3 Members
edparks, elainemberman, Brandy1411
42
Prozac nation : Avoir vingt ans dans la dépression
de Elizabeth Wurtzel
4,002 membres
56 critiques
½ 3.4
3 Members
ijustgetbored, lahochstetler, Bluewolf0411
43
Sex and the city
de Candace Bushnell
2,273 membres
39 critiques
½ 2.7
3 Members
generalkala, Bluewolf0411, kara.shamy
44
Romanitas
de Sophia McDougall
359 membres
11 critiques
3
3 Members
Edward, calm, Bluewolf0411
45
Harry Potter et les reliques de la mort
de J. K. Rowling
96,885 membres
1,571 critiques
½ 4.4
3 Members
gilroy, jain, ManWithAnAgenda,hollythepenguin
47
Le vieil homme et la mer
de Ernest Hemingway
30,818 membres
507 critiques
3.8
2 Members
hipdeep, al.vick
48
La couleur des sentiments
de Kathryn Stockett
30,645 membres
1,491 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
aprille, bstar1019
49
Les Chroniques de Narnia, tome 7 : La Dernière bataille
de C. S. Lewis
23,403 membres
193 critiques
3.9
2 Members
jain, ManWithAnAgenda
50
Les apparences
de Gillian Flynn
22,199 membres
1,544 critiques
3.9
3 Members
gilroy, Minthe, Charon07,bstar1019
51
Le chardonneret
de Donna Tartt
14,980 membres
803 critiques
3.9
4 Members
aprille, jonathankws, TashMason, Charon07,ManWithAnAgenda ,
52
Sourires de loup
de Zadie Smith
13,664 membres
248 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
edparks, tdiken
53
Infinite jest
de David Foster Wallace
13,225 membres
244 critiques
4.2
2 Members
aprille, ManWithAnAgenda
54
Le Fantôme de l'Opéra
de Gaston Leroux
13,067 membres
205 critiques
3.8
2 Members
CGlanovsky, gypsysmom
55
Un yankee à la cour du roi Arthur
de Mark Twain
11,628 membres
136 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
Minthe, andejons
56
Stranger in a Strange Land (Uncut Edition)
de Robert A. Heinlein
8,755 membres
150 critiques
3.8
6 Members
jain, sunqueen, aulsmith, Cecrow, merrystar, scottd,tottman , ,gypsysmom ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
jain: Ditto the cut edition. The book starts out great, but it goes off the rails pretty early on.
aulsmith: Heinlein really did need to edit this.
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Histoire de Lisey
de Stephen King
8,550 membres
196 critiques
½ 3.6
3 Members
mmignano11, sturlington, elainemberman,ManWithAnAgenda
58
Le club Jane Austen
de Karen Joy Fowler
6,430 membres
193 critiques
3
2 Members
Minthe, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: Dull and predictable.
59
Delirium - Tome 1
de Lauren Oliver
6,206 membres
521 critiques
3.9
4 Members
generalkala, _Zoe_, norabelle414, elainemberman,sundancer ,
60
La mer
de John Banville
5,431 membres
173 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
Minthe, sunqueen
61
Swamplandia
de Karen Russell
3,601 membres
237 critiques
½ 3.3
4 Members
sunqueen, sjmccreary, SugarCreekRanch, Bluewolf0411,keristars ,elkiedee
62
Black-out
de Connie Willis
3,210 membres
220 critiques
3.8
4 Members
pammab, aulsmith, tottman, souloftherose,merrystar ,gypsysmom
Explications
aulsmith: Needed serious editing. There's a great book with about half of this and half of All Clear.
merrystar : This one was better than I expected
63
Novice
de Octavia E. Butler
2,995 membres
146 critiques
3.8
2 Members
jain, Brandy1411
Explications
jain: I've loved everything I've read of Butler except this book.
64
Mississippi
de Hillary Jordan
2,951 membres
206 critiques
4.1
2 Members
Minthe, edparks
66
Portrait de classe
de Tobias Wolff
2,530 membres
78 critiques
3.8
2 Members
sjmccreary, edparks
67
The Personal Librarian
de Marie Benedict
2,488 membres
129 critiques
3.8
2 Members
aprille, bstar1019
68
The Leftovers
de Tom Perrotta
2,293 membres
184 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
sparemethecensor, Brandy1411
69
La Pianiste
de Elfriede Jelinek
2,008 membres
40 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
Simone2, teeth
70
Les Maîtres Chanteurs
de Orson Scott Card
1,902 membres
19 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
merrystar, aspirit
Explications
aspirit: I was warned. I didn't listen. Now I have mental scars.
71
Voss
de Patrick White
1,421 membres
22 critiques
4
2 Members
Simone2, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: Have made three attempts to read this book as I generally love White's writing, but it was unreadable.
72
La Leçon d'équitation
de Sara Gruen
884 membres
33 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
SqueakyChu, gypsysmom
73
The Magicians and Mrs. Quent
de Galen Beckett
815 membres
58 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
loremistress, briarhills
74
The Carhullan Army
de Sarah Hall
693 membres
48 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
absurdeist, sparemethecensor
75
The Lake Shore Limited
de Sue Miller
547 membres
37 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
lahochstetler, Bluewolf0411
76
Percival's Angel
de Anne Eliot Crompton
70 membres
5 critiques
2.9
2 Members
ncgraham, Bluewolf0411
77
Luxembourg And The Jenisch Connection
de David Robinson
2 membres
½ 1.5
2 Members
Samantha_kathy, Bluewolf0411
78
Harry Potter et le prince de sang-mêlé
de J. K. Rowling
101,668 membres
933 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
jain, ManWithAnAgenda,hollythepenguin
79
Le chardon et le tartan
de Diana Gabaldon
23,889 membres
988 critiques
4.2
3 Members
Minthe, merrystar, sturlington,gypsysmom ,
80
L'insoutenable légèreté de l'être
de Milan Kundera
22,522 membres
275 critiques
4
Member
EMS_24
81
La conjuration des imbéciles
de John Kennedy Toole
21,434 membres
476 critiques
3.9
Member
EMS_24
82
La force de l'intuition : Prendre la bonne décision en deux secondes
de Malcolm Gladwell
21,073 membres
386 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Minthe
83
L'enfant de tous les silences
de Kim Edwards
17,378 membres
480 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
sundancer, edparks,gypsysmom
84
Le messie de Dune
de Frank Herbert
16,516 membres
167 critiques
½ 3.7
5 Members
aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, ManWithAnAgenda, ,absurdeist ,Cecrow ,
Explications
aulsmith: I just couldn't take the resurrection of the dead characters. It was clear Herbert didn't know where to go.
85
Brisingr
de Christopher Paolini
16,326 membres
237 critiques
3.9
Member
hollythepenguin
86
La voix des morts
de Orson Scott Card
15,847 membres
213 critiques
4
2 Members
gilroy, ManWithAnAgenda,tottman
Explications
gilroy: After the great book that Ender's Game was, this was a huge let down.
87
House of Leaves
de Mark Z. Danielewski
15,777 membres
377 critiques
4.1
Member
tdiken
88
La cité des cendres
de Cassandra Clare
15,121 membres
429 critiques
4
Member
Lexxi
89
22/11/63
de Stephen King
13,669 membres
767 critiques
4.2
3 Members
Minthe, DidIReallyReadThat, ManWithAnAgenda,Sammystarbuck ,TashMason
90
Journal d'un dégonflé
de Jeff Kinney
13,410 membres
718 critiques
4
3 Members
_Zoe_, foggidawn, amysisson, ,ManWithAnAgenda
91
The Song of Achilles
de Madeline Miller
13,211 membres
514 critiques
4.2
Member
edparks
92
Trois tasses de thé. La mission de paix d'un Américain au Pakistan et en Afghanistan
de Greg Mortenson
12,973 membres
497 critiques
3.8
3 Members
hipdeep, eshaw27, gypsysmom,MmeRose ,
Explications
hipdeep: Substantial alleged fabrications in this autobiographical story.
93
Les Carnets du sous-sol
de Fyodor Dostoevsky
12,581 membres
156 critiques
4.1
Member
aprille
94
Le Chant de Dolorès
de Wally Lamb
12,431 membres
208 critiques
3.8
2 Members
edparks, gypsysmom,ManWithAnAgenda
95
Du côté de chez Swann
de Marcel Proust
11,172 membres
182 critiques
4.2
Member
aprille
96
La Cité des Ténèbres - Les Origines, Tome 1 : L'Ange mécanique
de Cassandra Clare
11,075 membres
394 critiques
4.1
Member
_Zoe_
97
L'Arc-en-ciel de la gravité
de Thomas Pynchon
10,787 membres
141 critiques
4.1
Member
aprille
98
Shadow and Bone
de Leigh Bardugo
10,765 membres
442 critiques
3.9
Member
hollythepenguin
99
Kane Chronicles, Tome 1 : La Pyramide rouge
de Rick Riordan
10,333 membres
312 critiques
4
3 Members
foggidawn, susiesharp, briarhills,Samantha_kathy ,
100
La puissance des vaincus
de Wally Lamb
10,228 membres
169 critiques
4.1
2 Members
edparks, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
ahef1963: Did not like. Possibly because my husband had just left me - I probably wouldn't have liked any book.