I Can't Finish This Book

Description
Based on the tag "unfinished".
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43,476 membres
1,012 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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27,198 membres
629 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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34,736 membres
269 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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13,257 membres
243 critiques
4.2
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13,435 membres
646 critiques
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11,804 membres
652 critiques
3.8
2 Members
Cariola, Eritch
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38,265 membres
433 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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4,378 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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4,871 membres
136 critiques
½ 3.7
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5,307 membres
57 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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12,941 membres
279 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
Cariola, Charon07
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7,832 membres
59 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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31,621 membres
557 critiques
4.1
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26,897 membres
773 critiques
3.9
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35,344 membres
539 critiques
3.8
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541 membres
5 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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8,712 membres
90 critiques
½ 3.5
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13,846 membres
242 critiques
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dianeham
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3,735 membres
57 critiques
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1,186 membres
40 critiques
½ 3.5
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2,547 membres
24 critiques
3.8
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69,338 membres
1,075 critiques
3.8
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4,882 membres
254 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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23,621 membres
983 critiques
4.2
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merrystar
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10,794 membres
361 critiques
4
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765 membres
133 critiques
½ 3.4
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PoetVictoria
Explications
PoetVictoria: I just didn't like it.
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730 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.6
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215 membres
18 critiques
½ 3.7
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11,997 membres
139 critiques
½ 3.7
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294 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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21,878 membres
168 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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26,373 membres
625 critiques
3.9
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3,100 membres
151 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
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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1,021 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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329 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.4
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28,651 membres
451 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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2,354 membres
30 critiques
½ 3.5
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13,434 membres
187 critiques
4
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chwiggy
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6,877 membres
192 critiques
3.8
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2,246 membres
40 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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543 membres
25 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
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280 membres
11 critiques
3.9
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264 membres
16 critiques
½ 3.3
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dianeham
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85 membres
3 critiques
2.8
Member
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
Member
Peace2
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5,754 membres
50 critiques
4.1
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar
Explications
aulsmith: Never got through the Iliad, but I loved the Odyssey.
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9,556 membres
174 critiques
4.2
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dianeham
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9,138 membres
255 critiques
½ 4.4
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dara85
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647 membres
38 critiques
½ 3.6
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PoetVictoria
Explications
PoetVictoria: too druggy.
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268 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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9,164 membres
137 critiques
4
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merrystar
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7,059 membres
200 critiques
3.8
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Peace2
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6,394 membres
166 critiques
½ 3.6
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dianeham
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2,132 membres
62 critiques
4
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dara85
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571 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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14,046 membres
188 critiques
3.8
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26,101 membres
390 critiques
½ 3.7
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aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith: Got to page 2
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2,081 membres
66 critiques
4
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dianeham
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566 membres
24 critiques
½ 3.7
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Cariola
Explications
Cariola: As a Kunzru fan, I was SO disappointed!
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317 membres
13 critiques
½ 3.5
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5,833 membres
332 critiques
3.9
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4,358 membres
93 critiques
3.8
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4,164 membres
180 critiques
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dara85
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40 membres
19 critiques
2.2
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Cariola
Explications
Cariola: Truly awful.
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14,181 membres
266 critiques
3.9
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Eritch
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1,536 membres
20 critiques
½ 3.4
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415 membres
12 critiques
½ 3.3
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dara85
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230 membres
18 critiques
3.2
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Cariola
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23,141 membres
398 critiques
4.2
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ahef1963
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157 membres
50 critiques
½ 3.4
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Cariola
Explications
Cariola: Poorly written and melodramatic.
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104 membres
6 critiques
½ 3.5
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13,071 membres
483 critiques
3.8
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22,988 membres
378 critiques
3.9
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ahef1963
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296 membres
66 critiques
½ 3.4
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Cariola
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18,649 membres
284 critiques
3.8
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ahef1963
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4,760 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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450 membres
33 critiques
2.1
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171 membres
48 critiques
½ 3.3
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Cariola
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13,304 membres
108 critiques
3.9
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aulsmith
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11,661 membres
453 critiques
3.8
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441 membres
23 critiques
½ 3.3
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Cariola
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6,908 membres
294 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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35 membres
3 critiques
½ 2.7
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8,271 membres
182 critiques
3.8
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aulsmith
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96 membres
7 critiques
3.1
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200 membres
9 critiques
3.1
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Cariola
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11,092 membres
182 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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2,967 membres
131 critiques
4.1
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Cariola
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9,250 membres
216 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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129 membres
3 critiques
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410 membres
23 critiques
½ 2.7
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7,012 membres
171 critiques
3.8
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ahef1963
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91 membres
7 critiques
3.2
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Cariola
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7,805 membres
91 critiques
3.9
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603 membres
31 critiques
3.9
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Cariola
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1,390 membres
18 critiques
½ 3.4
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ahef1963
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119 membres
2 critiques
3.2
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178 membres
7 critiques
3.9
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Cariola