Biggest Disappointments

Description
What books were so much worse than you expected them to be?
Liste de tottman8LibraryThing570
Profil de tottman
1
Tous à Zanzibar
de John Brunner
3,210 membres
52 critiques
3.9
Rang global 444
Member
tottman,aulsmith
2
Black-out
de Connie Willis
3,195 membres
218 critiques
3.8
Rang global 63
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
3
Dune
de Frank Herbert
42,507 membres
690 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 554
4 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, tottman, Curran2,anglemark , ,absurdeist , ,aulsmith ,Cecrow ,souloftherose ,gypsysmom , ,ManWithAnAgenda
4
Jonathan Strange et Mr Norrell
de Susanna Clarke
26,946 membres
775 critiques
3.9
Rang global 541
12 Members
generalkala, DaynaRT, LShelby, KimarieBee, aulsmith, tottman, briarhills, martensgirl, al.vick, ahef1963, elainemberman, Brandy1411, , , ,hipdeep ,anglemark ,jain ,1morechapter , ,Cecrow ,Crypto-Willobie ,masiejames ,ncgraham ,souloftherose , ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07
Explications
aulsmith: Too long and episodic without an overall point.
5
Twilight
de Stephenie Meyer
58,288 membres
2,264 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 5
9 Members
pammab, eshaw27, chgstrom, sundancer, tottman, Bluewolf0411, Tess_W, sparemethecensor, mspixieears,zenobia158 , ,ManWithAnAgenda
6
Hannibal
de Thomas Harris
9,868 membres
85 critiques
½ 3.4
Rang global 19
5 Members
stembrook, sturlington, tottman, martensgirl, Luisali,
7
Le Carrefour des ombres
de Robert Jordan
9,417 membres
91 critiques
½ 3.4
Rang global 101
2 Members
lachapakhan, tottman,ManWithAnAgenda
8
The Historian
de Elizabeth Kostova
21,441 membres
756 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 6
6 Members
aprille, Tafadhali, edparks, jasmaynard, tottman, gypsysmom
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La Route
de Cormac McCarthy
34,415 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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Zoe
de John Scalzi
2,592 membres
112 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 451
Member
amysisson,tottman
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Let's Pretend This Never Happened
de Jenny Lawson
4,054 membres
335 critiques
4
Rang global 434
Member
keristars,tottman
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Les jardins de la Lune
de Steven Erikson
6,881 membres
192 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 113
4 Members
KimarieBee, RoboSchro, Luisali, ManWithAnAgenda,Cecrow ,tottman ,
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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.
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Un cantique pour Leibowitz
de Walter M. Miller Jr.
11,742 membres
308 critiques
3.9
Rang global 551
3 Members
hipdeep, pammab, cpg, ,anglemark , ,aulsmith ,tottman ,gypsysmom ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07
Explications
aulsmith : I suspect that many younger people find it dated, but reading it in the sixties, when we thought we'd be nuked out of existence at any moment, it was both hopeful and scary.
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1984
de George Orwell
81,930 membres
1,271 critiques
4.2
Rang global 566
4 Members
hipdeep, CGlanovsky, WhatUsername, lilacwest, ,anglemark , , ,aulsmith ,Cecrow , ,tottman ,Simone2 ,martensgirl ,gypsysmom , ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07 ,Curran2
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Bilbo le Hobbit
de J. R. R. Tolkien
94,330 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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La voix des morts
de Orson Scott Card
15,788 membres
211 critiques
4
Rang global 86
2 Members
gilroy, ManWithAnAgenda,tottman
Explications
gilroy: After the great book that Ender's Game was, this was a huge let down.
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Sa Majesté des Mouches
de William Golding
49,579 membres
745 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 527
3 Members
Eowyn1, WhatUsername, Peace2, ,tottman ,martensgirl ,starbox ,kara.shamy ,Charon07
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Stranger in a Strange Land (Uncut Edition)
de Robert A. Heinlein
8,718 membres
149 critiques
3.8
Rang global 57
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.