Books You Couldn't Finish

Descrição
For whatever reason, good, bad or indifferent, you couldn't finish it. Add your abandoned reads. Thumbs down the ones that should be given a second chance.
1
The Lightning Thief
de Rick Riordan
31,651 membros
1,246 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
merrystar, 2wonderY
Explicações
merrystar: I'm possibly too old, but I found the beginning of this unreadable.
2
The Bonfire of the Vanities
de Tom Wolfe
8,942 membros
132 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
merrystar, fuzzi
Explicações
fuzzi: Despised the characters, why read about people with no redeeming qualities?
3
The Witches: Salem, 1692
de Stacy Schiff
2,639 membros
68 resenhas
½ 3.5
2 Members
Bookmarque, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
Bookmarque: HIGHLY speculative. Repetitive. Repetitive. Repetitive.
4
The Help
de Kathryn Stockett
30,526 membros
1,488 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
ahef1963
5
Pé na Estrada
de Jack Kerouac
27,930 membros
387 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
6
Outlander
de Diana Gabaldon
23,780 membros
986 resenhas
4.2
Member
Minthe
7
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
de Ransom Riggs
19,272 membros
1,134 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
barbharper, ahef1963,
8
11/22/63
de Stephen King
13,568 membros
762 resenhas
4.2
Member
Minthe
9
Under the Dome
de Stephen King
11,647 membros
452 resenhas
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
10
Saturday
de Ian McEwan
10,341 membros
226 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
Bookmarque
11
The Swiss Family Robinson
de Johann David Wyss
8,764 membros
90 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
12
The History of the Peloponnesian War
de Thucydides
7,874 membros
59 resenhas
4
Member
merrystar
Explicações
merrystar: the only assigned book I have ever given up on.
13
A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
de Karen Armstrong
7,842 membros
91 resenhas
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
14
Gardens of the Moon
de Steven Erikson
6,884 membros
192 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
15
A Spot of Bother
de Mark Haddon
5,762 membros
185 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
Bookmarque
16
Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
de John Eldredge
5,722 membros
48 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
cej1027
17
Out of Africa
de Isak Dinesen
5,224 membros
98 resenhas
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
18
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
de A. J. Jacobs
4,669 membros
192 resenhas
3.8
Member
cej1027
19
The Monk
de Matthew Lewis
4,380 membros
92 resenhas
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
20
Salem Falls
de Jodi Picoult
4,377 membros
72 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
Bookmarque
21
There There
de Tommy Orange
4,272 membros
192 resenhas
4
Member
Bookmarque
22
True History of the Kelly Gang
de Peter Carey
4,235 membros
79 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
Minthe
23
Oscar and Lucinda
de Peter Carey
4,120 membros
68 resenhas
3.8
Member
Minthe
24
Dhalgren
de Samuel R. Delany
3,733 membros
74 resenhas
3.8
Member
Cecrow
Explicações
Cecrow: Couldn't find the story or the point.
25
Boneshaker
de Cherie Priest
3,706 membros
218 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
26
Death in Holy Orders
de P. D. James
3,674 membros
55 resenhas
3.8
Member
katie4098
27
Ghost World: Special Edition
de Daniel Clowes
3,609 membros
78 resenhas
3.8
Member
cej1027
28
The Sea, the Sea
de Iris Murdoch
3,581 membros
94 resenhas
3.9
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
29
Look Homeward, Angel
de Thomas Wolfe
3,549 membros
50 resenhas
4
Member
Crypto-Willobie
30
Behind Closed Doors
de B.A. Paris
3,436 membros
257 resenhas
3.8
Member
Bookmarque
31
I Will Fear No Evil
de Robert A. Heinlein
3,417 membros
40 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
aulsmith
32
Moon Over Soho
de Ben Aaronovitch
3,237 membros
175 resenhas
3.9
Member
Minthe
33
Life
de Keith Richards
3,202 membros
138 resenhas
3.9
Member
Diane-bpcb
34
Sleeping Beauties
de Stephen King
3,093 membros
98 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: Repetitive. Boring.
35
The Autograph Man
de Zadie Smith
3,023 membros
41 resenhas
3.1
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
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
Centennial
de James A. Michener
3,006 membros
43 resenhas
4.1
Member
merrystar
Explicações
merrystar: Enjoyed the first half, but then it bogged down.
37
Accordion Crimes
de Annie Proulx
2,860 membros
47 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
Diane-bpcb
38
Never Cry Wolf
de Farley Mowat
2,710 membros
63 resenhas
4.1
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: Self-aggrandizing asshat. Bad science. Questionable reporting.
39
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
de L. Ron Hubbard
2,694 membros
47 resenhas
½ 3.3
2 Members
dtw42, ManWithAnAgenda,
40
Soul Mountain
de Gao Xingjian
2,516 membros
41 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
starbox
41
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
de Charles Seife
2,458 membros
50 resenhas
3.8
Member
skid0612
42
Absurdistan
de Gary Shteyngart
2,421 membros
79 resenhas
½ 3.3
Member
Jullou
Explicações
Jullou: I love satire and absurdism, rarely don't finish books. But I just couldn't get through this one.
43
Winter's Bone
de Daniel Woodrell
2,378 membros
129 resenhas
4
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: I've liked his other books but this one too brutal, nasty and gross
44
Pygmy
de Chuck Palahniuk
2,344 membros
74 resenhas
2.9
Member
SimoneA
45
House
de Frank Peretti
2,293 membros
56 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
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
de Bruce Feiler
2,168 membros
25 resenhas
3.9
Member
Diane-bpcb
47
Blonde
de Joyce Carol Oates
2,145 membros
62 resenhas
4
Member
dara85
48
Call It Sleep
de Henry Roth
2,101 membros
40 resenhas
3.9
Member
Diane-bpcb
49
The Glass Key
de Dashiell Hammett
2,061 membros
44 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: boring. convoluted. stop it with the two name boy already. Death to the two name boy!
50
The Island
de Victoria Hislop
2,021 membros
84 resenhas
3.8
Member
eclecticdodo
51
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
de H. W. Brands
1,911 membros
11 resenhas
4.1
Member
Diane-bpcb
52
for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf
de Ntozake Shange
1,792 membros
23 resenhas
4
Member
cej1027
53
Envy
de Sandra Brown
1,781 membros
28 resenhas
4
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: outdated, 80s vibe to Maris's victimhood, predictable and not well written
54
Jack Maggs
de Peter Carey
1,751 membros
33 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
Minthe
55
Hidden Empire
de Kevin J. Anderson
1,680 membros
35 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
gilroy
Explicações
gilroy: How can one sustain a story when you change points of view every two pages? Just horrible writing
56
Beauty
de Sheri S. Tepper
1,612 membros
31 resenhas
3.8
Member
merrystar
Explicações
merrystar: I generally love re-told fairy tales, but I couldn't make it through this one.
57
The Sandcastle Girls
de Chris Bohjalian
1,469 membros
149 resenhas
3.9
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: Just couldn't stand the brutality. Why do men do this?
58
Down River
de John Hart
1,440 membros
63 resenhas
3.8
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: Adam is just too dumb for me to stick with this book.
59
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
de Samuel R. Delany
1,376 membros
22 resenhas
3.9
Member
aulsmith
60
Lethal
de Sandra Brown
1,252 membros
38 resenhas
3.9
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: Can't write her way out of a wet paper bag. Why do I keep trying?
61
Lord of the Isles
de David Drake
1,218 membros
15 resenhas
3.2
Member
gilroy
Explicações
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
de Elizabeth Berg
1,208 membros
70 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
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
de Bruce Sterling
1,092 membros
21 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
gilroy
64
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
de Kory Stamper
1,083 membros
64 resenhas
4.2
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: zzzzzzz
65
The Dark Monk
de Oliver Pötzsch
996 membros
40 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
hoddybook
66
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
de George V. Higgins
944 membros
44 resenhas
4
Member
Bookmarque
67
Penpal
de Dathan Auerbach
795 membros
46 resenhas
3.8
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: In my best Colonel Kurtz voice - the writing, the writing.
68
Petals of Blood
de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
760 membros
14 resenhas
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
69
The Tattooed Girl
de Joyce Carol Oates
743 membros
18 resenhas
½ 3.3
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: Hateful for hatefulness's sake.
70
The Complete Compleat Enchanter
de L. Sprague de Camp
734 membros
5 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
71
Mine
de Robert R. McCammon
716 membros
16 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
Bookmarque
72
City of Dreams: A Novel of Nieuw Amsterdam and Early Manhattan
de Beverly Swerling
698 membros
15 resenhas
3.9
Member
Diane-bpcb
Explicações
Diane-bpcb: was this edited?
73
The Death of Jane Lawrence
de Caitlin Starling
666 membros
29 resenhas
3.2
Member
Bookmarque
74
The Hiding Place
de C. J. Tudor
640 membros
48 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: an onslaught of cruelty, sadism, viciousness and violence.
75
Usher's Passing
de Robert R. McCammon
625 membros
18 resenhas
3.8
Member
Bookmarque
76
Mara and Dann
de Doris Lessing
602 membros
22 resenhas
3.9
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: Too bleak. Dwells on the worst people do to each other. All. The. Time.
77
The Woman Who Stole My Life
de Marian Keyes
580 membros
13 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
Bookmarque
78
Sing Them Home
de Stephanie Kallos
546 membros
25 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
79
Altar of Bones
de Philip Carter
521 membros
19 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
Bookmarque
80
Complicit
de Nicci French
509 membros
22 resenhas
½ 3.3
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: Too stupid
81
Seeker
de William Nicholson
498 membros
15 resenhas
3.8
Member
gilroy
82
Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
de Jennifer Wright
496 membros
61 resenhas
4
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: Can't stand the tone of this book. Too snide, too judgmental, too flip.
84
The Birthing House
de Christopher Ransom
453 membros
32 resenhas
2.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
85
Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish: A Novel
de David Rakoff
451 membros
26 resenhas
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
86
Surrender, New York: A Novel
de Caleb Carr
446 membros
27 resenhas
2.9
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: Very info-dumpy. Narrator likes the sound of his own voice. Terrible dialog.
87
Bad Twin
de Gary Troup
410 membros
22 resenhas
2.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
88
Last Days
de Brian Evenson
407 membros
24 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: So terrible I couldn't finish and returned it to Audible. Protagonist is an idiot among idiots.
89
The Dark Labyrinth
de Lawrence Durrell
405 membros
10 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: Too oblique.
90
Sea Change
de Robert Goddard
371 membros
2 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
Bookmarque
91
This One is Mine
de Maria Semple
350 membros
32 resenhas
3.1
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: These assholes deserve each other, but not my time.
92
Security: A Novel
de Gina Wohlsdorf
346 membros
67 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: Too stupid to finish.
93
Little Eve
de Catriona Ward
344 membros
12 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
Bookmarque
94
The Third Hotel
de Laura Van den Berg
336 membros
16 resenhas
3.2
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: oddly unfocused writing, didn't engage w/protagonist
95
The Arrangement: A Novel
de Sarah Dunn
335 membros
20 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
Bookmarque
96
The Viking Funeral
de Stephen J. Cannell
313 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: Can't remember anything except that there was incorrect forensic detail.
97
Probable Cause
de Ridley Pearson
280 membros
3 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
Bookmarque
98
The Farfarers: Before the Norse
de Farley Mowat
271 membros
4 resenhas
3.8
Member
arrwa
99
Reality and Dreams
de Muriel Spark
245 membros
10 resenhas
3.1
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: boring, self-involed, bossy asshole as a "protagonist"
100
The Paris Secret
de Karen Swan
223 membros
26 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
Bookmarque
Explicações
Bookmarque: Desperate name dropping by the author. And it's a romance, which by itself isn't awful, but it's a stupid one.