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
18,018 membres
519 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
35,915 membres
939 critiques
½ 3.7
12 Members
Minthe, eshaw27, KimarieBee, mmignano11, sundancer, edparks, jasmaynard, martensgirl, mazzy7, kara.shamy, Peace2, Brandy1411,gennyt ,generalkala ,gypsysmom
4
Sur la route
de Jack Kerouac
27,950 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
58,352 membres
2,265 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
21,466 membres
758 critiques
½ 3.7
6 Members
aprille, Tafadhali, edparks, jasmaynard, tottman, gypsysmom
7
Le complot contre l'Amérique
de Philip Roth
8,953 membres
217 critiques
½ 3.7
6 Members
wdwilson3, sturlington, racergirl76, edparks, sparemethecensor, Luisali
8
The Gathering
de Anne Enright
4,056 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
3,708 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
70,312 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
28,881 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
14,649 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
13,014 membres
279 critiques
½ 3.6
6 Members
generalkala, pammab, chgstrom, Brandy1411, tdiken, Charon07,
14
Damnés, Tome 1 :
de Lauren Kate
7,336 membres
404 critiques
½ 3.4
5 Members
generalkala, foggidawn, susiesharp, tmsaguid, elainemberman
15
Breaking Dawn
de Stephenie Meyer
40,542 membres
1,038 critiques
½ 3.7
4 Members
generalkala, martensgirl, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda
16
La cité des ténèbres
de Cassandra Clare
21,157 membres
889 critiques
3.8
4 Members
Tafadhali, norabelle414, susiesharp, briarhills
17
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
de Ransom Riggs
19,298 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
12,483 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
9,885 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
7,650 membres
485 critiques
½ 3.6
4 Members
eshaw27, briarhills, elainemberman, Brandy1411
21
Les ensorceleuses
de Alice Hoffman
5,763 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
2,363 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
1,875 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
1,088 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
102,476 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
18,795 membres
1,013 critiques
½ 4.3
3 Members
merrystar, aspirit, ManWithAnAgenda
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Divergente T.3 : Allégeance
de Veronica Roth
13,633 membres
516 critiques
½ 3.4
3 Members
gilroy, inge87, Peace2
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Le club des policiers yiddish
de Michael Chabon
10,386 membres
421 critiques
3.8
5 Members
aprille, sunqueen, chgstrom, edparks, Luisali,aulsmith ,gypsysmom
29
Mille morceaux
de James Frey
9,730 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
9,379 membres
639 critiques
½ 3.6
4 Members
generalkala, foggidawn, keristars, Sammystarbuck,sundancer
31
La maison aux sept pignons
de Nathaniel Hawthorne
8,647 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
8,268 membres
251 critiques
3.9
5 Members
mmignano11, sturlington, jasmaynard, briarhills, elainemberman,Sammystarbuck ,ManWithAnAgenda
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Dans le jardin de la bête
de Erik Larson
7,663 membres
342 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
6,985 membres
470 critiques
½ 3.4
4 Members
chgstrom, souloftherose, gypsysmom, WhatUsername,sunqueen
35
La prophétie des Andes
de James Redfield
6,691 membres
121 critiques
3.2
3 Members
edparks, gypsysmom, elainemberman
36
Legend T01 Legend
de Marie Lu
6,625 membres
381 critiques
3.9
3 Members
foggidawn, inge87, elainemberman
37
Little Brother
de Cory Doctorow
5,599 membres
397 critiques
4
4 Members
hipdeep, amysisson, prosfilaes, ManWithAnAgenda,
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La Femme du tigre
de Téa Obreht
5,366 membres
335 critiques
½ 3.5
3 Members
edparks, gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: Meh.
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Loving Frank
de Nancy Horan
4,476 membres
208 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
kageeh, sunqueen, mmignano11
40
Twilight coffret poche
de Stephenie Meyer
4,386 membres
122 critiques
4
3 Members
briarhills, teeth, ManWithAnAgenda
41
Noir de lune
de Alice Sebold
4,181 membres
181 critiques
2.8
3 Members
edparks, elainemberman, Brandy1411
42
Prozac nation : Avoir vingt ans dans la dépression
de Elizabeth Wurtzel
3,999 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
96,630 membres
1,568 critiques
½ 4.4
3 Members
gilroy, jain, ManWithAnAgenda,hollythepenguin
47
Le vieil homme et la mer
de Ernest Hemingway
30,754 membres
506 critiques
3.8
2 Members
hipdeep, al.vick
48
La couleur des sentiments
de Kathryn Stockett
30,567 membres
1,488 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
aprille, bstar1019
49
Les Chroniques de Narnia, tome 7 : La Dernière bataille
de C. S. Lewis
23,314 membres
193 critiques
3.9
2 Members
jain, ManWithAnAgenda
50
Les apparences
de Gillian Flynn
22,118 membres
1,542 critiques
3.9
3 Members
gilroy, Minthe, Charon07,bstar1019
51
Le chardonneret
de Donna Tartt
14,905 membres
804 critiques
3.9
4 Members
aprille, jonathankws, TashMason, Charon07,ManWithAnAgenda ,
52
Sourires de loup
de Zadie Smith
13,654 membres
248 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
edparks, tdiken
53
Infinite jest
de David Foster Wallace
13,186 membres
244 critiques
4.2
2 Members
aprille, ManWithAnAgenda
54
Le Fantôme de l'Opéra
de Gaston Leroux
13,023 membres
205 critiques
3.8
2 Members
CGlanovsky, gypsysmom
55
Un yankee à la cour du roi Arthur
de Mark Twain
11,584 membres
135 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
Minthe, andejons
56
Stranger in a Strange Land (Uncut Edition)
de Robert A. Heinlein
8,720 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
8,521 membres
196 critiques
½ 3.6
3 Members
mmignano11, sturlington, elainemberman,ManWithAnAgenda
58
Le club Jane Austen
de Karen Joy Fowler
6,411 membres
193 critiques
3
2 Members
Minthe, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: Dull and predictable.
59
Delirium - Tome 1
de Lauren Oliver
6,201 membres
521 critiques
3.9
4 Members
generalkala, _Zoe_, norabelle414, elainemberman,sundancer ,
60
La mer
de John Banville
5,423 membres
172 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
Minthe, sunqueen
61
Swamplandia
de Karen Russell
3,596 membres
236 critiques
½ 3.4
4 Members
sunqueen, sjmccreary, SugarCreekRanch, Bluewolf0411,keristars ,elkiedee
62
Black-out
de Connie Willis
3,200 membres
219 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
2,988 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
2,948 membres
206 critiques
4.1
2 Members
Minthe, edparks
66
Portrait de classe
de Tobias Wolff
2,529 membres
77 critiques
3.8
2 Members
sjmccreary, edparks
67
The Personal Librarian: A Novel
de Marie Benedict
2,452 membres
129 critiques
3.8
2 Members
aprille, bstar1019
68
The Leftovers
de Tom Perrotta
2,286 membres
184 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
sparemethecensor, Brandy1411
69
La Pianiste
de Elfriede Jelinek
2,007 membres
40 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
Simone2, teeth
70
Les Maîtres Chanteurs
de Orson Scott Card
1,898 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
1,413 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
886 membres
33 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
SqueakyChu, gypsysmom
73
The Magicians and Mrs. Quent
de Galen Beckett
813 membres
58 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
loremistress, briarhills
74
The Carhullan Army
de Sarah Hall
690 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
101,429 membres
932 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
jain, ManWithAnAgenda,hollythepenguin
79
Le chardon et le tartan
de Diana Gabaldon
23,796 membres
987 critiques
4.2
3 Members
Minthe, merrystar, sturlington,gypsysmom ,
80
L'insoutenable légèreté de l'être
de Milan Kundera
22,476 membres
274 critiques
4
Member
EMS_24
81
La conjuration des imbéciles
de John Kennedy Toole
21,391 membres
475 critiques
3.9
Member
EMS_24
82
La force de l'intuition : Prendre la bonne décision en deux secondes
de Malcolm Gladwell
21,048 membres
386 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Minthe
83
L'enfant de tous les silences
de Kim Edwards
17,344 membres
480 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
sundancer, edparks,gypsysmom
84
Le messie de Dune
de Frank Herbert
16,445 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
16,247 membres
236 critiques
3.9
Member
hollythepenguin
86
La voix des morts
de Orson Scott Card
15,808 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
15,694 membres
377 critiques
4.1
Member
tdiken
88
La cité des cendres
de Cassandra Clare
15,082 membres
428 critiques
4
Member
Lexxi
89
22/11/63
de Stephen King
13,600 membres
762 critiques
4.2
3 Members
Minthe, DidIReallyReadThat, ManWithAnAgenda,Sammystarbuck ,TashMason
90
Journal d'un dégonflé
de Jeff Kinney
13,336 membres
718 critiques
4
3 Members
_Zoe_, foggidawn, amysisson, ,ManWithAnAgenda
91
The Song of Achilles
de Madeline Miller
13,069 membres
510 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
12,951 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
12,540 membres
156 critiques
4.1
Member
aprille
94
Le Chant de Dolorès
de Wally Lamb
12,422 membres
208 critiques
3.8
2 Members
edparks, gypsysmom,ManWithAnAgenda
95
Du côté de chez Swann
de Marcel Proust
11,143 membres
183 critiques
4.2
Member
aprille
96
La Cité des Ténèbres - Les Origines, Tome 1 : L'Ange mécanique
de Cassandra Clare
11,001 membres
394 critiques
4.1
Member
_Zoe_
97
L'Arc-en-ciel de la gravité
de Thomas Pynchon
10,765 membres
142 critiques
4.1
Member
aprille
98
Shadow and Bone
de Leigh Bardugo
10,640 membres
437 critiques
3.9
Member
hollythepenguin
99
Kane Chronicles, Tome 1 : La Pyramide rouge
de Rick Riordan
10,253 membres
312 critiques
4
3 Members
foggidawn, susiesharp, briarhills,Samantha_kathy ,
100
La puissance des vaincus
de Wally Lamb
10,217 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.