Biggest Disappointments

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What books were so much worse than you expected them to be?
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The Amber Spyglass
de Philip Pullman
23,582 membros
407 resenhas
4
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Ash
de Malinda Lo
2,166 membros
185 resenhas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 170
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The Brothers Lionheart
de Astrid Lindgren
1,761 membros
35 resenhas
½ 4.3
Global Rank 179
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Chapelwood
de Cherie Priest
196 membros
14 resenhas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 318
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O Código Da Vinci
de Dan Brown
70,193 membros
1,305 resenhas
½ 3.5
Global Rank 10
19 Members
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jain: I couldn't read more than a couple of pages, the writing style was *so bad*.
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The Einstein Intersection
de Samuel R. Delany
1,575 membros
38 resenhas
½ 3.3
Global Rank 184
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Every Heart a Doorway
de Seanan McGuire
3,355 membros
291 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 441
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Explicações
jain: Great premise; absurdly bad murder mystery plot.
9
Fledgling
de Octavia E. Butler
2,980 membros
146 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 65
2 Members
jain, Brandy1411
Explicações
jain: I've loved everything I've read of Butler except this book.
10
The Giver
de Lois Lowry
39,975 membros
1,583 resenhas
4.2
Global Rank 555
3 Members
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Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte
de J. K. Rowling
96,394 membros
1,564 resenhas
½ 4.4
Global Rank 26
3 Members
gilroy, jain, ManWithAnAgenda
12
Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe
de J. K. Rowling
101,185 membros
929 resenhas
½ 4.4
Global Rank 48
2 Members
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A Heart Revealed (Proper Romance)
de Josi S. Kilpack
89 membros
5 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 358
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Hero
de Perry Moore
1,341 membros
81 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 464
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It Takes Two to Tumble
de Cat Sebastian
332 membros
26 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 297
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La Belle Sauvage
de Philip Pullman
4,325 membros
138 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 133
2 Members
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A Última Batalha
de C. S. Lewis
23,205 membros
190 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 51
2 Members
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The Mill on the Floss
de George Eliot
8,693 membros
119 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 423
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Mr Winterbourne's Christmas
de Joanna Chambers
44 membros
8 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 377
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Binti: The Night Masquerade
de Nnedi Okorafor
980 membros
74 resenhas
4
Global Rank 216
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Noughts and Crosses
de Malorie Blackman
2,213 membros
69 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 169
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O Oceano no Fim do Caminho
de Neil Gaiman
14,819 membros
961 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 412
2 Members
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The Only Harmless Great Thing
de Brooke Bolander
445 membros
38 resenhas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 282
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River of Teeth
de Sarah Gailey
751 membros
68 resenhas
½ 3.5
Global Rank 237
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Rocannon's World
de Ursula K. Le Guin
1,511 membros
39 resenhas
½ 3.5
Global Rank 461
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Romola
de George Eliot
1,449 membros
19 resenhas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 462
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Shirley
de Charlotte Brontë
4,081 membros
61 resenhas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 138
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Six Wakes
de Mur Lafferty
1,101 membros
90 resenhas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 210
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Snowspelled
de Stephanie Burgis
202 membros
18 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 316
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Stardust
de Neil Gaiman
21,912 membros
562 resenhas
4
Global Rank 562
5 Members
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The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
de Theodora Goss
1,421 membros
77 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 192
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
de Robert Louis Stevenson
17,108 membros
315 resenhas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 410
2 Members
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Explicações
jain: Far more boring than it should've been.
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Stranger in a Strange Land (Uncut Edition)
de Robert A. Heinlein
8,712 membros
149 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 58
6 Members
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Explicações
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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Um Estudo em Vermelho
de Arthur Conan Doyle
7,777 membros
311 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 519
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Explicações
jain: I love Sherlock Holmes, but this particular story's very clumsily written.
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This Is How You Lose the Time War
de Amal El-Mohtar
4,055 membros
211 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 491
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An Unkindness of Ghosts
de Rivers Solomon
1,151 membros
69 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 204
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Where The Boys Are
de William J. Mann
157 membros
2 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 329
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
de Gregory Maguire
28,849 membros
650 resenhas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 11
16 Members
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Explicações
jain : The ending was terrible, but I really liked the first ~3/4 of the book.
Cecrow: Fun deficiency
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Practical Magic
de Alice Hoffman
5,737 membros
170 resenhas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 21
5 Members
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O Paciente Inglês
de Michael Ondaatje
11,546 membros
174 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 416
5 Members
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Explicações
Cecrow: Probably deserves another chance, but was too dense for me to penetrate.
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The Sparrow
de Mary Doria Russell
7,698 membros
406 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 425
3 Members
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Explicações
aulsmith: Expecting an award winning book on gender. Got a mediocre piece of spec fic with a lot of hurt/comfort.
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Moon Over Soho
de Ben Aaronovitch
3,230 membros
175 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 443
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Sword at Sunset
de Rosemary Sutcliff
820 membros
20 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 472
2 Members
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Explicações
aulsmith: Too episodic and I didn't think the Morgaine stuff helped.
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Belas Maldições
de Terry Pratchett
34,717 membros
787 resenhas
½ 4.3
Global Rank 507
5 Members
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Explicações
aulsmith: I thought it dragged. It was obvious where the plot was going and I didn't find the jokes worth the time to get there.
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The Hunger Games
de Suzanne Collins
64,314 membros
3,479 resenhas
½ 4.3
Global Rank 543
2 Members
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Wuthering Heights
de Emily Brontë
51,885 membros
698 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 502
13 Members
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Explicações
aulsmith: Found it nearly incomprehensible.
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As Aventuras de Huckleberry Finn
de Mark Twain
42,884 membros
518 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 529
3 Members
Simone2, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, ,jain ,aulsmith ,cej1027 ,TashMason ,Charon07
Explicações
aulsmith : This is an adult book, not a sequel to Tom Sawyer.
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Catch-22
de Joseph Heller
39,973 membros
524 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 504
8 Members
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Explicações
aspirit: Feels like insanity. Don't know why I should want to experience that voluntarily.
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Briar Rose
de Jane Yolen
2,839 membros
105 resenhas
4
Global Rank 537
2 Members
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
de Lisa See
11,254 membros
442 resenhas
4
Global Rank 542
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When You Reach Me
de Rebecca Stead
6,306 membros
529 resenhas
4.2
Global Rank 552
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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
de Susanna Clarke
26,949 membros
772 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 541
12 Members
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Explicações
aulsmith: Too long and episodic without an overall point.
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The Book Thief
de Markus Zusak
44,841 membros
2,120 resenhas
½ 4.4
Global Rank 544
7 Members
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A Room with a View
de E. M. Forster
11,164 membros
222 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 558
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The Three Musketeers
de Alexandre Dumas
21,272 membros
249 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 564
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The Secret Garden
de Frances Hodgson Burnett
35,185 membros
553 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 506
2 Members
gypsysmom, jeffza,jain ,merrystar ,EMS_24 ,ManWithAnAgenda
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Coisas Frágeis
de Neil Gaiman
9,832 membros
226 resenhas
4
Global Rank 419
2 Members
Peace2, ManWithAnAgenda,jain ,gypsysmom
Explicações
jain : Includes "A Study in Emerald," which singlehandedly is enough to elevate this collection for me.