Dishonourable Mentions of 2014
- Beskrivning
- As a counterpart to that other list, what were the five worst books you read in 2014?
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13,423 medlemmar
514 recensioner
½ 3.4
Rankning 9.66
Tillagt 2014-12-19, 04:25 PM
- 3 Members
- inge87, Settings, zacharyharless
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26,256 medlemmar
396 recensioner
4
Rankning 7.36
Tillagt 2014-12-19, 04:23 PM
- 2 Members
- Settings, zacharyharless
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av James Frey
9,692 medlemmar
230 recensioner
½ 3.5
Rankning 4
Tillagt 2014-12-19, 10:32 PM
- Member
- lahochstetler
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av Lois Lenski
3,077 medlemmar
34 recensioner
3.8
Rankning 4
Tillagt 2022-09-27, 12:09 PM
- Member
- cej1027
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- Member
- dara85
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- Member
- bluepiano
- Förklaringar
- bluepiano: My first and last go at Jean Rhys who, judging by this book, couldn't write for toffee.
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517 medlemmar
25 recensioner
½ 3.4
Rankning 4
Tillagt 2014-12-19, 09:28 PM
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av Susann Cokal
380 medlemmar
25 recensioner
½ 3.3
Rankning 4
Tillagt 2014-12-19, 08:47 PM
- Member
- foggidawn
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365 medlemmar
12 recensioner
½ 3.6
Rankning 4
Tillagt 2014-12-21, 08:25 AM
- Member
- Bookmarque
- Förklaringar
- Bookmarque: Torpid and repetitive; when finally something actually happened, it landed with a thud and then just lay there. No upshot or resonance.
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av Mur Lafferty
184 medlemmar
18 recensioner
½ 3.6
Rankning 4
Tillagt 2014-12-19, 03:24 PM
- Member
- norabelle414
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184 medlemmar
19 recensioner
½ 3.5
Rankning 4
Tillagt 2014-12-21, 08:08 AM
- Member
- zjakkelien
- Förklaringar
- zjakkelien: Boring! In the end, I was sad that the main character didn't come to a worse end...
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av T. H. White
142 medlemmar
3 recensioner
½ 2.6
Rankning 4
Tillagt 2014-12-19, 06:38 PM
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av J. S. Scott
61 medlemmar
6 recensioner
2.9
Rankning 4
Tillagt 2014-12-22, 03:39 PM
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- Member
- Barbsn
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av Susan Patton
9 medlemmar
2.8
Rankning 4
Tillagt 2014-12-19, 03:27 PM
- Member
- _Zoe_
- Förklaringar
- _Zoe_: I read this because I really enjoyed another book by a "controversial mother", Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. But where Amy Chua actually had an interesting life experience to relate, the "Princeton Mom" has nothing but unsubstantiated opinion. And yet it only occasionally reached the point of entertainment, like when she advised readers to get any necessary plastic surgery done in high school so that they look their best for attracting a man in college. Mostly it was just cringeworthy, like her oblivious advice to Princeton students not to get pregnant too early, because she'd somehow read a statistic about teen pregnancy while absolutely missing the whole socio-economic dimension. Blech.
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av Julia Quinn
3,182 medlemmar
68 recensioner
3.9
Rankning 3.36
Tillagt 2014-12-21, 11:59 PM
- Member
- Barbsn
25
av Karel Čapek
1,967 medlemmar
52 recensioner
4.1
Rankning 3.36
Tillagt 2014-12-22, 04:23 PM
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- Member
- Bookmarque
- Förklaringar
- Bookmarque: The vitriol. The hatred. The racism. Plus everyone talked like a 15 year old who didn't know the real word for anything.
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av Magnus Flyte
940 medlemmar
50 recensioner
½ 3.3
Rankning 3.36
Tillagt 2014-12-19, 03:22 PM
- Member
- norabelle414
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- Member
- inge87
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av Jason Mott
283 medlemmar
25 recensioner
½ 3.5
Rankning 3.36
Tillagt 2014-12-19, 03:37 PM
- Member
- _Zoe_
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av Sean Hall
143 medlemmar
2 recensioner
½ 3.7
Rankning 3.36
Tillagt 2014-12-19, 06:38 PM
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143 medlemmar
7 recensioner
3.2
Rankning 3.36
Tillagt 2014-12-21, 08:08 AM
- Member
- zjakkelien
- Förklaringar
- zjakkelien: I found this distasteful. I don't like the way everything is treated like it is covered in shit, from people to relationships to the world. Really not my thing.
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av Dana Milbank
97 medlemmar
8 recensioner
½ 3.6
Rankning 3.36
Tillagt 2014-12-20, 08:07 PM
- Member
- mrmapcase
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av Martin Limón
75 medlemmar
2 recensioner
½ 3.5
Rankning 3.36
Tillagt 2014-12-22, 03:38 PM
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av Stefan Nink
18 medlemmar
2 recensioner
½ 3.5
Rankning 3.36
Tillagt 2014-12-29, 08:07 AM
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- Wassilissa
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av Tina Traster
17 medlemmar
2 recensioner
½ 2.7
Rankning 3.36
Tillagt 2014-12-19, 10:31 PM
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- lahochstetler
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- bookwoman84
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2,839 medlemmar
92 recensioner
4
Rankning 3.04
Tillagt 2014-12-21, 08:08 AM
- Member
- zjakkelien
- Förklaringar
- zjakkelien: I was bored. One shouldn't get bored reading about assassinations, you'd think, but I couldn't stand the idea of having to read about another murder, and another... All the same...
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av Leo Tolstoy
1,600 medlemmar
40 recensioner
½ 3.7
Rankning 3.04
Tillagt 2014-12-19, 04:24 PM
- Member
- Settings
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990 medlemmar
40 recensioner
½ 3.6
Rankning 3.04
Tillagt 2014-12-21, 08:26 AM
- Member
- Bookmarque
- Förklaringar
- Bookmarque: A The da Vinci Code re-tread with far too modern language, cliched characters and villains straight out of a James Bond movie.
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416 medlemmar
21 recensioner
½ 3.6
Rankning 3.04
Tillagt 2014-12-19, 06:38 PM
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av Tash Aw
395 medlemmar
48 recensioner
½ 3.4
Rankning 3.04
Tillagt 2014-12-20, 08:09 PM
- Member
- mrmapcase
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av John Byrne
236 medlemmar
6 recensioner
½ 3.6
Rankning 3.04
Tillagt 2014-12-22, 03:38 PM
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- cbl_tn
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- lahochstetler
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av Julian Doyle
5 medlemmar
3 recensioner
½ 2.3
Rankning 3.04
Tillagt 2014-12-20, 03:57 PM
- Member
- amanda4242
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av P. D. James
4,887 medlemmar
323 recensioner
3
Rankning 2.83
Tillagt 2014-12-19, 03:24 PM
- Member
- norabelle414
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2,395 medlemmar
284 recensioner
½ 3.6
Rankning 2.83
Tillagt 2014-12-21, 08:09 AM
- Member
- zjakkelien
- Förklaringar
- zjakkelien: Totally pushed the wrong buttons for me. Disgusting mother who doesn't care about her daughter, stupid daughter who doesn't stand up for herself.
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30 medlemmar
2 recensioner
3.1
Rankning 2.83
Tillagt 2014-12-19, 06:39 PM
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10 medlemmar
4
Rankning 2.83
Tillagt 2014-12-22, 04:32 PM
- Member
- bluepiano
- Förklaringar
- bluepiano: This isn't the book--I can't list Silbermann's Grovelling and Other Vices because no LT member is idiot enough to own it. I read a fair bit of it because I felt sure that Silbermann must having been doing a Sokal here. But he wasn't. Apparently well-regarded work, but if you enjoy vitrolic reviews here's one: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/books/activating-the-art-of-sucking-up/154999.article
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7 medlemmar
2 recensioner
2.2
Rankning 2.83
Tillagt 2014-12-21, 09:16 AM
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- Bookmarque
- Förklaringar
- Bookmarque: I hate it when authors have characters make stupid decisions purely as a device to drive the plot. That disingenuous manipulation combined with easily figuring out the villain ruined what could have been a ripping yarn.
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- Member
- inge87
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- Member
- Settings
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av Alex Grecian
346 medlemmar
45 recensioner
½ 3.6
Rankning 2.68
Tillagt 2014-12-20, 09:37 PM
- Member
- cbl_tn
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80 medlemmar
1 recension
2.9
Rankning 2.68
Tillagt 2014-12-19, 06:39 PM
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av Paul Buhle
61 medlemmar
3 recensioner
½ 2.4
Rankning 2.68
Tillagt 2014-12-20, 03:54 PM
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- amanda4242