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.
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The Name of the Rose
por Umberto Eco
19,496 membros
310 críticas
4.2
Global Rank 171
4 Members
SimoneA, hoddybook, fuzzi, Diane-bpcb, , ,Cecrow ,merrystar ,Crypto-Willobie ,dtw42
Explicações
Cecrow : Defending: the language is thick, but the mystery is solid and based on the Sherlock Holmes model.
merrystar : Not my favorite by this author, but still readable.
Diane-bpcb: Was not interested enough in the story to try to follow the complexity of it
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On the Origin of Species
por Charles Darwin
14,329 membros
121 críticas
4.1
Global Rank 132
Member
SimoneA,
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Orlando: A Biography
por Virginia Woolf
10,590 membros
174 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 160
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963, ,starbox ,ManWithAnAgenda
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Fifth Business
por Robertson Davies
3,225 membros
87 críticas
4.2
Global Rank 176
Member
Cecrow, , ,Crypto-Willobie
Explicações
Cecrow: Intend to try again
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Moby Dick
por Herman Melville
35,524 membros
541 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 129
3 Members
Crypto-Willobie, cej1027, Diane-bpcb, ,Cecrow ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
Cecrow : Skip the whaling detail chapters if you must, but they build sympathy for the whale and add a strong dose of realism.
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The Divine Comedy
por Dante Alighieri
21,723 membros
188 críticas
4.1
Global Rank 178
Member
SimoneA,lorax , ,merrystar ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
lorax : Thumbs downed with the suggestion that the OP try a different translation next time.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
por Oscar Wilde
39,433 membros
630 críticas
4
Global Rank 185
Member
eclecticdodo, , ,merrystar ,Crypto-Willobie ,starbox ,ManWithAnAgenda
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Mostly Harmless
por Douglas Adams
12,492 membros
130 críticas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 179
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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
por Susanna Clarke
26,959 membros
772 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 187