Dishonourable Mentions of 2014
- Descrizione
- As a counterpart to that other list, what were the five worst books you read in 2014?
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13,556 utenti
515 recensioni
½ 3.4
Punteggio 9.66
Aggiunto 2014-12-19, 04:25 PM
- 3 Members
- inge87, Settings, zacharyharless
2
26,392 utenti
398 recensioni
4
Punteggio 7.36
Aggiunto 2014-12-19, 04:23 PM
- 2 Members
- Settings, zacharyharless
3
di James Frey
9,719 utenti
230 recensioni
½ 3.5
Punteggio 4
Aggiunto 2014-12-19, 10:32 PM
- Member
- lahochstetler
11
- Member
- bluepiano
- Spiegazioni
- bluepiano: My first and last go at Jean Rhys who, judging by this book, couldn't write for toffee.
12
- Member
- amanda4242
13
524 utenti
25 recensioni
½ 3.4
Punteggio 4
Aggiunto 2014-12-19, 09:28 PM
14
di Susann Cokal
384 utenti
25 recensioni
½ 3.3
Punteggio 4
Aggiunto 2014-12-19, 08:47 PM
- Member
- foggidawn
15
370 utenti
11 recensioni
½ 3.6
Punteggio 4
Aggiunto 2014-12-21, 08:25 AM
- Member
- Bookmarque
- Spiegazioni
- 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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di Mur Lafferty
185 utenti
18 recensioni
½ 3.6
Punteggio 4
Aggiunto 2014-12-19, 03:24 PM
- Member
- norabelle414
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184 utenti
19 recensioni
½ 3.5
Punteggio 4
Aggiunto 2014-12-21, 08:08 AM
- Member
- zjakkelien
- Spiegazioni
- zjakkelien: Boring! In the end, I was sad that the main character didn't come to a worse end...
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di T. H. White
144 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 2.6
Punteggio 4
Aggiunto 2014-12-19, 06:38 PM
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di J. S. Scott
61 utenti
6 recensioni
2.9
Punteggio 4
Aggiunto 2014-12-22, 03:39 PM
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di Susan Patton
9 utenti
2.8
Punteggio 4
Aggiunto 2014-12-19, 03:27 PM
- Member
- _Zoe_
- Spiegazioni
- _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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di Julia Quinn
3,213 utenti
68 recensioni
3.9
Punteggio 3.36
Aggiunto 2014-12-21, 11:59 PM
- Member
- Barbsn
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di Karel Čapek
1,977 utenti
53 recensioni
4.1
Punteggio 3.36
Aggiunto 2014-12-22, 04:23 PM
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di Peter Temple
1,186 utenti
53 recensioni
½ 3.7
Punteggio 3.36
Aggiunto 2014-12-21, 08:26 AM
- Member
- Bookmarque
- Spiegazioni
- 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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di Magnus Flyte
947 utenti
51 recensioni
½ 3.3
Punteggio 3.36
Aggiunto 2014-12-19, 03:22 PM
- Member
- norabelle414
32
- Member
- inge87
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di Sean Hall
143 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.7
Punteggio 3.36
Aggiunto 2014-12-19, 06:38 PM
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143 utenti
7 recensioni
3.2
Punteggio 3.36
Aggiunto 2014-12-21, 08:08 AM
- Member
- zjakkelien
- Spiegazioni
- 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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di Dana Milbank
99 utenti
8 recensioni
½ 3.6
Punteggio 3.36
Aggiunto 2014-12-20, 08:07 PM
- Member
- mrmapcase
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di Martin Limón
75 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.5
Punteggio 3.36
Aggiunto 2014-12-22, 03:38 PM
40
di Stefan Nink
18 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.5
Punteggio 3.36
Aggiunto 2014-12-29, 08:07 AM
- Member
- Wassilissa
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di Tina Traster
17 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 2.7
Punteggio 3.36
Aggiunto 2014-12-19, 10:31 PM
- Member
- lahochstetler
44
2,856 utenti
92 recensioni
4
Punteggio 3.04
Aggiunto 2014-12-21, 08:08 AM
- Member
- zjakkelien
- Spiegazioni
- 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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di Leo Tolstoy
1,615 utenti
40 recensioni
½ 3.7
Punteggio 3.04
Aggiunto 2014-12-19, 04:24 PM
- Member
- Settings
46
994 utenti
40 recensioni
½ 3.6
Punteggio 3.04
Aggiunto 2014-12-21, 08:26 AM
- Member
- Bookmarque
- Spiegazioni
- 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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419 utenti
21 recensioni
½ 3.6
Punteggio 3.04
Aggiunto 2014-12-19, 06:38 PM
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di John Byrne
236 utenti
6 recensioni
½ 3.6
Punteggio 3.04
Aggiunto 2014-12-22, 03:38 PM
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- Member
- cbl_tn
55
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- Member
- lahochstetler
58
di Julian Doyle
6 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 2.3
Punteggio 3.04
Aggiunto 2014-12-20, 03:57 PM
- Member
- amanda4242
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di P. D. James
4,940 utenti
323 recensioni
3
Punteggio 2.83
Aggiunto 2014-12-19, 03:24 PM
- Member
- norabelle414
61
- Member
- zjakkelien
- Spiegazioni
- 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.
64
- Member
- amanda4242
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30 utenti
2 recensioni
3.1
Punteggio 2.83
Aggiunto 2014-12-19, 06:39 PM
69
11 utenti
4
Punteggio 2.83
Aggiunto 2014-12-22, 04:32 PM
- Member
- bluepiano
- Spiegazioni
- 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 utenti
2 recensioni
2.2
Punteggio 2.83
Aggiunto 2014-12-21, 09:16 AM
- Member
- Bookmarque
- Spiegazioni
- 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
74
- Member
- Settings
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di Alex Grecian
347 utenti
45 recensioni
½ 3.6
Punteggio 2.68
Aggiunto 2014-12-20, 09:37 PM
- Member
- cbl_tn
77
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80 utenti
1 recensione
2.9
Punteggio 2.68
Aggiunto 2014-12-19, 06:39 PM
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di Paul Buhle
61 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 2.4
Punteggio 2.68
Aggiunto 2014-12-20, 03:54 PM
- Member
- amanda4242