Books You Couldn't Finish

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For whatever reason, good, bad or indifferent, you couldn't finish it. Add your abandoned reads. Thumbs down the ones that should be given a second chance.
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Percy Jackson, Tome 1 : Le Voleur de foudre
de Rick Riordan
31,580 membres
1,242 critiques
4.1
2 Members
merrystar, 2wonderY
Explications
merrystar: I'm possibly too old, but I found the beginning of this unreadable.
2
Le bûcher des vanités
de Tom Wolfe
8,934 membres
132 critiques
3.8
2 Members
merrystar, fuzzi
Explications
fuzzi: Despised the characters, why read about people with no redeeming qualities?
3
The Witches: Salem, 1692
de Stacy Schiff
2,628 membres
68 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
Bookmarque, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
Bookmarque: HIGHLY speculative. Repetitive. Repetitive. Repetitive.
4
La couleur des sentiments
de Kathryn Stockett
30,484 membres
1,488 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
ahef1963
5
Sur la route
de Jack Kerouac
27,926 membres
385 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
6
Le chardon et le tartan
de Diana Gabaldon
23,731 membres
984 critiques
4.2
Member
Minthe
7
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
de Ransom Riggs
19,237 membres
1,134 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
barbharper, ahef1963,
8
22/11/63
de Stephen King
13,545 membres
761 critiques
4.2
Member
Minthe
9
Under the Dome
de Stephen King
11,714 membres
452 critiques
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
10
Samedi
de Ian McEwan
10,332 membres
226 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Bookmarque
11
Le Robinson suisse
de Johann David Wyss
8,744 membres
90 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
12
La Guerre du Péloponnèse
de Thucydides
7,863 membres
59 critiques
4
Member
merrystar
Explications
merrystar: the only assigned book I have ever given up on.
13
Histoire de Dieu
de Karen Armstrong
7,831 membres
91 critiques
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
14
Les jardins de la Lune
de Steven Erikson
6,870 membres
192 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
15
Une situation légèrement délicate
de Mark Haddon
5,756 membres
184 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
Bookmarque
16
Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
de John Eldredge
5,715 membres
48 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
cej1027
17
La ferme africaine
de Isak Dinesen
5,219 membres
98 critiques
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
18
L'année où j'ai vécu selon la Bible
de A. J. Jacobs
4,667 membres
192 critiques
3.8
Member
cej1027
19
Le Moine
de Matthew Lewis
4,374 membres
92 critiques
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
20
Le cercle de Salem
de Jodi Picoult
4,371 membres
72 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Bookmarque
21
There There
de Tommy Orange
4,259 membres
192 critiques
4
Member
Bookmarque
22
Véritable histoire du gang Kelly
de Peter Carey
4,231 membres
79 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Minthe
23
Oscar and Lucinda
de Peter Carey
4,122 membres
68 critiques
3.8
Member
Minthe
24
Dhalgren
de Samuel R. Delany
3,726 membres
74 critiques
3.8
Member
Cecrow
Explications
Cecrow: Couldn't find the story or the point.
25
Le siècle mécanique t01 : bone shaker
de Cherie Priest
3,701 membres
217 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
26
Meurtres en soutane
de P. D. James
3,670 membres
55 critiques
3.8
Member
katie4098
27
Ghost world
de Daniel Clowes
3,608 membres
78 critiques
3.8
Member
cej1027
28
La Mer, la mer
de Iris Murdoch
3,575 membres
94 critiques
3.9
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
29
L'Ange exilé : Une histoire de la vie ensevelie
de Thomas Wolfe
3,548 membres
50 critiques
4
Member
Crypto-Willobie
30
Behind Closed Doors
de B.A. Paris
3,430 membres
257 critiques
3.8
Member
Bookmarque
31
I Will Fear No Evil
de Robert A. Heinlein
3,415 membres
40 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
aulsmith
32
Le dernier apprenti sorcier, Tome 2 : Magie noire à Soho
de Ben Aaronovitch
3,231 membres
175 critiques
3.9
Member
Minthe
33
Life
de Keith Richards
3,198 membres
138 critiques
3.9
Member
Diane-bpcb
34
Sleeping Beauties
de Stephen King
3,088 membres
98 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: Repetitive. Boring.
35
L'homme à l'autographe
de Zadie Smith
3,024 membres
41 critiques
3.1
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: Scenes too long and choked with detail. Quirky for quirky's sake. Couldn't connect w/main character enough to wade through it all.
36
Colorado saga
de James A. Michener
3,003 membres
43 critiques
4.1
Member
merrystar
Explications
merrystar: Enjoyed the first half, but then it bogged down.
37
Les Crimes de l'accordéon
de Annie Proulx
2,859 membres
47 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
Diane-bpcb
38
Mes amis les loups
de Farley Mowat
2,704 membres
63 critiques
4.1
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: Self-aggrandizing asshat. Bad science. Questionable reporting.
39
Les derniers hommes
de L. Ron Hubbard
2,689 membres
47 critiques
½ 3.3
2 Members
dtw42, ManWithAnAgenda,
40
La Montagne de l'âme
de Gao Xingjian
2,508 membres
38 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
starbox
41
Zéro, la biographie d'une idée dangereuse
de Charles Seife
2,457 membres
50 critiques
3.8
Member
skid0612
42
Absurdistan
de Gary Shteyngart
2,422 membres
79 critiques
½ 3.3
Member
Jullou
Explications
Jullou: I love satire and absurdism, rarely don't finish books. But I just couldn't get through this one.
43
Un hiver de glace
de Daniel Woodrell
2,378 membres
129 critiques
4
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: I've liked his other books but this one too brutal, nasty and gross
44
Pygmy
de Chuck Palahniuk
2,344 membres
74 critiques
2.9
Member
SimoneA
45
House
de Frank Peretti
2,287 membres
56 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: Too stupid. Too manipulative. Dumb characters. Like every cheap horror movie ever.
46
Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses
de Bruce Feiler
2,166 membres
25 critiques
3.9
Member
Diane-bpcb
47
Blonde
de Joyce Carol Oates
2,144 membres
62 critiques
4
Member
dara85
48
Call It Sleep
de Henry Roth
2,102 membres
40 critiques
3.9
Member
Diane-bpcb
49
The Glass Key
de Dashiell Hammett
2,059 membres
44 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: boring. convoluted. stop it with the two name boy already. Death to the two name boy!
50
L'île des oubliés
de Victoria Hislop
2,020 membres
84 critiques
3.8
Member
eclecticdodo
51
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
de H. W. Brands
1,911 membres
11 critiques
4.1
Member
Diane-bpcb
52
for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf
de Ntozake Shange
1,787 membres
23 critiques
4
Member
cej1027
53
Jaloux
de Sandra Brown
1,778 membres
28 critiques
4
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: outdated, 80s vibe to Maris's victimhood, predictable and not well written
54
Jack Maggs
de Peter Carey
1,751 membres
33 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
Minthe
55
L'Empire caché
de Kevin J. Anderson
1,679 membres
35 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
gilroy
Explications
gilroy: How can one sustain a story when you change points of view every two pages? Just horrible writing
56
Beauty
de Sheri S. Tepper
1,611 membres
31 critiques
3.8
Member
merrystar
Explications
merrystar: I generally love re-told fairy tales, but I couldn't make it through this one.
57
The Sandcastle Girls
de Chris Bohjalian
1,465 membres
149 critiques
3.9
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: Just couldn't stand the brutality. Why do men do this?
58
La Rivière rouge
de John Hart
1,440 membres
63 critiques
3.8
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: Adam is just too dumb for me to stick with this book.
59
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
de Samuel R. Delany
1,372 membres
22 critiques
3.9
Member
aulsmith
60
Lethal
de Sandra Brown
1,246 membres
38 critiques
3.9
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: Can't write her way out of a wet paper bag. Why do I keep trying?
61
Le Seigneur des Isles: Le Seigneur des Isles, T1
de David Drake
1,218 membres
15 critiques
3.2
Member
gilroy
Explications
gilroy: This came out when the Extended Epic like Wheel of Time was popular. Wheel of Time was bad, this was worse.
62
Home Safe
de Elizabeth Berg
1,208 membres
70 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: stupid woman, stupid premise - as if it would take a year for the accountant to tell her she had no money.
63
Le Feu sacré
de Bruce Sterling
1,092 membres
21 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
gilroy
64
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
de Kory Stamper
1,084 membres
64 critiques
4.2
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: zzzzzzz
65
The Dark Monk
de Oliver Pötzsch
994 membres
40 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
hoddybook
66
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
de George V. Higgins
942 membres
44 critiques
4
Member
Bookmarque
67
Penpal
de Dathan Auerbach
791 membres
46 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: In my best Colonel Kurtz voice - the writing, the writing.
68
Petals of Blood
de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
761 membres
13 critiques
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
69
La Fille tatouée
de Joyce Carol Oates
742 membres
18 critiques
½ 3.3
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: Hateful for hatefulness's sake.
70
The Complete Compleat Enchanter
de L. Sprague de Camp
732 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
71
Mine
de Robert R. McCammon
714 membres
16 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Bookmarque
72
City of Dreams: A Novel of Nieuw Amsterdam and Early Manhattan
de Beverly Swerling
697 membres
15 critiques
3.9
Member
Diane-bpcb
Explications
Diane-bpcb: was this edited?
73
The Death of Jane Lawrence
de Caitlin Starling
663 membres
29 critiques
3.2
Member
Bookmarque
74
The Hiding Place
de C. J. Tudor
636 membres
48 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: an onslaught of cruelty, sadism, viciousness and violence.
75
Usher's Passing
de Robert R. McCammon
623 membres
18 critiques
3.8
Member
Bookmarque
76
Mara et Dann
de Doris Lessing
600 membres
22 critiques
3.9
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: Too bleak. Dwells on the worst people do to each other. All. The. Time.
77
The Woman Who Stole My Life
de Marian Keyes
579 membres
13 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
Bookmarque
78
Sing Them Home
de Stephanie Kallos
546 membres
25 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
79
Le secret des glaces
de Philip Carter
518 membres
19 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
Bookmarque
80
Complicit
de Nicci French
509 membres
22 critiques
½ 3.3
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: Too stupid
81
Seeker
de William Nicholson
498 membres
15 critiques
3.8
Member
gilroy
82
Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
de Jennifer Wright
495 membres
61 critiques
4
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: Can't stand the tone of this book. Too snide, too judgmental, too flip.
84
The Birthing House
de Christopher Ransom
452 membres
32 critiques
2.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
85
Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish: A Novel
de David Rakoff
449 membres
26 critiques
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
86
Surrender, New York: A Novel
de Caleb Carr
447 membres
27 critiques
2.9
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: Very info-dumpy. Narrator likes the sound of his own voice. Terrible dialog.
87
Bad Twin
de Gary Troup
410 membres
22 critiques
2.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
88
Last Days
de Brian Evenson
406 membres
24 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: So terrible I couldn't finish and returned it to Audible. Protagonist is an idiot among idiots.
89
Cefalu
de Lawrence Durrell
406 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: Too oblique.
90
Sea Change
de Robert Goddard
371 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
Bookmarque
91
This One is Mine
de Maria Semple
350 membres
32 critiques
3.1
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: These assholes deserve each other, but not my time.
92
Security: A Novel
de Gina Wohlsdorf
346 membres
67 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: Too stupid to finish.
93
Little Eve
de Catriona Ward
343 membres
12 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Bookmarque
94
The Third Hotel
de Laura Van den Berg
336 membres
16 critiques
3.2
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: oddly unfocused writing, didn't engage w/protagonist
95
The Arrangement: A Novel
de Sarah Dunn
335 membres
20 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
Bookmarque
96
The Viking Funeral
de Stephen J. Cannell
311 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: Can't remember anything except that there was incorrect forensic detail.
97
Probable Cause
de Ridley Pearson
280 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
Bookmarque
98
The Farfarers : Before the Norse
de Farley Mowat
271 membres
4 critiques
3.8
Member
arrwa
99
Reality and Dreams
de Muriel Spark
246 membres
10 critiques
3.1
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: boring, self-involed, bossy asshole as a "protagonist"
100
The Paris Secret
de Karen Swan
222 membres
26 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
Bookmarque
Explications
Bookmarque: Desperate name dropping by the author. And it's a romance, which by itself isn't awful, but it's a stupid one.