Biggest Disappointments

Descrizione
What books were so much worse than you expected them to be?
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Tutti a Zanzibar
di John Brunner
3,212 utenti
52 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 443
Member
tottman,aulsmith
2
Blackout
di Connie Willis
3,200 utenti
219 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 62
4 Members
pammab, aulsmith, tottman, souloftherose,merrystar ,gypsysmom
Spiegazioni
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
3
Dune
di Frank Herbert
42,592 utenti
691 recensioni
½ 4.3
Classifica globale 555
4 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, tottman, Curran2,anglemark , ,absurdeist , ,aulsmith ,Cecrow ,souloftherose ,gypsysmom , ,ManWithAnAgenda
4
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
di Susanna Clarke
26,964 utenti
775 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 542
12 Members
generalkala, DaynaRT, LShelby, KimarieBee, aulsmith, tottman, briarhills, martensgirl, al.vick, ahef1963, elainemberman, Brandy1411, , , ,hipdeep ,anglemark ,jain ,1morechapter , ,Cecrow ,Crypto-Willobie ,masiejames ,ncgraham ,souloftherose , ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07
Spiegazioni
aulsmith: Too long and episodic without an overall point.
5
Twilight
di Stephenie Meyer
58,349 utenti
2,265 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 5
9 Members
pammab, eshaw27, chgstrom, sundancer, tottman, Bluewolf0411, Tess_W, sparemethecensor, mspixieears,zenobia158 , ,ManWithAnAgenda
6
Hannibal
di Thomas Harris
9,884 utenti
86 recensioni
½ 3.4
Classifica globale 19
5 Members
stembrook, sturlington, tottman, martensgirl, Luisali,
7
Crocevia del crepuscolo
di Robert Jordan
9,427 utenti
91 recensioni
½ 3.4
Classifica globale 102
2 Members
lachapakhan, tottman,ManWithAnAgenda
8
Il discepolo
di Elizabeth Kostova
21,462 utenti
758 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 6
6 Members
aprille, Tafadhali, edparks, jasmaynard, tottman, gypsysmom
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La strada
di Cormac McCarthy
34,448 utenti
1,406 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 546
7 Members
KimarieBee, auntSteelbreaker, Eowyn1, CGlanovsky, starbox, jeffza, elainemberman,gennyt ,anglemark ,DaynaRT ,ijustgetbored ,absurdeist ,1morechapter ,edparks ,tottman ,Simone2 , ,Bluewolf0411 ,gypsysmom
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Zoe's Tale
di John Scalzi
2,598 utenti
112 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 450
Member
amysisson,tottman
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Let's Pretend This Never Happened
di Jenny Lawson
4,054 utenti
335 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 433
Member
keristars,tottman
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I giardini della luna
di Steven Erikson
6,890 utenti
192 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 114
4 Members
KimarieBee, RoboSchro, Luisali, ManWithAnAgenda,Cecrow ,tottman ,
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Il mondo nuovo
di Aldous Huxley
53,928 utenti
772 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 554
5 Members
hipdeep, generalkala, aulsmith, CGlanovsky, lilacwest,gilroy , , ,absurdeist ,Cecrow ,merrystar ,tottman ,thecoroner ,Simone2 ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07
Spiegazioni
aulsmith: Found this much less engrossing than 1984 to which it had been compared.
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Un cantico per Leibowitz
di Walter M. Miller Jr.
11,759 utenti
308 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 551
3 Members
hipdeep, pammab, cpg, ,anglemark , ,aulsmith ,tottman ,gypsysmom ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07
Spiegazioni
aulsmith : I suspect that many younger people find it dated, but reading it in the sixties, when we thought we'd be nuked out of existence at any moment, it was both hopeful and scary.
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1984
di George Orwell
82,029 utenti
1,272 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 567
4 Members
hipdeep, CGlanovsky, WhatUsername, lilacwest, ,anglemark , , ,aulsmith ,Cecrow , ,tottman ,Simone2 ,martensgirl ,gypsysmom , ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07 ,Curran2
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Fahrenheit 451
di Ray Bradbury
53,955 utenti
999 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 571
7 Members
Edward, gennyt, _Zoe_, EmScape, starbox, ahef1963, kara.shamy,gilroy , ,hipdeep ,daschaich ,generalkala , ,absurdeist , ,enrique_molinero ,1morechapter ,prosfilaes , , ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,tottman ,souloftherose ,Simone2 ,Bluewolf0411 , ,gypsysmom ,WhatUsername , ,Peace2 ,Charon07 ,Curran2
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Lo Hobbit
di J. R. R. Tolkien
94,469 utenti
1,189 recensioni
½ 4.3
Classifica globale 570
9 Members
ABVR, kageeh, keristars, lahochstetler, amysisson, aulsmith, Simone2, martensgirl, mspixieears,gilroy , ,gennyt ,generalkala ,anglemark , ,foggidawn ,absurdeist ,enrique_molinero ,1morechapter ,AnnaClaire , ,Cecrow ,loremistress ,merrystar ,EMS_24 ,ncgraham , ,tottman ,souloftherose ,Eowyn1 ,Bluewolf0411 ,gypsysmom , ,Peace2 ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07 ,Curran2
Spiegazioni
aulsmith: It just didn't grab me, especially after all the hype from my friends.
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Il riscatto di Ender
di Orson Scott Card
15,807 utenti
211 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 86
2 Members
gilroy, ManWithAnAgenda,tottman
Spiegazioni
gilroy: After the great book that Ender's Game was, this was a huge let down.
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Il signore delle mosche
di William Golding
49,633 utenti
746 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 527
3 Members
Eowyn1, WhatUsername, Peace2, ,tottman ,martensgirl ,starbox ,kara.shamy ,Charon07
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Straniero in terra straniera (Edizione integrale)
di Robert A. Heinlein
8,720 utenti
149 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 56
6 Members
jain, sunqueen, aulsmith, Cecrow, merrystar, scottd,tottman , ,gypsysmom ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni
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.