Biggest Disappointments

Beskrivelse: What books were so much worse than you expected them to be?
Medlemmer: 158 medlemmer er med
edparks, sturlington, jain, ahef1963, aprille, ManWithAnAgenda, generalkala, Simone2, briarhills, elainemberman, Bluewolf0411, merrystar, aulsmith, Minthe, ncgraham, gypsysmom, hipdeep, Peace2, mmignano11, _Zoe_, gilroy, amysisson, Luisali, jasmaynard, souloftherose, CGlanovsky, Brandy1411, Eowyn1, sunqueen, norabelle414, Cecrow, foggidawn, mspixieears, aspirit, susiesharp, gennyt, kara.shamy, WhatUsername, al.vick, tottman, lilacwest, inge87, SylviaC, sparemethecensor, Charon07, martensgirl, keristars, andejons, teeth, AnneGerring, sjmccreary, Rigour, Tess_W, Edward, jeffza, KimarieBee, starbox, pammab, anglemark, ABVR, lahochstetler, cindyst2000, stembrook, chgstrom, eshaw27, Aquila, Christy.Riege, dste, tdiken, TashMason, kageeh, Dilara86, Tafadhali, pewterbreath, wdwilson3, EMS_24, zottel, mazzy7, sundancer, pitjrw, DidIReallyReadThat, enrique_molinero, mousse, racergirl76, Sammystarbuck, Bretzky1, bstar1019, thecoroner, Samantha_kathy, EmScape, prosfilaes, Curran2, timspalding, SugarCreekRanch, loremistress, daschaich, cpg, Akubra, tmsaguid, ijustgetbored, Jenni_Canuck, AnnaClaire, nancyewhite, brewergirl, hailsus, majkia, DaynaRT, masiejames, suitable1, Noisy, lachapakhan, kthxy, Jim.Shine, zenobia158, Lexxi, MDGentleReader, Matke, dara85, scottd, Oct326, MmeRose, megamommpl, Ravic, absurdeist, RoboSchro, cej1027, michigantrumpet, LShelby, bjappleg8, rstaedter, Aerrin99, ursula, Alphawoman, andyl, oszymandias, lilithcat, Mr.Durick, asalamon, snurp, Crypto-Willobie, lquilter, arrwa, jonathankws, SqueakyChu, calm, C4RO, jbergerot, elkiedee, noveltea, auntSteelbreaker, LolaWalser, FrancoisTremblay, rplinke, 1morechapter, MsSomeday, ashfoxk

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Rank Titel Forfatter Tilføjet

Death Comes to Pemberley

af P. D. James

4,761 medlemmer

319 anmeldelser

16 Members: gennyt, jbergerot, generalkala, inge87, Tafadhali, wdwilson3, AnnaClaire, norabelle414, andejons, merrystar, souloftherose, elkiedee, mousse, Bluewolf0411, noveltea, Sammystarbuck,gypsysmom

Inkheart

af Cornelia Funke

17,464 medlemmer

511 anmeldelser

3.9

16 Members: aprille, generalkala, _Zoe_, foggidawn, Aerrin99, nancyewhite, Cecrow, loremistress, merrystar, ncgraham, souloftherose, briarhills, Luisali, ahef1963, Peace2, Brandy1411,gennyt ,1morechapter ,racergirl76 ,WhatUsername
Forklaringer: Cecrow: So much potential, so little happens. But the sequels are better.

Her fra min himmel : roman

af Alice Sebold

35,224 medlemmer

934 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

12 Members: Minthe, eshaw27, KimarieBee, mmignano11, sundancer, edparks, jasmaynard, martensgirl, mazzy7, kara.shamy, Peace2, Brandy1411,gennyt ,generalkala ,gypsysmom

Vejene

af Jack Kerouac

27,423 medlemmer

383 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

8 Members: aprille, pitjrw, norabelle414, sturlington, jasmaynard, CGlanovsky, gypsysmom, ahef1963
Forklaringer: ahef1963: I was not expecting so much misogyny. Couldn't finish.

Historikeren

af Elizabeth Kostova

21,313 medlemmer

750 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

8 Members: aprille, Tafadhali, Christy.Riege, sturlington, edparks, jasmaynard, tottman, gypsysmom

Tusmørke

af Stephenie Meyer

57,070 medlemmer

2,253 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

10 Members: pammab, eshaw27, chgstrom, Christy.Riege, sundancer, tottman, Bluewolf0411, Tess_W, sparemethecensor, mspixieears,zenobia158 , ,ManWithAnAgenda

At læse Lolita i Teheran : erindringer om en læsekreds

af Azar Nafisi

12,784 medlemmer

276 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

7 Members: generalkala, pammab, chgstrom, sturlington, Brandy1411, tdiken, Charon07,

Komplottet mod Amerika

af Philip Roth

8,809 medlemmer

214 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

6 Members: wdwilson3, sturlington, racergirl76, edparks, sparemethecensor, Luisali

Sammenkomsten

af Anne Enright

4,002 medlemmer

205 anmeldelser

3.1

6 Members: cindyst2000, Matke, Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: ahef1963: I thought this was pretty workaday considering all the good things I'd heard about it.

Boneshaker

af Cherie Priest

3,647 medlemmer

217 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

9 Members: andyl, anglemark, keristars, majkia, oszymandias, sunqueen, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ,gilroy ,
Forklaringer: ahef1963: Didn't know steampunk could be this boring.

Da Vinci mysteriet

af Dan Brown

69,276 medlemmer

1,292 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

19 Members: lquilter, Minthe, jain, stembrook, AnnaClaire, EmScape, nancyewhite, snurp, mmignano11, merrystar, suitable1, susiesharp, jasmaynard, Bluewolf0411, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Peace2, mspixieears, Charon07,Edward ,gilroy , ,MsSomeday ,sjmccreary ,Samantha_kathy ,masiejames ,zenobia158 , ,Eowyn1 ,Simone2 , ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Curran2
Forklaringer: jain: I couldn't read more than a couple of pages, the writing style was *so bad*.

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

af Gregory Maguire

28,309 medlemmer

641 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

16 Members: gilroy, ABVR, generalkala, foggidawn, Tafadhali, mmignano11, Cecrow, Christy.Riege, merrystar, dste, gypsysmom, pewterbreath, tmsaguid, mspixieears, elainemberman, Brandy1411,jain , ,amysisson , , ,MmeRose ,racergirl76 , , ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07
Forklaringer: jain : The ending was terrible, but I really liked the first ~3/4 of the book.
Cecrow: Fun deficiency

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

af Ransom Riggs

18,512 medlemmer

1,121 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

5 Members: sturlington, teeth, ahef1963, elainemberman, ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: ahef1963: Wanted to like, but found it extremely troubling.

Running with Scissors

af Augusten Burroughs

14,545 medlemmer

306 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

9 Members: brewergirl, sunqueen, norabelle414, mmignano11, racergirl76, Bluewolf0411, sparemethecensor, mazzy7, Alphawoman,ijustgetbored ,aulsmith ,ahef1963 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: 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.

Fallen

af Lauren Kate

7,077 medlemmer

400 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

5 Members: generalkala, foggidawn, susiesharp, tmsaguid, elainemberman

Loving Frank

af Nancy Horan

4,421 medlemmer

207 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

5 Members: kageeh, sunqueen, mmignano11, Christy.Riege, sturlington

The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever

af Stephen Donaldson

1,081 medlemmer

17 anmeldelser

3.8

6 Members: merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, Eowyn1, mspixieears, Sammystarbuck,Cecrow
Forklaringer: 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

Daggry

af Stephenie Meyer

39,481 medlemmer

1,032 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

4 Members: generalkala, martensgirl, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda

Dæmonernes

af Cassandra Clare

20,233 medlemmer

868 anmeldelser

3.8

4 Members: Tafadhali, norabelle414, susiesharp, briarhills

Mostly Harmless

af Douglas Adams

12,237 medlemmer

130 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

7 Members: generalkala, foggidawn, sturlington, FrancoisTremblay, martensgirl, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda,gennyt ,norabelle414 ,souloftherose

Hannibal

af Thomas Harris

9,619 medlemmer

84 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

5 Members: stembrook, sturlington, tottman, martensgirl, Luisali,

Beautiful Creatures

af Kami Garcia

7,438 medlemmer

479 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

4 Members: eshaw27, briarhills, elainemberman, Brandy1411

Practical Magic

af Alice Hoffman

5,551 medlemmer

165 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

5 Members: generalkala, eshaw27, mmignano11, SylviaC, ManWithAnAgenda,jain

Et hjertegribende værk af overvældende genialitet

af Dave Eggers

2,325 medlemmer

30 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

5 Members: sunqueen, edparks, gypsysmom, ahef1963, elainemberman,ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: ahef1963: I couldn't even manage a chapter of staggering genius. Overrated, even by the author.

Tongues of Serpents

af Naomi Novik

1,814 medlemmer

99 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

5 Members: _Zoe_, foggidawn, KimarieBee, enrique_molinero, suitable1,gypsysmom

Harry Potter og Flammernes Pokal

af J. K. Rowling

98,946 medlemmer

868 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: 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.

Harry Potter og dødsregalierne

af J. K. Rowling

94,273 medlemmer

1,555 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

3 Members: gilroy, jain, ManWithAnAgenda

Oprør

af Suzanne Collins

43,624 medlemmer

1,718 anmeldelser

3.9

8 Members: generalkala, foggidawn, enrique_molinero, norabelle414, ncgraham, dste, mazzy7, ManWithAnAgenda,amysisson , , ,Eowyn1 ,gypsysmom

Niceville

af Kathryn Stockett

29,826 medlemmer

1,471 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

3 Members: aprille, sturlington, bstar1019

Det sidste slag

af C. S. Lewis

22,521 medlemmer

183 anmeldelser

3.9

3 Members: jain, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

Kvinden der forsvandt

af Gillian Flynn

21,298 medlemmer

1,521 anmeldelser

3.9

4 Members: gilroy, Minthe, sturlington, Charon07,bstar1019

The Giving Tree

af Shel Silverstein

18,231 medlemmer

998 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

3 Members: merrystar, aspirit, ManWithAnAgenda

Stillidsen

af Donna Tartt

14,283 medlemmer

774 anmeldelser

3.9

4 Members: aprille, jonathankws, TashMason, Charon07,ManWithAnAgenda

Divergent: Fornyeren

af Veronica Roth

12,856 medlemmer

503 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

3 Members: gilroy, inge87, Peace2

Det jiddische politiforbund : roman

af Michael Chabon

10,254 medlemmer

417 anmeldelser

3.8

5 Members: aprille, sunqueen, chgstrom, edparks, Luisali,aulsmith ,gypsysmom

A Million Little Pieces

af James Frey

9,597 medlemmer

230 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

3 Members: sunqueen, cindyst2000, ahef1963
Forklaringer: ahef1963: I enjoyed it but was disappointed to find out that it was fictional.

Matched : Cassias valg

af Ally Condie

9,098 medlemmer

636 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

4 Members: generalkala, foggidawn, keristars, Sammystarbuck,sundancer

The House of the Seven Gables

af Nathaniel Hawthorne

8,429 medlemmer

113 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

5 Members: sunqueen, Tess_W, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963,merrystar ,ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: 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.

Duma Key

af Stephen King

8,033 medlemmer

247 anmeldelser

3.9

5 Members: mmignano11, sturlington, jasmaynard, briarhills, elainemberman,Sammystarbuck ,ManWithAnAgenda

I ondskabens have

af Erik Larson

7,423 medlemmer

331 anmeldelser

3.8

3 Members: aulsmith, mousse, sparemethecensor
Forklaringer: aulsmith: Expected more ethical frisson.

På den anden side

af Audrey Niffenegger

6,900 medlemmer

465 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

4 Members: chgstrom, souloftherose, gypsysmom, WhatUsername,sunqueen

Den niende indsigt : en opdagelsesrejse

af James Redfield

6,564 medlemmer

121 anmeldelser

3.2

3 Members: edparks, gypsysmom, elainemberman

Legend

af Marie Lu

6,351 medlemmer

378 anmeldelser

3.9

3 Members: foggidawn, inge87, elainemberman

Little Brother

af Cory Doctorow

5,505 medlemmer

389 anmeldelser

4 Members: hipdeep, amysisson, prosfilaes, ManWithAnAgenda,

Havet

af John Banville

5,323 medlemmer

168 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

3 Members: Minthe, sunqueen, sturlington

Tigerens kone : roman

af Téa Obreht

5,228 medlemmer

331 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

3 Members: edparks, gypsysmom, ahef1963
Forklaringer: ahef1963: Meh.

Twilight / New Moon / Eclipse / Breaking Dawn

af Stephenie Meyer

4,348 medlemmer

120 anmeldelser

3 Members: briarhills, teeth, ManWithAnAgenda

The Almost Moon

af Alice Sebold

4,105 medlemmer

177 anmeldelser

2.8

3 Members: edparks, elainemberman, Brandy1411

Prozac nation : ung, smuk og deprimeret

af Elizabeth Wurtzel

3,924 medlemmer

55 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

3 Members: ijustgetbored, lahochstetler, Bluewolf0411

Sex and the city

af Candace Bushnell

2,241 medlemmer

39 anmeldelser

½ 2.7

3 Members: generalkala, Bluewolf0411, kara.shamy

The Leftovers

af Tom Perrotta

2,228 medlemmer

178 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

3 Members: sturlington, sparemethecensor, Brandy1411

The Personal Librarian

af Marie Benedict

2,132 medlemmer

119 anmeldelser

3.8

3 Members: aprille, sturlington, bstar1019

The Carhullan Army

af Sarah Hall

676 medlemmer

47 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

3 Members: absurdeist, sturlington, sparemethecensor

Romanitas

af Sophia McDougall

353 medlemmer

11 anmeldelser

3 Members: Edward, calm, Bluewolf0411

Harry Potter og halvblodsprinsen

af J. K. Rowling

99,364 medlemmer

921 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

2 Members: jain, ManWithAnAgenda

Den gamle mand og havet

af Ernest Hemingway

29,882 medlemmer

492 anmeldelser

3.8

2 Members: hipdeep, al.vick

Tilværelsens ulidelige lethed

af Milan Kundera

22,112 medlemmer

266 anmeldelser

2 Members: sturlington, EMS_24

Hvide tænder : roman

af Zadie Smith

13,438 medlemmer

240 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

2 Members: edparks, tdiken

Infinite Jest

af David Foster Wallace

12,977 medlemmer

240 anmeldelser

4.2

2 Members: aprille, ManWithAnAgenda

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

af Greg Mortenson

12,770 medlemmer

493 anmeldelser

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, eshaw27, gypsysmom,MmeRose
Forklaringer: hipdeep: Substantial alleged fabrications in this autobiographical story.

The Phantom of the Opera

af Gaston Leroux

12,544 medlemmer

202 anmeldelser

3.8

2 Members: CGlanovsky, gypsysmom

En yankee ved kong Arthurs hof

af Mark Twain

11,285 medlemmer

132 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

2 Members: Minthe, andejons

Stranger in a Strange Land (Uncut Edition)

af Robert A. Heinlein

8,633 medlemmer

147 anmeldelser

3.8

6 Members: jain, sunqueen, aulsmith, Cecrow, merrystar, scottd,tottman , ,gypsysmom ,ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: 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.

Tæskeholdet banker på

af Jennifer Egan

8,386 medlemmer

507 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

5 Members: sunqueen, sturlington, edparks, AnneGerring, teeth,MmeRose ,souloftherose ,elkiedee

Boo'ya Moon : Liseys historie

af Stephen King

8,279 medlemmer

193 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

3 Members: mmignano11, sturlington, elainemberman,ManWithAnAgenda

Dexters dunkle drømme

af Jeff Lindsay

6,473 medlemmer

269 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

The Jane Austen Book Club

af Karen Joy Fowler

6,366 medlemmer

192 anmeldelser

2 Members: Minthe, ahef1963
Forklaringer: ahef1963: Dull and predictable.

Delirium

af Lauren Oliver

6,048 medlemmer

516 anmeldelser

3.9

4 Members: generalkala, _Zoe_, norabelle414, elainemberman,sundancer ,

Swamplandia!

af Karen Russell

3,521 medlemmer

232 anmeldelser

½ 3.3

4 Members: sunqueen, sjmccreary, SugarCreekRanch, Bluewolf0411,keristars ,elkiedee

Blackout

af Connie Willis

3,117 medlemmer

212 anmeldelser

3.8

4 Members: pammab, aulsmith, tottman, souloftherose,merrystar ,gypsysmom
Forklaringer: 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

Mudbound

af Hillary Jordan

2,893 medlemmer

202 anmeldelser

4.1

2 Members: Minthe, edparks

Fledgling

af Octavia E. Butler

2,857 medlemmer

141 anmeldelser

3.8

2 Members: jain, Brandy1411
Forklaringer: jain: I've loved everything I've read of Butler except this book.

The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, Version 2.0

af Christopher Moore

2,532 medlemmer

93 anmeldelser

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, zenobia158, jasmaynard,ManWithAnAgenda

Old School

af Tobias Wolff

2,487 medlemmer

77 anmeldelser

3.8

2 Members: sjmccreary, edparks

Spillelærinden

af Elfriede Jelinek

1,965 medlemmer

39 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

2 Members: Simone2, teeth

Sangmesteren

af Orson Scott Card

1,870 medlemmer

19 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, aspirit
Forklaringer: aspirit: I was warned. I didn't listen. Now I have mental scars.

Voss

af Patrick White

1,384 medlemmer

21 anmeldelser

4.1

2 Members: Simone2, ahef1963
Forklaringer: ahef1963: Have made three attempts to read this book as I generally love White's writing, but it was unreadable.

Riding Lessons

af Sara Gruen

867 medlemmer

33 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

2 Members: SqueakyChu, gypsysmom

The Magicians and Mrs. Quent

af Galen Beckett

791 medlemmer

58 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

2 Members: loremistress, briarhills

The Lake Shore Limited

af Sue Miller

544 medlemmer

37 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

2 Members: lahochstetler, Bluewolf0411

Percival's Angel

af Anne Eliot Crompton

67 medlemmer

5 anmeldelser

2.9

2 Members: ncgraham, Bluewolf0411

Luxembourg And The Jenisch Connection

af David Robinson

2 medlemmer

½ 1.5

2 Members: Samantha_kathy, Bluewolf0411

Outlander

af Diana Gabaldon

23,085 medlemmer

971 anmeldelser

4.2

3 Members: Minthe, merrystar, sturlington,gypsysmom ,

Fjolsernes forbund : roman

af John Kennedy Toole

20,979 medlemmer

462 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: EMS_24

Blink

af Malcolm Gladwell

20,739 medlemmer

378 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: Minthe

Billede af et barn

af Kim Edwards

17,214 medlemmer

475 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

2 Members: sundancer, edparks,gypsysmom

Dune Messiah

af Frank Herbert

15,653 medlemmer

151 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

5 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, ManWithAnAgenda, ,absurdeist ,Cecrow ,
Forklaringer: aulsmith: I just couldn't take the resurrection of the dead characters. It was clear Herbert didn't know where to go.