I Can't Finish This Book
- Description
- Based on the tag "unfinished".
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- 4 Members
- gilroy, Dilara86, ahef1963, Peace2,ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- ahef1963: I didn't think I could handle the outcome of having a hungry lion on board, so I quit reading.
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3
35,130 members
273 reviews
3.9
Score 10.68
Added 2014-10-10, 12:37 AM
- 4 Members
- aulsmith, chgstrom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ,merrystar
- Explanations
- aulsmith: It reads more like notes than a novel. I don't think I got past page 20.merrystar : I like parts of this much better than others, but I did finish it.ahef1963: I was given a lovely edition of this book by my mother when I was a teenager, but it is more shelf ornament than book I have read.
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13,248 members
244 reviews
4.2
Score 9.44
Added 2014-10-10, 12:45 AM
- 3 Members
- chgstrom, dianeham, ManWithAnAgenda
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11,891 members
655 reviews
3.8
Score 7.36
Added 2015-09-24, 08:17 PM
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38,680 members
438 reviews
3.9
Score 6.4
Added 2014-10-10, 12:58 AM
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4,391 members
122 reviews
4
Score 6.36
Added 2015-09-24, 08:16 PM
- 3 Members
- Cariola, ahef1963, Peace2,ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- ManWithAnAgenda : It wasn't very good, but I finished it.
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- 2 Members
- gilroy, FerneMysteryReader
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by Azar Nafisi
13,044 members
279 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 5.26
Added 2014-10-10, 12:46 AM
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by Thucydides
7,918 members
59 reviews
4
Score 5.14
Added 2015-10-05, 12:00 AM
- 2 Members
- merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- merrystar: This is the only assigned reading I ever didn't finish.
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- 3 Members
- ymkahn, ahef1963, Charon07,gilroy ,ManWithAnAgenda
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27,064 members
779 reviews
3.9
Score 4.76
Added 2014-10-10, 12:35 AM
- 3 Members
- KimarieBee, merrystar, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07
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- 2 Members
- ymkahn, chwiggy,ManWithAnAgenda
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559 members
5 reviews
½ 4.5
Score 4.19
Added 2014-10-10, 12:42 AM
- 2 Members
- aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- aulsmith: Having read Coriolanus, I'm convinced no one should have to read all of Shakespeare.
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8,832 members
90 reviews
½ 3.5
Score 4.18
Added 2022-10-14, 11:24 AM
- 2 Members
- ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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- dianeham
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- FerneMysteryReader
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- eva.asprakis
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- 2 Members
- Cariola, ManWithAnAgenda
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70,136 members
1,084 reviews
3.8
Score 3.82
Added 2014-10-10, 12:51 AM
- 3 Members
- dara85, ahef1963, Eritch, ,merrystar ,ManWithAnAgenda
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by David Grann
4,940 members
254 reviews
3.9
Score 3.71
Added 2015-09-29, 03:19 PM
- 2 Members
- ahef1963, PoetVictoria,ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- PoetVictoria: I liked the idea of the book, but the book itself was relentless and repetitive. I am glad I read some of it, though. Interesting real life stuff.
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- merrystar
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- FerneMysteryReader
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- PoetVictoria
- Explanations
- PoetVictoria: I just didn't like it.
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- KimarieBee
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12,097 members
140 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 3.31
Added 2014-10-10, 12:46 AM
- 2 Members
- ahef1963, chwiggy,ManWithAnAgenda
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295 members
7 reviews
½ 3.4
Score 3.19
Added 2014-10-10, 12:37 AM
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22,079 members
169 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 3.19
Added 2014-10-10, 12:36 AM
- 2 Members
- aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda,
- Explanations
- aulsmith: I never thought of this a book to finish, more like an anthology to sample from as the mood takes you.
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- Member
- PoetVictoria
- Explanations
- PoetVictoria: endless details without enough heart, although I was interested in finding out what happens next, I finally just gave up.
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- 2 Members
- ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,
- Explanations
- ahef1963: I keep losing track of who's who, and give up.
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by Dave Eggers
2,372 members
30 reviews
½ 3.5
Score 2.9
Added 2014-10-10, 12:47 AM
- 2 Members
- ahef1963, Eritch,ManWithAnAgenda
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- chwiggy
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- PoetVictoria
- Explanations
- PoetVictoria: The men were very unattractive and this book was all about the men.
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- dara85
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- FerneMysteryReader
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86 members
3 reviews
2.8
Score 2.83
Added 2015-09-24, 07:54 PM
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- Peace2
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- 2 Members
- aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar
- Explanations
- aulsmith: Never got through the Iliad, but I loved the Odyssey.
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- dianeham
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- dara85
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- PoetVictoria
- Explanations
- PoetVictoria: too druggy.
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- Peace2
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- FerneMysteryReader
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- merrystar
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- Peace2
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- dianeham
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- dara85
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573 members
31 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 2.56
Added 2015-09-29, 03:40 PM
- Member
- PoetVictoria
- Explanations
- PoetVictoria: It seemed like it would be an interesting period, but I got bored with it.
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- 2 Members
- merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda,
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- FerneMysteryReader
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- ManWithAnAgenda
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- dara85
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- FerneMysteryReader
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- dara85
70
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- Cariola
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- FerneMysteryReader
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by Junot DĂaz
13,142 members
488 reviews
3.8
Score 2.23
Added 2015-09-24, 08:19 PM
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- ahef1963
76
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- Cariola
77
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- ahef1963
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4,807 members
55 reviews
4
Score 2.11
Added 2014-10-10, 01:06 AM
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- Cariola
82
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- ManWithAnAgenda
83
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- Cariola
84
6,945 members
297 reviews
4.2
Score 2
Added 2015-09-24, 07:55 PM
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- ManWithAnAgenda
86
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- aulsmith
87
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- ManWithAnAgenda
88
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- Cariola
89
- 2 Members
- aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda,
- Explanations
- aulsmith: Fell asleep during the opening about insomnia and never picked it up again.
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- Cariola
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9,329 members
217 reviews
4
Score 1.89
Added 2014-10-10, 12:59 AM
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- ManWithAnAgenda
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- ahef1963
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- Cariola
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- ahef1963
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- ManWithAnAgenda
100
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- Cariola
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