Dishonourable Mentions of 2014
- Description
- As a counterpart to that other list, what were the five worst books you read in 2014?
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13,584 membres
516 critiques
½ 3.4
Score 9.66
Ajouté 2014-12-19, 04:25 PM
- 3 Members
- inge87, Settings, zacharyharless
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26,427 membres
399 critiques
4
Score 7.36
Ajouté 2014-12-19, 04:23 PM
- 2 Members
- Settings, zacharyharless
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- Member
- lahochstetler
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- Member
- inge87
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- Member
- Wassilissa
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- Member
- dara85
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- Member
- cbl_tn
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- Member
- bluepiano
- Explications
- bluepiano: My first and last go at Jean Rhys who, judging by this book, couldn't write for toffee.
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- Member
- amanda4242
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370 membres
11 critiques
½ 3.6
Score 4
Ajouté 2014-12-21, 08:25 AM
- Member
- Bookmarque
- Explications
- Bookmarque: Torpid and repetitive; when finally something actually happened, it landed with a thud and then just lay there. No upshot or resonance.
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- Member
- zjakkelien
- Explications
- zjakkelien: Boring! In the end, I was sad that the main character didn't come to a worse end...
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de J. S. Scott
61 membres
6 critiques
2.9
Score 4
Ajouté 2014-12-22, 03:39 PM
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de Susan Patton
9 membres
2.8
Score 4
Ajouté 2014-12-19, 03:27 PM
- Member
- _Zoe_
- Explications
- _Zoe_: I read this because I really enjoyed another book by a "controversial mother", Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. But where Amy Chua actually had an interesting life experience to relate, the "Princeton Mom" has nothing but unsubstantiated opinion. And yet it only occasionally reached the point of entertainment, like when she advised readers to get any necessary plastic surgery done in high school so that they look their best for attracting a man in college. Mostly it was just cringeworthy, like her oblivious advice to Princeton students not to get pregnant too early, because she'd somehow read a statistic about teen pregnancy while absolutely missing the whole socio-economic dimension. Blech.
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de Karel Čapek
1,979 membres
53 critiques
4.1
Score 3.36
Ajouté 2014-12-22, 04:23 PM
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- Member
- Bookmarque
- Explications
- Bookmarque: The vitriol. The hatred. The racism. Plus everyone talked like a 15 year old who didn't know the real word for anything.
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- Member
- norabelle414
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- inge87
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de Sean Hall
143 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.7
Score 3.36
Ajouté 2014-12-19, 06:38 PM
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142 membres
7 critiques
3.2
Score 3.36
Ajouté 2014-12-21, 08:08 AM
- Member
- zjakkelien
- Explications
- zjakkelien: I found this distasteful. I don't like the way everything is treated like it is covered in shit, from people to relationships to the world. Really not my thing.
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- Member
- dara85
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de Martin Limón
75 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.5
Score 3.36
Ajouté 2014-12-22, 03:38 PM
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de Tina Traster
17 membres
2 critiques
½ 2.7
Score 3.36
Ajouté 2014-12-19, 10:31 PM
- Member
- lahochstetler
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2,870 membres
93 critiques
4
Score 3.04
Ajouté 2014-12-21, 08:08 AM
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- zjakkelien
- Explications
- zjakkelien: I was bored. One shouldn't get bored reading about assassinations, you'd think, but I couldn't stand the idea of having to read about another murder, and another... All the same...
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- Bookmarque
- Explications
- Bookmarque: A The da Vinci Code re-tread with far too modern language, cliched characters and villains straight out of a James Bond movie.
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- Member
- Barbsn
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- Member
- foggidawn
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420 membres
21 critiques
½ 3.6
Score 3.04
Ajouté 2014-12-19, 06:38 PM
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- Member
- mrmapcase
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de John Byrne
236 membres
6 critiques
½ 3.6
Score 3.04
Ajouté 2014-12-22, 03:38 PM
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- lahochstetler
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de P. D. James
4,945 membres
323 critiques
3
Score 2.83
Ajouté 2014-12-19, 03:24 PM
- Member
- norabelle414
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- Member
- mrmapcase
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2,419 membres
284 critiques
½ 3.6
Score 2.83
Ajouté 2014-12-21, 08:09 AM
- Member
- zjakkelien
- Explications
- zjakkelien: Totally pushed the wrong buttons for me. Disgusting mother who doesn't care about her daughter, stupid daughter who doesn't stand up for herself.
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- bookwoman84
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30 membres
2 critiques
3.1
Score 2.83
Ajouté 2014-12-19, 06:39 PM
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- cbl_tn
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11 membres
4
Score 2.83
Ajouté 2014-12-22, 04:32 PM
- Member
- bluepiano
- Explications
- bluepiano: This isn't the book--I can't list Silbermann's Grovelling and Other Vices because no LT member is idiot enough to own it. I read a fair bit of it because I felt sure that Silbermann must having been doing a Sokal here. But he wasn't. Apparently well-regarded work, but if you enjoy vitrolic reviews here's one: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/books/activating-the-art-of-sucking-up/154999.article
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7 membres
2 critiques
2.2
Score 2.83
Ajouté 2014-12-21, 09:16 AM
- Member
- Bookmarque
- Explications
- Bookmarque: I hate it when authors have characters make stupid decisions purely as a device to drive the plot. That disingenuous manipulation combined with easily figuring out the villain ruined what could have been a ripping yarn.
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- Member
- inge87
72
- Member
- Wassilissa
74
- Member
- Settings
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80 membres
1 critique
2.9
Score 2.68
Ajouté 2014-12-19, 06:39 PM