Biggest Disappointments

Description
What books were so much worse than you expected them to be?
Liste de absurdeist1LibraryThing570
Profil de absurdeist
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The Carhullan Army
de Sarah Hall
689 membres
48 critiques
½ 3.4
Rang global 75
2 Members
absurdeist, sparemethecensor
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L'Attrape-cœurs
de J. D. Salinger
69,522 membres
1,078 critiques
3.8
Rang global 539
9 Members
hipdeep, 1morechapter, amysisson, mmignano11, jasmaynard, mousse, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, kara.shamy,gennyt , , ,absurdeist , ,merrystar ,edparks ,thecoroner ,Simone2 ,gypsysmom ,starbox , ,ManWithAnAgenda
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Le messie de Dune
de Frank Herbert
16,365 membres
166 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 84
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.
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Fondation
de Isaac Asimov
20,559 membres
388 critiques
4
Rang global 557
2 Members
gennyt, merrystar,absurdeist ,wdwilson3 ,Cecrow ,souloftherose , ,gypsysmom ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07
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La Route
de Cormac McCarthy
34,404 membres
1,406 critiques
4.1
Rang global 546
7 Members
KimarieBee, auntSteelbreaker, Eowyn1, CGlanovsky, starbox, jeffza, elainemberman,gennyt ,anglemark ,DaynaRT ,ijustgetbored ,absurdeist ,1morechapter ,edparks ,tottman ,Simone2 , ,Bluewolf0411 ,gypsysmom
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Bilbo le Hobbit
de J. R. R. Tolkien
94,302 membres
1,189 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 569
9 Members
ABVR, kageeh, keristars, lahochstetler, amysisson, aulsmith, Simone2, martensgirl, mspixieears,gilroy , ,gennyt ,generalkala ,anglemark , ,foggidawn ,absurdeist ,enrique_molinero ,1morechapter ,AnnaClaire , ,Cecrow ,loremistress ,merrystar ,EMS_24 ,ncgraham , ,tottman ,souloftherose ,Eowyn1 ,Bluewolf0411 ,gypsysmom , ,Peace2 ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07 ,Curran2
Explications
aulsmith: It just didn't grab me, especially after all the hype from my friends.
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Middlesex
de Jeffrey Eugenides
27,134 membres
631 critiques
4.1
Rang global 556
5 Members
brewergirl, ursula, aulsmith, masiejames, ahef1963,ijustgetbored ,absurdeist ,1morechapter ,snurp ,Crypto-Willobie ,edparks ,Simone2 , ,gypsysmom ,kara.shamy ,Charon07
Explications
aulsmith: Expecting an interesting book on intersexuality--there was a lot of interesting stuff, but not on gender.
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Un paysage du temps
de Gregory Benford
2,141 membres
31 critiques
½ 3.5
Rang global 525
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Dune
de Frank Herbert
42,491 membres
689 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 554
4 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, tottman, Curran2,anglemark , ,absurdeist , ,aulsmith ,Cecrow ,souloftherose ,gypsysmom , ,ManWithAnAgenda
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Le Meilleur des mondes
de Aldous Huxley
53,877 membres
772 critiques
3.9
Rang global 553
5 Members
hipdeep, generalkala, aulsmith, CGlanovsky, lilacwest,gilroy , , ,absurdeist ,Cecrow ,merrystar ,tottman ,thecoroner ,Simone2 ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07
Explications
aulsmith: Found this much less engrossing than 1984 to which it had been compared.