Biggest Disappointments

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What books were so much worse than you expected them to be?
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517 recensioner
3.9
16 Members
aprille, generalkala, _Zoe_, foggidawn, Aerrin99, nancyewhite, Cecrow, loremistress, merrystar, ncgraham, souloftherose, briarhills, Luisali, ahef1963, Peace2, Brandy1411,gennyt ,1morechapter ,racergirl76 ,WhatUsername
Förklaringar
Cecrow: So much potential, so little happens. But the sequels are better.
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35,708 medlemmar
938 recensioner
½ 3.7
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27,820 medlemmar
385 recensioner
½ 3.6
8 Members
aprille, pitjrw, norabelle414, sturlington, jasmaynard, CGlanovsky, gypsysmom, ahef1963
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ahef1963: I was not expecting so much misogyny. Couldn't finish.
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57,999 medlemmar
2,264 recensioner
½ 3.7
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21,371 medlemmar
755 recensioner
½ 3.7
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28,727 medlemmar
649 recensioner
½ 3.6
17 Members
gilroy, ABVR, generalkala, foggidawn, Tafadhali, mmignano11, Cecrow, Christy.Riege, merrystar, dste, gypsysmom, pewterbreath, tmsaguid, mspixieears, elainemberman, Brandy1411, blakelylaw,jain , ,amysisson , , ,MmeRose ,racergirl76 , , ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07
Förklaringar
jain : The ending was terrible, but I really liked the first ~3/4 of the book.
Cecrow: Fun deficiency
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8,918 medlemmar
217 recensioner
½ 3.7
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4,045 medlemmar
205 recensioner
3.1
6 Members
cindyst2000, Matke, Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
ahef1963: I thought this was pretty workaday considering all the good things I'd heard about it.
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3,691 medlemmar
218 recensioner
½ 3.6
9 Members
andyl, anglemark, keristars, majkia, oszymandias, sunqueen, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ,gilroy ,
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ahef1963: Didn't know steampunk could be this boring.
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70,056 medlemmar
1,304 recensioner
½ 3.5
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14,604 medlemmar
308 recensioner
½ 3.5
9 Members
brewergirl, sunqueen, norabelle414, mmignano11, racergirl76, Bluewolf0411, sparemethecensor, mazzy7, Alphawoman,ijustgetbored ,aulsmith ,ahef1963 ,ManWithAnAgenda
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ahef1963 : Somehow I was led to believe that this book was amusing; I don't find child neglect and abuse funny so I hated it.
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12,925 medlemmar
279 recensioner
½ 3.6
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7,277 medlemmar
402 recensioner
½ 3.4
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40,224 medlemmar
1,036 recensioner
½ 3.7
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20,934 medlemmar
884 recensioner
3.8
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19,080 medlemmar
1,132 recensioner
½ 3.7
4 Members
teeth, ahef1963, elainemberman, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
ahef1963: Wanted to like, but found it extremely troubling.
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12,441 medlemmar
130 recensioner
½ 3.7
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9,818 medlemmar
85 recensioner
½ 3.4
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7,593 medlemmar
484 recensioner
½ 3.6
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5,739 medlemmar
169 recensioner
½ 3.7
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4,455 medlemmar
207 recensioner
½ 3.7
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2,349 medlemmar
30 recensioner
½ 3.5
5 Members
sunqueen, edparks, gypsysmom, ahef1963, elainemberman,ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
ahef1963: I couldn't even manage a chapter of staggering genius. Overrated, even by the author.
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1,859 medlemmar
99 recensioner
½ 3.5
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1,085 medlemmar
17 recensioner
3.8
5 Members
merrystar, souloftherose, Eowyn1, mspixieears, Sammystarbuck,Cecrow
Förklaringar
Cecrow : The first two trilogies I really liked, but I'd agree the last set didn't add anything.
Sammystarbuck: 7 pages to describe a tree. 7. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing, and that falls under that heading. also, don't like Thomas at all, which is awkward in an MC
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100,461 medlemmar
879 recensioner
½ 4.4
3 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
hipdeep: I liked the first 3 books well enough (actually Azkaban was quite good) but this is the one where I found myself pleading with Rowling to get to the dang point already. I thought it was too long by a third.
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96,090 medlemmar
1,565 recensioner
½ 4.4
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44,829 medlemmar
1,740 recensioner
3.9
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18,629 medlemmar
1,006 recensioner
½ 4.3
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14,749 medlemmar
796 recensioner
3.9
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13,423 medlemmar
514 recensioner
½ 3.4
3 Members
gilroy, inge87, Peace2
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10,358 medlemmar
421 recensioner
3.8
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9,692 medlemmar
230 recensioner
½ 3.5
3 Members
sunqueen, cindyst2000, ahef1963
Förklaringar
ahef1963: I enjoyed it but was disappointed to find out that it was fictional.
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9,300 medlemmar
639 recensioner
½ 3.6
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8,571 medlemmar
115 recensioner
½ 3.5
5 Members
sunqueen, Tess_W, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963,merrystar ,ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
ahef1963: I'd liked The Scarlet Letter so much that I was hoping this one would be as good; it turned out to be extremely dull.
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8,213 medlemmar
250 recensioner
3.9
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7,610 medlemmar
341 recensioner
3.8
3 Members
aulsmith, mousse, sparemethecensor
Förklaringar
aulsmith: Expected more ethical frisson.
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6,965 medlemmar
468 recensioner
½ 3.4
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6,645 medlemmar
121 recensioner
3.2
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6,588 medlemmar
380 recensioner
3.9
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396 recensioner
4
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5,354 medlemmar
333 recensioner
½ 3.5
3 Members
edparks, gypsysmom, ahef1963
Förklaringar
ahef1963: Meh.
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4,377 medlemmar
120 recensioner
4
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4,158 medlemmar
180 recensioner
2.8
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3,977 medlemmar
55 recensioner
½ 3.4
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2,262 medlemmar
39 recensioner
½ 2.7
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358 medlemmar
11 recensioner
3
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100,821 medlemmar
930 recensioner
½ 4.4
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30,526 medlemmar
504 recensioner
3.8
2 Members
hipdeep, al.vick
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30,387 medlemmar
1,487 recensioner
½ 4.4
2 Members
aprille, bstar1019
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23,100 medlemmar
188 recensioner
3.9
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21,956 medlemmar
1,541 recensioner
3.9
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13,627 medlemmar
247 recensioner
½ 3.7
2 Members
edparks, tdiken
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13,240 medlemmar
243 recensioner
4.2
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12,914 medlemmar
496 recensioner
3.8
3 Members
hipdeep, eshaw27, gypsysmom,MmeRose
Förklaringar
hipdeep: Substantial alleged fabrications in this autobiographical story.
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12,873 medlemmar
204 recensioner
½ 3.7
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11,492 medlemmar
135 recensioner
½ 3.7
2 Members
Minthe, andejons
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8,696 medlemmar
148 recensioner
3.8
6 Members
jain, sunqueen, aulsmith, Cecrow, merrystar, scottd,tottman , ,gypsysmom ,ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
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.
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8,458 medlemmar
195 recensioner
½ 3.6
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6,400 medlemmar
193 recensioner
3
2 Members
Minthe, ahef1963
Förklaringar
ahef1963: Dull and predictable.
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6,193 medlemmar
519 recensioner
3.9
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5,393 medlemmar
171 recensioner
½ 3.5
2 Members
Minthe, sunqueen
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3,578 medlemmar
236 recensioner
½ 3.4
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3,176 medlemmar
217 recensioner
3.8
4 Members
pammab, aulsmith, tottman, souloftherose,merrystar ,gypsysmom
Förklaringar
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
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2,966 medlemmar
145 recensioner
3.8
2 Members
jain, Brandy1411
Förklaringar
jain: I've loved everything I've read of Butler except this book.
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2,936 medlemmar
205 recensioner
4.1
2 Members
Minthe, edparks
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2,533 medlemmar
94 recensioner
3.8
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2,519 medlemmar
77 recensioner
3.8
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2,380 medlemmar
126 recensioner
3.8
2 Members
aprille, bstar1019
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2,276 medlemmar
184 recensioner
½ 3.4
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1,994 medlemmar
40 recensioner
½ 3.5
2 Members
Simone2, teeth
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1,894 medlemmar
19 recensioner
½ 3.7
2 Members
merrystar, aspirit
Förklaringar
aspirit: I was warned. I didn't listen. Now I have mental scars.
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1,403 medlemmar
21 recensioner
4
2 Members
Simone2, ahef1963
Förklaringar
ahef1963: Have made three attempts to read this book as I generally love White's writing, but it was unreadable.
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876 medlemmar
33 recensioner
½ 3.4
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805 medlemmar
58 recensioner
½ 3.5
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684 medlemmar
48 recensioner
½ 3.4
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546 medlemmar
37 recensioner
½ 3.4
78
68 medlemmar
5 recensioner
2.9
79
2 medlemmar
½ 1.5
80
23,583 medlemmar
983 recensioner
4.2
81
22,374 medlemmar
268 recensioner
4
Member
EMS_24
82
21,327 medlemmar
471 recensioner
3.9
Member
EMS_24
83
20,927 medlemmar
386 recensioner
½ 3.7
Member
Minthe
84
17,284 medlemmar
479 recensioner
½ 3.5
85
16,125 medlemmar
162 recensioner
½ 3.7
5 Members
aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, ManWithAnAgenda, ,absurdeist ,Cecrow ,
Förklaringar
aulsmith: I just couldn't take the resurrection of the dead characters. It was clear Herbert didn't know where to go.
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16,058 medlemmar
235 recensioner
3.9
87
15,776 medlemmar
211 recensioner
4
2 Members
gilroy, ManWithAnAgenda,tottman
Förklaringar
gilroy: After the great book that Ender's Game was, this was a huge let down.
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15,518 medlemmar
373 recensioner
4.1
Member
tdiken
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14,871 medlemmar
425 recensioner
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Member
Lexxi
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13,423 medlemmar
757 recensioner
4.2
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711 recensioner
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12,806 medlemmar
501 recensioner
4.2
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edparks
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12,444 medlemmar
151 recensioner
4.1
Member
aprille
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12,412 medlemmar
208 recensioner
3.8
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11,084 medlemmar
182 recensioner
4.2
Member
aprille
96
10,817 medlemmar
393 recensioner
4.1
Member
_Zoe_
97
10,691 medlemmar
142 recensioner
4.1
Member
aprille
98
10,422 medlemmar
430 recensioner
3.9
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10,191 medlemmar
168 recensioner
4.1
2 Members
edparks, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
ahef1963: Did not like. Possibly because my husband had just left me - I probably wouldn't have liked any book.
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10,112 medlemmar
311 recensioner
3.9