I Can't Finish This Book

Description
Based on the tag "unfinished".
Membres
21 membres participants
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42,867 membres
998 critiques
3.9
4 Members
gilroy, Dilara86, ahef1963, Peace2,ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
ahef1963: I didn't think I could handle the outcome of having a hungry lion on board, so I quit reading.
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26,818 membres
622 critiques
4.1
5 Members
dara85, Cariola, aulsmith, ahef1963, Eritch,Charon07
Explications
aulsmith: I loved the historical parts, but the modern parts left me cold.
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33,812 membres
258 critiques
3.9
4 Members
aulsmith, chgstrom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ,merrystar
Explications
aulsmith: It reads more like notes than a novel. I don't think I got past page 20.
merrystar : I like parts of this much better than others, but I did finish it.
ahef1963: I was given a lovely edition of this book by my mother when I was a teenager, but it is more shelf ornament than book I have read.
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12,970 membres
239 critiques
4.2
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13,261 membres
638 critiques
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11,789 membres
645 critiques
3.8
2 Members
Cariola, Eritch
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37,385 membres
423 critiques
3.9
4 Members
gilroy, ahef1963, Eritch, Charon07, , ,merrystar ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
ahef1963: I've tried multiple times, but I cannot get through it.
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4,347 membres
120 critiques
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3 Members
Cariola, ahef1963, Peace2,ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
ManWithAnAgenda : It wasn't very good, but I finished it.
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4,809 membres
136 critiques
½ 3.7
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5,230 membres
56 critiques
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, Dilara86
Explications
aulsmith: Since it's not linear, I don't know if it's meant to be finished. I sample it from time to time
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12,784 membres
276 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
Cariola, Charon07
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7,686 membres
57 critiques
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2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
merrystar: This is the only assigned reading I ever didn't finish.
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31,131 membres
546 critiques
4.1
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755 critiques
3.9
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34,488 membres
526 critiques
3.8
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532 membres
4 critiques
½ 4.5
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
aulsmith: Having read Coriolanus, I'm convinced no one should have to read all of Shakespeare.
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8,489 membres
87 critiques
½ 3.5
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241 critiques
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dianeham
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55 critiques
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1,144 membres
40 critiques
½ 3.5
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24 critiques
3.8
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1,064 critiques
3.8
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4,763 membres
251 critiques
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, PoetVictoria,ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
PoetVictoria: I liked the idea of the book, but the book itself was relentless and repetitive. I am glad I read some of it, though. Interesting real life stuff.
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23,072 membres
971 critiques
4.2
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merrystar
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10,558 membres
359 critiques
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762 membres
131 critiques
½ 3.4
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PoetVictoria
Explications
PoetVictoria: I just didn't like it.
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726 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.6
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209 membres
18 critiques
½ 3.7
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11,788 membres
138 critiques
3.8
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293 membres
7 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963,merrystar
Explications
aulsmith: I read the first chapter and found the stuff they borrowed for Star Trek II. I had a friend who wrote three university papers having only read the first chapter.
merrystar : list duplicate
ahef1963: Have never read past the first chapter or so, despite several attempts.
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21,478 membres
163 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda,
Explications
aulsmith: I never thought of this a book to finish, more like an anthology to sample from as the mood takes you.
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25,971 membres
614 critiques
3.9
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2,886 membres
146 critiques
½ 3.5
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PoetVictoria
Explications
PoetVictoria: endless details without enough heart, although I was interested in finding out what happens next, I finally just gave up.
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1,008 membres
130 critiques
½ 3.3
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Cariola
Explications
Cariola: Hated this! It started out as a novel about repressed homosexuality in the Victorian era and a bit of a mystery--then BAM
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323 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.4
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27,942 membres
437 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,
Explications
ahef1963: I keep losing track of who's who, and give up.
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2,323 membres
30 critiques
½ 3.5
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13,234 membres
182 critiques
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chwiggy
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6,640 membres
190 critiques
3.8
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2,223 membres
38 critiques
½ 3.7
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PoetVictoria
Explications
PoetVictoria: The men were very unattractive and this book was all about the men.
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540 membres
25 critiques
½ 3.7
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dara85
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275 membres
11 critiques
3.9
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262 membres
15 critiques
½ 3.3
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dianeham
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84 membres
3 critiques
2.8
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Cariola
Explications
Cariola: Probably the worst, most pretentious pieces of Shakespearean criticism I've ever read. Applies pop psychology to Hamlet.
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80 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.4
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Peace2
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5,564 membres
49 critiques
4.1
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar
Explications
aulsmith: Never got through the Iliad, but I loved the Odyssey.
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9,358 membres
168 critiques
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dianeham
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9,018 membres
251 critiques
½ 4.4
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dara85
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639 membres
38 critiques
½ 3.6
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PoetVictoria
Explications
PoetVictoria: too druggy.
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262 membres
28 critiques
½ 3.3
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Peace2
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33 membres
1 critique
½ 2.7
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136 critiques
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merrystar
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6,954 membres
198 critiques
3.8
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Peace2
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6,270 membres
162 critiques
½ 3.6
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dianeham
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2,090 membres
62 critiques
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dara85
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556 membres
31 critiques
½ 3.6
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PoetVictoria
Explications
PoetVictoria: It seemed like it would be an interesting period, but I got bored with it.
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149 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.5
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Cariola
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13,759 membres
180 critiques
3.8
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382 critiques
½ 3.7
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aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith: Got to page 2
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2,053 membres
66 critiques
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dianeham
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559 membres
23 critiques
½ 3.7
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Cariola
Explications
Cariola: As a Kunzru fan, I was SO disappointed!
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313 membres
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½ 3.5
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317 critiques
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dara85
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39 membres
19 critiques
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Cariola
Explications
Cariola: Truly awful.
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261 critiques
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Eritch
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1,517 membres
19 critiques
½ 3.4
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408 membres
12 critiques
½ 3.3
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dara85
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224 membres
17 critiques
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Cariola
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22,716 membres
392 critiques
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ahef1963
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154 membres
50 critiques
½ 3.4
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Cariola
Explications
Cariola: Poorly written and melodramatic.
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99 membres
6 critiques
½ 3.5
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480 critiques
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368 critiques
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ahef1963
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293 membres
66 critiques
½ 3.4
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Cariola
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280 critiques
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ahef1963
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4,682 membres
55 critiques
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aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith: I was somewhat shocked at the beginning and put it down. Now I've read so much biography, I'm not sure I'd enjoy the original.
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32 critiques
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170 membres
48 critiques
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Cariola
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105 critiques
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aulsmith
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445 critiques
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441 membres
23 critiques
½ 3.3
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Cariola
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6,754 membres
291 critiques
4.2
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Cariola
Explications
Cariola: I know a lot of readers loved this one; I was just bored to tears.
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33 membres
3 critiques
½ 2.4
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8,122 membres
172 critiques
3.8
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aulsmith
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94 membres
7 critiques
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198 membres
9 critiques
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Cariola
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10,836 membres
176 critiques
4.2
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda,
Explications
aulsmith: Fell asleep during the opening about insomnia and never picked it up again.
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2,887 membres
128 critiques
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Cariola
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9,079 membres
212 critiques
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ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: Got lost in all the seafaring language. I don't know port from starboard!
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126 membres
3 critiques
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23 critiques
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169 critiques
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ahef1963
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89 membres
7 critiques
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Cariola
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88 critiques
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594 membres
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Cariola
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1,380 membres
18 critiques
½ 3.3
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ahef1963
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114 membres
2 critiques
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Cariola