Books You Couldn't Finish

1

The Lightning Thief

af Rick Riordan

31,582 medlemmer

1,242 anmeldelser

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, 2wonderY
Forklaringer: merrystar: I'm possibly too old, but I found the beginning of this unreadable.

2

Forfængelighedens bål

af Tom Wolfe

8,935 medlemmer

132 anmeldelser

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, fuzzi
Forklaringer: fuzzi: Despised the characters, why read about people with no redeeming qualities?

3

The Witches: Salem, 1692

af Stacy Schiff

2,628 medlemmer

68 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

2 Members: Bookmarque, ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: HIGHLY speculative. Repetitive. Repetitive. Repetitive.

4

Niceville

af Kathryn Stockett

30,489 medlemmer

1,488 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

Member: ahef1963

5

Vejene

af Jack Kerouac

27,928 medlemmer

385 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

6

Outlander

af Diana Gabaldon

23,734 medlemmer

984 anmeldelser

4.2

Member: Minthe

7

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

af Ransom Riggs

19,239 medlemmer

1,134 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

2 Members: barbharper, ahef1963,

8

22.11.63

af Stephen King

13,544 medlemmer

761 anmeldelser

4.2

Member: Minthe

9

Under kuplen

af Stephen King

11,716 medlemmer

452 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

10

Lørdag : roman

af Ian McEwan

10,332 medlemmer

226 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: Bookmarque

11

The Swiss Family Robinson

af Johann David Wyss

8,749 medlemmer

90 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

12

The History of the Peloponnesian War

af Thucydides

7,863 medlemmer

59 anmeldelser

4

Member: merrystar
Forklaringer: merrystar: the only assigned book I have ever given up on.

13

Gud - i jødedom, kristendom og islam

af Karen Armstrong

7,831 medlemmer

91 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

14

Gardens of the Moon

af Steven Erikson

6,872 medlemmer

192 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

15

En smule ubelejligt

af Mark Haddon

5,756 medlemmer

184 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Member: Bookmarque

16

Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul

af John Eldredge

5,715 medlemmer

48 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: cej1027

17

Den afrikanske Farm

af Isak Dinesen

5,219 medlemmer

98 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

18

The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible

af A. J. Jacobs

4,668 medlemmer

192 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: cej1027

19

The Monk

af Matthew Lewis

4,375 medlemmer

92 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

20

Salem Falls

af Jodi Picoult

4,374 medlemmer

72 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: Bookmarque

21

There There

af Tommy Orange

4,261 medlemmer

192 anmeldelser

4

Member: Bookmarque

22

Den sande historie om Kelly-banden

af Peter Carey

4,232 medlemmer

79 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: Minthe

23

Oscar og Lucinda

af Peter Carey

4,122 medlemmer

68 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: Minthe

24

Dhalgren

af Samuel R. Delany

3,727 medlemmer

74 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: Cecrow
Forklaringer: Cecrow: Couldn't find the story or the point.

25

Boneshaker

af Cherie Priest

3,701 medlemmer

217 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

26

Gejstlig død

af P. D. James

3,670 medlemmer

55 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: katie4098

27

Ghost world

af Daniel Clowes

3,608 medlemmer

78 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: cej1027

28

The Sea, the Sea

af Iris Murdoch

3,575 medlemmer

94 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: zzzz

29

Look Homeward, Angel

af Thomas Wolfe

3,548 medlemmer

50 anmeldelser

4

Member: Crypto-Willobie

30

Behind Closed Doors

af B.A. Paris

3,432 medlemmer

257 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: Bookmarque

31

I Will Fear No Evil

af Robert A. Heinlein

3,414 medlemmer

40 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

Member: aulsmith

32

Moon Over Soho

af Ben Aaronovitch

3,231 medlemmer

175 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: Minthe

33

Livet

af Keith Richards

3,198 medlemmer

138 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: Diane-bpcb

34

Sleeping Beauties

af Stephen King

3,088 medlemmer

98 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: Repetitive. Boring.

35

Autografmanden : roman

af Zadie Smith

3,024 medlemmer

41 anmeldelser

3.1

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: Scenes too long and choked with detail. Quirky for quirky's sake. Couldn't connect w/main character enough to wade through it all.

36

Colorado-sagaen

af James A. Michener

3,004 medlemmer

43 anmeldelser

4.1

Member: merrystar
Forklaringer: merrystar: Enjoyed the first half, but then it bogged down.

37

Accordion Crimes

af Annie Proulx

2,860 medlemmer

47 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

Member: Diane-bpcb

38

Never Cry Wolf

af Farley Mowat

2,704 medlemmer

63 anmeldelser

4.1

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: Self-aggrandizing asshat. Bad science. Questionable reporting.

39

Kampf um die Erde: Kampf um die Erde I. Menschheit in Gefahr. Die Saga aus dem Jahre 3000: Bd 1

af L. Ron Hubbard

2,690 medlemmer

47 anmeldelser

½ 3.3

2 Members: dtw42, ManWithAnAgenda,

40

Soul Mountain

af Gao Xingjian

2,509 medlemmer

38 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Member: starbox

41

Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea

af Charles Seife

2,457 medlemmer

50 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: skid0612

42

Absurdistan : roman

af Gary Shteyngart

2,422 medlemmer

79 anmeldelser

½ 3.3

Member: Jullou
Forklaringer: Jullou: I love satire and absurdism, rarely don't finish books. But I just couldn't get through this one.

43

Winter's Bone

af Daniel Woodrell

2,379 medlemmer

129 anmeldelser

4

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: I've liked his other books but this one too brutal, nasty and gross

44

Pygmy

af Chuck Palahniuk

2,344 medlemmer

74 anmeldelser

2.9

Member: SimoneA

45

House

af Frank Peretti

2,287 medlemmer

56 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: Too stupid. Too manipulative. Dumb characters. Like every cheap horror movie ever.

46

Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses

af Bruce Feiler

2,166 medlemmer

25 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: Diane-bpcb

47

Blondine

af Joyce Carol Oates

2,144 medlemmer

62 anmeldelser

4

Member: dara85

48

Call It Sleep

af Henry Roth

2,102 medlemmer

40 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: Diane-bpcb

49

The Glass Key

af Dashiell Hammett

2,059 medlemmer

44 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: boring. convoluted. stop it with the two name boy already. Death to the two name boy!

50

Øen

af Victoria Hislop

2,021 medlemmer

84 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: eclecticdodo

51

The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

af H. W. Brands

1,911 medlemmer

11 anmeldelser

4.1

Member: Diane-bpcb

52

for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf

af Ntozake Shange

1,788 medlemmer

23 anmeldelser

4

Member: cej1027

53

Besat

af Sandra Brown

1,779 medlemmer

28 anmeldelser

4

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: outdated, 80s vibe to Maris's victimhood, predictable and not well written

54

Historien om Jack Maggs

af Peter Carey

1,751 medlemmer

33 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: Minthe

55

Hidden Empire

af Kevin J. Anderson

1,679 medlemmer

35 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Member: gilroy
Forklaringer: gilroy: How can one sustain a story when you change points of view every two pages? Just horrible writing

56

Beauty

af Sheri S. Tepper

1,611 medlemmer

31 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: merrystar
Forklaringer: merrystar: I generally love re-told fairy tales, but I couldn't make it through this one.

57

The Sandcastle Girls

af Chris Bohjalian

1,466 medlemmer

149 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: Just couldn't stand the brutality. Why do men do this?

58

Rødt vand

af John Hart

1,440 medlemmer

63 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: Adam is just too dumb for me to stick with this book.

59

Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand

af Samuel R. Delany

1,373 medlemmer

22 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: aulsmith

60

Lethal

af Sandra Brown

1,247 medlemmer

38 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: Can't write her way out of a wet paper bag. Why do I keep trying?

61

Lord of the Isles

af David Drake

1,218 medlemmer

15 anmeldelser

3.2

Member: gilroy
Forklaringer: gilroy: This came out when the Extended Epic like Wheel of Time was popular. Wheel of Time was bad, this was worse.

62

Home Safe

af Elizabeth Berg

1,208 medlemmer

70 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: stupid woman, stupid premise - as if it would take a year for the accountant to tell her she had no money.

63

Holy Fire

af Bruce Sterling

1,092 medlemmer

21 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

Member: gilroy

64

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries

af Kory Stamper

1,085 medlemmer

64 anmeldelser

4.2

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: zzzzzzz

65

The Dark Monk

af Oliver Pötzsch

994 medlemmer

40 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: hoddybook

66

Eddie Coyles venner

af George V. Higgins

942 medlemmer

44 anmeldelser

4

Member: Bookmarque

67

Penpal

af Dathan Auerbach

791 medlemmer

46 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: In my best Colonel Kurtz voice - the writing, the writing.

68

Petals of Blood

af Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

761 medlemmer

14 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

69

The Tattooed Girl

af Joyce Carol Oates

742 medlemmer

18 anmeldelser

½ 3.3

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: Hateful for hatefulness's sake.

70

The Complete Compleat Enchanter

af L. Sprague de Camp

732 medlemmer

5 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

71

Mine

af Robert R. McCammon

714 medlemmer

16 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: Bookmarque

72

Drømmen om et nyt liv

af Beverly Swerling

697 medlemmer

15 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: Diane-bpcb
Forklaringer: Diane-bpcb: was this edited?

73

The Death of Jane Lawrence

af Caitlin Starling

664 medlemmer

29 anmeldelser

3.2

Member: Bookmarque

74

The Hiding Place

af C. J. Tudor

636 medlemmer

48 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: an onslaught of cruelty, sadism, viciousness and violence.

75

Usher's Passing

af Robert R. McCammon

623 medlemmer

18 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: Bookmarque

76

Mara og Dann : et eventyr

af Doris Lessing

600 medlemmer

22 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: Too bleak. Dwells on the worst people do to each other. All. The. Time.

77

The Woman Who Stole My Life

af Marian Keyes

579 medlemmer

13 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

Member: Bookmarque

78

Sing Them Home

af Stephanie Kallos

546 medlemmer

25 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

79

Altar of Bones

af Philip Carter

519 medlemmer

19 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Member: Bookmarque

80

Complicit

af Nicci French

509 medlemmer

22 anmeldelser

½ 3.3

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: Too stupid

81

Seeker

af William Nicholson

498 medlemmer

15 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: gilroy

82

Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them

af Jennifer Wright

495 medlemmer

61 anmeldelser

4

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: Can't stand the tone of this book. Too snide, too judgmental, too flip.

83

Living a Beautiful Life: 500 Ways to Add Elegance, Order, Beauty and Joy to Every Day of Your Life

af Alexandra Stoddard

455 medlemmer

4 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

84

The Birthing House

af Christopher Ransom

452 medlemmer

32 anmeldelser

2.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

85

Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish: A Novel

af David Rakoff

449 medlemmer

26 anmeldelser

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

86

Surrender, New York: A Novel

af Caleb Carr

447 medlemmer

27 anmeldelser

2.9

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: Very info-dumpy. Narrator likes the sound of his own voice. Terrible dialog.

87

Bad Twin

af Gary Troup

410 medlemmer

22 anmeldelser

2.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

88

Last Days

af Brian Evenson

406 medlemmer

24 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: So terrible I couldn't finish and returned it to Audible. Protagonist is an idiot among idiots.

89

The Dark Labyrinth

af Lawrence Durrell

406 medlemmer

10 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: Too oblique.

90

Den grønne bog

af Robert Goddard

371 medlemmer

2 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Member: Bookmarque

91

This One is Mine

af Maria Semple

350 medlemmer

32 anmeldelser

3.1

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: These assholes deserve each other, but not my time.

92

Security: A Novel

af Gina Wohlsdorf

346 medlemmer

67 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: Too stupid to finish.

93

Little Eve

af Catriona Ward

343 medlemmer

12 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: Bookmarque

94

The Third Hotel

af Laura Van den Berg

336 medlemmer

16 anmeldelser

3.2

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: oddly unfocused writing, didn't engage w/protagonist

95

The Arrangement: A Novel

af Sarah Dunn

335 medlemmer

20 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: Bookmarque

96

The Viking Funeral

af Stephen J. Cannell

311 medlemmer

4 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: Can't remember anything except that there was incorrect forensic detail.

97

Dødsfælden

af Ridley Pearson

280 medlemmer

3 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

Member: Bookmarque

98

The Farfarers: Before the Norse

af Farley Mowat

271 medlemmer

4 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: arrwa

99

Reality and Dreams

af Muriel Spark

246 medlemmer

10 anmeldelser

3.1

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: boring, self-involed, bossy asshole as a "protagonist"

100

The Paris Secret

af Karen Swan

222 medlemmer

26 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: Desperate name dropping by the author. And it's a romance, which by itself isn't awful, but it's a stupid one.

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