Books You Couldn't Finish

1

The Lightning Thief

af Rick Riordan

30,122 medlemmer

1,220 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

8,798 medlemmer

130 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

2,495 medlemmer

65 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

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

4

Niceville

af Kathryn Stockett

29,816 medlemmer

1,471 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

Member: ahef1963

5

Vejene

af Jack Kerouac

27,420 medlemmer

382 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

6

Outlander

af Diana Gabaldon

23,074 medlemmer

971 anmeldelser

4.2

Member: Minthe

7

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

af Ransom Riggs

18,499 medlemmer

1,121 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

2 Members: barbharper, ahef1963,

8

22.11.63

af Stephen King

12,974 medlemmer

737 anmeldelser

4.2

Member: Minthe

9

Under kuplen

af Stephen King

11,353 medlemmer

445 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

10

Lørdag : roman

af Ian McEwan

10,201 medlemmer

225 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: Bookmarque

11

The Swiss Family Robinson

af Johann David Wyss

8,490 medlemmer

87 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

12

Gud - i jødedom, kristendom og islam

af Karen Armstrong

7,714 medlemmer

88 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

13

The History of the Peloponnesian War

af Thucydides

7,686 medlemmer

57 anmeldelser

4

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

14

Gardens of the Moon

af Steven Erikson

6,642 medlemmer

191 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

15

En smule ubelejligt

af Mark Haddon

5,712 medlemmer

183 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Member: Bookmarque

16

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

af John Eldredge

5,622 medlemmer

48 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: cej1027

17

Den afrikanske Farm

af Isak Dinesen

5,124 medlemmer

99 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

4,606 medlemmer

192 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: cej1027

19

Salem Falls

af Jodi Picoult

4,302 medlemmer

71 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: Bookmarque

20

The Monk

af Matthew Lewis

4,273 medlemmer

93 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

21

Den sande historie om Kelly-banden

af Peter Carey

4,161 medlemmer

78 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: Minthe

22

Oscar og Lucinda

af Peter Carey

4,077 medlemmer

66 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: Minthe

23

There There

af Tommy Orange

3,905 medlemmer

182 anmeldelser

4

Member: Bookmarque

24

Boneshaker

af Cherie Priest

3,647 medlemmer

217 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

25

Dhalgren

af Samuel R. Delany

3,640 medlemmer

73 anmeldelser

3.8

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

26

Gejstlig død

af P. D. James

3,613 medlemmer

52 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: katie4098

27

Ghost world

af Daniel Clowes

3,570 medlemmer

78 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: cej1027

28

The Sea, the Sea

af Iris Murdoch

3,493 medlemmer

93 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: zzzz

29

Look Homeward, Angel

af Thomas Wolfe

3,485 medlemmer

50 anmeldelser

4

Member: Crypto-Willobie

30

I Will Fear No Evil

af Robert A. Heinlein

3,363 medlemmer

39 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

Member: aulsmith

31

Behind Closed Doors

af B.A. Paris

3,152 medlemmer

252 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: Bookmarque

32

Livet

af Keith Richards

3,106 medlemmer

137 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: Diane-bpcb

33

Moon Over Soho

af Ben Aaronovitch

3,092 medlemmer

170 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: Minthe

34

Autografmanden : roman

af Zadie Smith

2,989 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.

35

Centennial

af James A. Michener

2,952 medlemmer

41 anmeldelser

4.1

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

36

Sleeping Beauties

af Stephen King

2,922 medlemmer

93 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: Repetitive. Boring.

37

Accordion Crimes

af Annie Proulx

2,817 medlemmer

47 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

Member: Diane-bpcb

38

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

af L. Ron Hubbard

2,636 medlemmer

46 anmeldelser

½ 3.3

2 Members: dtw42, ManWithAnAgenda,

39

Never Cry Wolf

af Farley Mowat

2,631 medlemmer

61 anmeldelser

4.1

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

40

Soul Mountain

af Gao Xingjian

2,448 medlemmer

37 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Member: starbox

41

Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea

af Charles Seife

2,408 medlemmer

50 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: skid0612

42

Absurdistan : roman

af Gary Shteyngart

2,391 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

2,333 medlemmer

128 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

2,294 medlemmer

74 anmeldelser

2.9

Member: SimoneA

45

House

af Frank Peretti

2,232 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

2,131 medlemmer

25 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: Diane-bpcb

47

Blondine

af Joyce Carol Oates

2,091 medlemmer

62 anmeldelser

4

Member: dara85

48

Call It Sleep

af Henry Roth

2,054 medlemmer

39 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: Diane-bpcb

49

The Glass Key

af Dashiell Hammett

2,029 medlemmer

45 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

1,979 medlemmer

83 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: eclecticdodo

51

The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

af H. W. Brands

1,869 medlemmer

10 anmeldelser

4.1

Member: Diane-bpcb

52

Besat

af Sandra Brown

1,743 medlemmer

26 anmeldelser

4

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

53

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

af Ntozake Shange

1,738 medlemmer

22 anmeldelser

4

Member: cej1027

54

Historien om Jack Maggs

af Peter Carey

1,724 medlemmer

33 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: Minthe

55

Hidden Empire

af Kevin J. Anderson

1,639 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

1,592 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

1,439 medlemmer

147 anmeldelser

3.9

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

58

Rødt vand

af John Hart

1,423 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

1,341 medlemmer

22 anmeldelser

4

Member: aulsmith

60

Lethal

af Sandra Brown

1,208 medlemmer

36 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

1,193 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

1,187 medlemmer

68 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

1,082 medlemmer

19 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

Member: gilroy

64

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries

af Kory Stamper

1,044 medlemmer

62 anmeldelser

4.1

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: zzzzzzz

65

The Dark Monk

af Oliver Pötzsch

970 medlemmer

37 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: hoddybook

66

Eddie Coyles venner

af George V. Higgins

915 medlemmer

44 anmeldelser

4

Member: Bookmarque

67

Petals of Blood

af Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

751 medlemmer

14 anmeldelser

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

68

The Tattooed Girl

af Joyce Carol Oates

735 medlemmer

18 anmeldelser

½ 3.3

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

69

The Complete Compleat Enchanter

af L. Sprague de Camp

726 medlemmer

5 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

70

Penpal

af Dathan Auerbach

709 medlemmer

42 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

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

71

Drømmen om et nyt liv

af Beverly Swerling

687 medlemmer

15 anmeldelser

3.9

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

72

Mine

af Robert R. McCammon

687 medlemmer

14 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: Bookmarque

73

The Death of Jane Lawrence

af Caitlin Starling

602 medlemmer

27 anmeldelser

½ 3.3

Member: Bookmarque

74

Usher's Passing

af Robert R. McCammon

598 medlemmer

17 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: Bookmarque

75

Mara og Dann : et eventyr

af Doris Lessing

590 medlemmer

22 anmeldelser

3.9

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

76

The Hiding Place

af C. J. Tudor

590 medlemmer

46 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

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

77

The Woman Who Stole My Life

af Marian Keyes

559 medlemmer

12 anmeldelser

½ 3.3

Member: Bookmarque

78

Sing Them Home

af Stephanie Kallos

540 medlemmer

25 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

79

Complicit

af Nicci French

504 medlemmer

21 anmeldelser

½ 3.3

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: Too stupid

80

Altar of Bones

af Philip Carter

503 medlemmer

18 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Member: Bookmarque

81

Seeker

af William Nicholson

487 medlemmer

15 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: gilroy

82

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

af Jennifer Wright

470 medlemmer

55 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

454 medlemmer

5 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

84

The Birthing House

af Christopher Ransom

440 medlemmer

32 anmeldelser

2.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

85

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

af David Rakoff

437 medlemmer

26 anmeldelser

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

86

Surrender, New York: A Novel

af Caleb Carr

426 medlemmer

24 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

23 anmeldelser

2.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

88

The Dark Labyrinth

af Lawrence Durrell

401 medlemmer

10 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: Bookmarque
Forklaringer: Bookmarque: Too oblique.

89

Last Days

af Brian Evenson

376 medlemmer

21 anmeldelser

3.8

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

90

Den grønne bog

af Robert Goddard

367 medlemmer

2 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Member: Bookmarque

91

Security: A Novel

af Gina Wohlsdorf

343 medlemmer

67 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

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

92

This One is Mine

af Maria Semple

343 medlemmer

32 anmeldelser

3.1

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

93

The Third Hotel

af Laura Van den Berg

329 medlemmer

16 anmeldelser

3.2

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

94

The Arrangement: A Novel

af Sarah Dunn

324 medlemmer

19 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Member: Bookmarque

95

The Viking Funeral

af Stephen J. Cannell

307 medlemmer

3 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

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

96

Little Eve

af Catriona Ward

282 medlemmer

12 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Member: Bookmarque

97

Dødsfælden

af Ridley Pearson

275 medlemmer

3 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

Member: Bookmarque

98

The Farfarers: Before the Norse

af Farley Mowat

260 medlemmer

3 anmeldelser

3.8

Member: arrwa

99

Reality and Dreams

af Muriel Spark

237 medlemmer

10 anmeldelser

3.2

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

100

The Paris Secret

af Karen Swan

212 medlemmer

25 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

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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