Biggest Disappointments

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What books were so much worse than you expected them to be?
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517 ressenyes
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aprille, generalkala, _Zoe_, foggidawn, Aerrin99, nancyewhite, Cecrow, loremistress, merrystar, ncgraham, souloftherose, briarhills, Luisali, ahef1963, Peace2, Brandy1411,gennyt ,1morechapter ,racergirl76 ,WhatUsername
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Cecrow: So much potential, so little happens. But the sequels are better.
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35,746 membres
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½ 3.7
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385 ressenyes
½ 3.6
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aprille, pitjrw, norabelle414, sturlington, jasmaynard, CGlanovsky, gypsysmom, ahef1963
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ahef1963: I was not expecting so much misogyny. Couldn't finish.
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21,386 membres
755 ressenyes
½ 3.7
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649 ressenyes
½ 3.6
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gilroy, ABVR, generalkala, foggidawn, Tafadhali, mmignano11, Cecrow, Christy.Riege, merrystar, dste, gypsysmom, pewterbreath, tmsaguid, mspixieears, elainemberman, Brandy1411, blakelylaw,jain , ,amysisson , , ,MmeRose ,racergirl76 , , ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07
Explicacions
jain : The ending was terrible, but I really liked the first ~3/4 of the book.
Cecrow: Fun deficiency
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8,923 membres
217 ressenyes
½ 3.7
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4,043 membres
205 ressenyes
3.1
6 Members
cindyst2000, Matke, Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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ahef1963: I thought this was pretty workaday considering all the good things I'd heard about it.
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3,694 membres
218 ressenyes
½ 3.6
9 Members
andyl, anglemark, keristars, majkia, oszymandias, sunqueen, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ,gilroy ,
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ahef1963: Didn't know steampunk could be this boring.
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70,119 membres
1,305 ressenyes
½ 3.5
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14,613 membres
308 ressenyes
½ 3.5
9 Members
brewergirl, sunqueen, norabelle414, mmignano11, racergirl76, Bluewolf0411, sparemethecensor, mazzy7, Alphawoman,ijustgetbored ,aulsmith ,ahef1963 ,ManWithAnAgenda
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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.
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12,941 membres
279 ressenyes
½ 3.6
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7,298 membres
402 ressenyes
½ 3.4
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40,279 membres
1,036 ressenyes
½ 3.7
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20,971 membres
884 ressenyes
3.8
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19,129 membres
1,132 ressenyes
½ 3.7
4 Members
teeth, ahef1963, elainemberman, ManWithAnAgenda
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ahef1963: Wanted to like, but found it extremely troubling.
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12,461 membres
130 ressenyes
½ 3.7
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9,832 membres
85 ressenyes
½ 3.4
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7,612 membres
484 ressenyes
½ 3.6
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5,751 membres
169 ressenyes
½ 3.7
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4,459 membres
208 ressenyes
½ 3.7
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2,354 membres
30 ressenyes
½ 3.5
5 Members
sunqueen, edparks, gypsysmom, ahef1963, elainemberman,ManWithAnAgenda
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ahef1963: I couldn't even manage a chapter of staggering genius. Overrated, even by the author.
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1,858 membres
99 ressenyes
½ 3.5
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1,085 membres
17 ressenyes
3.8
5 Members
merrystar, souloftherose, Eowyn1, mspixieears, Sammystarbuck,Cecrow
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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
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101,901 membres
879 ressenyes
½ 4.4
3 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
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.
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1,564 ressenyes
½ 4.4
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1,741 ressenyes
3.9
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18,668 membres
1,006 ressenyes
½ 4.3
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14,786 membres
797 ressenyes
3.9
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13,475 membres
514 ressenyes
½ 3.4
3 Members
gilroy, inge87, Peace2
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10,349 membres
421 ressenyes
3.8
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9,705 membres
230 ressenyes
½ 3.5
3 Members
sunqueen, cindyst2000, ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: I enjoyed it but was disappointed to find out that it was fictional.
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9,312 membres
639 ressenyes
½ 3.6
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8,577 membres
115 ressenyes
½ 3.5
5 Members
sunqueen, Tess_W, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963,merrystar ,ManWithAnAgenda
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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.
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8,221 membres
251 ressenyes
3.9
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7,621 membres
341 ressenyes
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3 Members
aulsmith, mousse, sparemethecensor
Explicacions
aulsmith: Expected more ethical frisson.
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6,971 membres
468 ressenyes
½ 3.4
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6,649 membres
121 ressenyes
3.2
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380 ressenyes
3.9
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396 ressenyes
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333 ressenyes
½ 3.5
3 Members
edparks, gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: Meh.
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120 ressenyes
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180 ressenyes
2.8
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3,980 membres
55 ressenyes
½ 3.4
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39 ressenyes
½ 2.7
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358 membres
11 ressenyes
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100,949 membres
930 ressenyes
½ 4.4
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30,577 membres
504 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
hipdeep, al.vick
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30,392 membres
1,487 ressenyes
½ 4.4
2 Members
aprille, bstar1019
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23,125 membres
188 ressenyes
3.9
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1,541 ressenyes
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13,638 membres
247 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
edparks, tdiken
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243 ressenyes
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496 ressenyes
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hipdeep, eshaw27, gypsysmom,MmeRose
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hipdeep: Substantial alleged fabrications in this autobiographical story.
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204 ressenyes
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11,511 membres
135 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
Minthe, andejons
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8,701 membres
148 ressenyes
3.8
6 Members
jain, sunqueen, aulsmith, Cecrow, merrystar, scottd,tottman , ,gypsysmom ,ManWithAnAgenda
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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.
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8,472 membres
195 ressenyes
½ 3.6
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6,407 membres
193 ressenyes
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2 Members
Minthe, ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: Dull and predictable.
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519 ressenyes
3.9
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5,399 membres
171 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
Minthe, sunqueen
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3,586 membres
236 ressenyes
½ 3.4
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3,179 membres
218 ressenyes
3.8
4 Members
pammab, aulsmith, tottman, souloftherose,merrystar ,gypsysmom
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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
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2,971 membres
146 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
jain, Brandy1411
Explicacions
jain: I've loved everything I've read of Butler except this book.
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206 ressenyes
4.1
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Minthe, edparks
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77 ressenyes
3.8
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2,395 membres
126 ressenyes
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aprille, bstar1019
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2,280 membres
184 ressenyes
½ 3.4
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40 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
Simone2, teeth
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1,893 membres
19 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
merrystar, aspirit
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aspirit: I was warned. I didn't listen. Now I have mental scars.
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1,403 membres
21 ressenyes
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2 Members
Simone2, ahef1963
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ahef1963: Have made three attempts to read this book as I generally love White's writing, but it was unreadable.
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877 membres
33 ressenyes
½ 3.4
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807 membres
58 ressenyes
½ 3.5
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684 membres
48 ressenyes
½ 3.4
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547 membres
37 ressenyes
½ 3.4
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5 ressenyes
2.9
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½ 1.5
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23,621 membres
983 ressenyes
4.2
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268 ressenyes
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EMS_24
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21,270 membres
471 ressenyes
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EMS_24
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½ 3.7
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Minthe
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17,305 membres
480 ressenyes
½ 3.5
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16,220 membres
164 ressenyes
½ 3.7
5 Members
aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, ManWithAnAgenda, ,absurdeist ,Cecrow ,
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aulsmith: I just couldn't take the resurrection of the dead characters. It was clear Herbert didn't know where to go.
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16,105 membres
235 ressenyes
3.9
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211 ressenyes
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2 Members
gilroy, ManWithAnAgenda,tottman
Explicacions
gilroy: After the great book that Ender's Game was, this was a huge let down.
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tdiken
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426 ressenyes
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Lexxi
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edparks
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152 ressenyes
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aprille
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12,418 membres
208 ressenyes
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182 ressenyes
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aprille
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10,858 membres
393 ressenyes
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_Zoe_
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10,710 membres
142 ressenyes
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aprille
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10,494 membres
430 ressenyes
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10,203 membres
168 ressenyes
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edparks, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
ahef1963: Did not like. Possibly because my husband had just left me - I probably wouldn't have liked any book.
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10,144 membres
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