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
17,977 membres
518 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
35,870 membres
939 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
27,925 membres
386 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
58,275 membres
2,264 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
21,441 membres
756 critiques
½ 3.7
6 Members
aprille, Tafadhali, edparks, jasmaynard, tottman, gypsysmom
7
Le complot contre l'Amérique
de Philip Roth
8,950 membres
217 critiques
½ 3.7
6 Members
wdwilson3, sturlington, racergirl76, edparks, sparemethecensor, Luisali
8
The Gathering
de Anne Enright
4,053 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
3,703 membres
218 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
70,251 membres
1,307 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
28,850 membres
650 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
14,642 membres
308 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
12,996 membres
279 critiques
½ 3.6
6 Members
generalkala, pammab, chgstrom, Brandy1411, tdiken, Charon07,
14
Damnés, Tome 1 :
de Lauren Kate
7,323 membres
404 critiques
½ 3.4
5 Members
generalkala, foggidawn, susiesharp, tmsaguid, elainemberman
15
Breaking Dawn
de Stephenie Meyer
40,482 membres
1,037 critiques
½ 3.7
4 Members
generalkala, martensgirl, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda
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La cité des ténèbres
de Cassandra Clare
21,129 membres
888 critiques
3.8
4 Members
Tafadhali, norabelle414, susiesharp, briarhills
17
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
de Ransom Riggs
19,260 membres
1,134 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
12,465 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
9,868 membres
85 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
7,650 membres
485 critiques
½ 3.6
4 Members
eshaw27, briarhills, elainemberman, Brandy1411
21
Les ensorceleuses
de Alice Hoffman
5,750 membres
171 critiques
½ 3.7
5 Members
generalkala, eshaw27, mmignano11, SylviaC, ManWithAnAgenda,jain
22
Une oeuvre déchirante d'un génie renversant
de Dave Eggers
2,366 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
1,871 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
1,089 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
102,338 membres
881 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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Harry Potter et les reliques de la mort
de J. K. Rowling
96,506 membres
1,565 critiques
½ 4.4
3 Members
gilroy, jain, ManWithAnAgenda
27
Hunger Games, Tome 3 : La révolte
de Suzanne Collins
45,149 membres
1,741 critiques
3.9
8 Members
generalkala, foggidawn, enrique_molinero, norabelle414, ncgraham, dste, mazzy7, ManWithAnAgenda,amysisson , , ,Eowyn1 ,gypsysmom
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L'arbre généreux
de Shel Silverstein
18,754 membres
1,010 critiques
½ 4.3
3 Members
merrystar, aspirit, ManWithAnAgenda
29
Le chardonneret
de Donna Tartt
14,877 membres
802 critiques
3.9
4 Members
aprille, jonathankws, TashMason, Charon07,ManWithAnAgenda
30
Divergente T.3 : Allégeance
de Veronica Roth
13,582 membres
516 critiques
½ 3.4
3 Members
gilroy, inge87, Peace2
31
Le club des policiers yiddish
de Michael Chabon
10,383 membres
421 critiques
3.8
5 Members
aprille, sunqueen, chgstrom, edparks, Luisali,aulsmith ,gypsysmom
32
Mille morceaux
de James Frey
9,724 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
9,359 membres
639 critiques
½ 3.6
4 Members
generalkala, foggidawn, keristars, Sammystarbuck,sundancer
34
La maison aux sept pignons
de Nathaniel Hawthorne
8,632 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
8,259 membres
251 critiques
3.9
5 Members
mmignano11, sturlington, jasmaynard, briarhills, elainemberman,Sammystarbuck ,ManWithAnAgenda
36
Dans le jardin de la bête
de Erik Larson
7,655 membres
341 critiques
3.8
3 Members
aulsmith, mousse, sparemethecensor
Explications
aulsmith: Expected more ethical frisson.
37
Les jumelles de highgate
de Audrey Niffenegger
6,986 membres
470 critiques
½ 3.4
4 Members
chgstrom, souloftherose, gypsysmom, WhatUsername,sunqueen
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La prophétie des Andes
de James Redfield
6,675 membres
121 critiques
3.2
3 Members
edparks, gypsysmom, elainemberman
39
Legend T01 Legend
de Marie Lu
6,611 membres
381 critiques
3.9
3 Members
foggidawn, inge87, elainemberman
40
Little Brother
de Cory Doctorow
5,592 membres
397 critiques
4
4 Members
hipdeep, amysisson, prosfilaes, ManWithAnAgenda,
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La Femme du tigre
de Téa Obreht
5,377 membres
335 critiques
½ 3.5
3 Members
edparks, gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: Meh.
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Loving Frank
de Nancy Horan
4,465 membres
208 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
kageeh, sunqueen, mmignano11
43
Twilight coffret poche
de Stephenie Meyer
4,384 membres
121 critiques
4
3 Members
briarhills, teeth, ManWithAnAgenda
44
Noir de lune
de Alice Sebold
4,173 membres
181 critiques
2.8
3 Members
edparks, elainemberman, Brandy1411
45
Prozac nation : Avoir vingt ans dans la dépression
de Elizabeth Wurtzel
3,996 membres
55 critiques
½ 3.4
3 Members
ijustgetbored, lahochstetler, Bluewolf0411
46
Sex and the city
de Candace Bushnell
2,272 membres
39 critiques
½ 2.7
3 Members
generalkala, Bluewolf0411, kara.shamy
47
Romanitas
de Sophia McDougall
359 membres
11 critiques
3
3 Members
Edward, calm, Bluewolf0411
48
Harry Potter et le prince de sang-mêlé
de J. K. Rowling
101,309 membres
929 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
jain, ManWithAnAgenda
49
Le vieil homme et la mer
de Ernest Hemingway
30,702 membres
505 critiques
3.8
2 Members
hipdeep, al.vick
50
La couleur des sentiments
de Kathryn Stockett
30,509 membres
1,488 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
aprille, bstar1019
51
Les Chroniques de Narnia, tome 7 : La Dernière bataille
de C. S. Lewis
23,274 membres
192 critiques
3.9
2 Members
jain, ManWithAnAgenda
52
Les apparences
de Gillian Flynn
22,077 membres
1,542 critiques
3.9
3 Members
gilroy, Minthe, Charon07,bstar1019
53
Sourires de loup
de Zadie Smith
13,645 membres
248 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
edparks, tdiken
54
Infinite jest
de David Foster Wallace
13,166 membres
243 critiques
4.2
2 Members
aprille, ManWithAnAgenda
55
Le Fantôme de l'Opéra
de Gaston Leroux
12,993 membres
204 critiques
3.8
2 Members
CGlanovsky, gypsysmom
56
Un yankee à la cour du roi Arthur
de Mark Twain
11,560 membres
135 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
Minthe, andejons
57
Stranger in a Strange Land (Uncut Edition)
de Robert A. Heinlein
8,718 membres
149 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
8,509 membres
195 critiques
½ 3.6
3 Members
mmignano11, sturlington, elainemberman,ManWithAnAgenda
59
Le club Jane Austen
de Karen Joy Fowler
6,408 membres
193 critiques
3
2 Members
Minthe, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: Dull and predictable.
60
Delirium - Tome 1
de Lauren Oliver
6,186 membres
520 critiques
3.9
4 Members
generalkala, _Zoe_, norabelle414, elainemberman,sundancer ,
61
La mer
de John Banville
5,417 membres
172 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
Minthe, sunqueen
62
Swamplandia
de Karen Russell
3,596 membres
236 critiques
½ 3.4
4 Members
sunqueen, sjmccreary, SugarCreekRanch, Bluewolf0411,keristars ,elkiedee
63
Black-out
de Connie Willis
3,197 membres
218 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
64
Novice
de Octavia E. Butler
2,985 membres
146 critiques
3.8
2 Members
jain, Brandy1411
Explications
jain: I've loved everything I've read of Butler except this book.
65
Mississippi
de Hillary Jordan
2,947 membres
206 critiques
4.1
2 Members
Minthe, edparks
67
Portrait de classe
de Tobias Wolff
2,529 membres
77 critiques
3.8
2 Members
sjmccreary, edparks
68
The Personal Librarian: A Novel
de Marie Benedict
2,435 membres
129 critiques
3.8
2 Members
aprille, bstar1019
69
The Leftovers
de Tom Perrotta
2,286 membres
184 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
sparemethecensor, Brandy1411
70
La Pianiste
de Elfriede Jelinek
2,004 membres
40 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
Simone2, teeth
71
Les Maîtres Chanteurs
de Orson Scott Card
1,897 membres
19 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
merrystar, aspirit
Explications
aspirit: I was warned. I didn't listen. Now I have mental scars.
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Voss
de Patrick White
1,410 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.
73
La Leçon d'équitation
de Sara Gruen
883 membres
33 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
SqueakyChu, gypsysmom
74
The Magicians and Mrs. Quent
de Galen Beckett
812 membres
58 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
loremistress, briarhills
75
The Carhullan Army
de Sarah Hall
689 membres
48 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
absurdeist, sparemethecensor
76
The Lake Shore Limited
de Sue Miller
547 membres
37 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
lahochstetler, Bluewolf0411
77
Percival's Angel
de Anne Eliot Crompton
70 membres
5 critiques
2.9
2 Members
ncgraham, Bluewolf0411
78
Luxembourg And The Jenisch Connection
de David Robinson
2 membres
½ 1.5
2 Members
Samantha_kathy, Bluewolf0411
79
Le chardon et le tartan
de Diana Gabaldon
23,762 membres
985 critiques
4.2
3 Members
Minthe, merrystar, sturlington,gypsysmom ,
80
L'insoutenable légèreté de l'être
de Milan Kundera
22,453 membres
273 critiques
4
Member
EMS_24
81
La conjuration des imbéciles
de John Kennedy Toole
21,362 membres
475 critiques
3.9
Member
EMS_24
82
La force de l'intuition : Prendre la bonne décision en deux secondes
de Malcolm Gladwell
21,022 membres
386 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Minthe
83
L'enfant de tous les silences
de Kim Edwards
17,331 membres
480 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
sundancer, edparks,gypsysmom
84
Le messie de Dune
de Frank Herbert
16,368 membres
166 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
16,209 membres
236 critiques
3.9
Member
hollythepenguin
86
La voix des morts
de Orson Scott Card
15,788 membres
211 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
15,666 membres
377 critiques
4.1
Member
tdiken
88
La cité des cendres
de Cassandra Clare
15,049 membres
426 critiques
4
Member
Lexxi
89
22/11/63
de Stephen King
13,558 membres
761 critiques
4.2
3 Members
Minthe, DidIReallyReadThat, ManWithAnAgenda,Sammystarbuck ,TashMason
90
Journal d'un dégonflé
de Jeff Kinney
13,309 membres
715 critiques
4
3 Members
_Zoe_, foggidawn, amysisson, ,ManWithAnAgenda
91
The Song of Achilles
de Madeline Miller
13,054 membres
508 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
12,940 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
12,516 membres
155 critiques
4.1
Member
aprille
94
Le Chant de Dolorès
de Wally Lamb
12,421 membres
208 critiques
3.8
2 Members
edparks, gypsysmom,ManWithAnAgenda
95
Du côté de chez Swann
de Marcel Proust
11,127 membres
183 critiques
4.2
Member
aprille
96
La Cité des Ténèbres - Les Origines, Tome 1 : L'Ange mécanique
de Cassandra Clare
10,983 membres
394 critiques
4.1
Member
_Zoe_
97
L'Arc-en-ciel de la gravité
de Thomas Pynchon
10,746 membres
142 critiques
4.1
Member
aprille
98
Shadow and Bone
de Leigh Bardugo
10,599 membres
435 critiques
3.9
Member
hollythepenguin
99
Kane Chronicles, Tome 1 : La Pyramide rouge
de Rick Riordan
10,236 membres
312 critiques
4
3 Members
foggidawn, susiesharp, briarhills,Samantha_kathy ,
100
La puissance des vaincus
de Wally Lamb
10,207 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.