really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,038,906 ratings

"Praised for being original, well written and beautiful. I don't see it. I see it as poorly or at least lazily written with few redemptive features. "

4.15 avg rating — 221,366 ratings

"Better than The Road since McCarthy redeems himself with his descriptions. Otherwise it's a brutal and seemingly gratuitous novel."

4.06 avg rating — 146,907 ratings

"As with Blood Meridian McCarthy redeems himself with his description but still rate it high on this list because it gets praised for reasons I don't see..."

4.10 avg rating — 26,004 ratings

"Immature, childish - a juvenile zombie work of fiction. Higson panders to kids rather than writing something intelligent for them to read as he does in his Young Bond books."

3.81 avg rating — 25,266 ratings

"There are many better Australian novels around that deal with the topic in a more sensitive and thought-provoking manner."

4.12 avg rating — 2,812,511 ratings

"I find it slightly patronising and mediocre when compared to other dystopian books. It has value but it's not a great book..."

3.92 avg rating — 3,577,769 ratings

"New age story with simplistic writing. It's more the ideology that I disagree with in this book and the lack of depth. A very airy-fairy novel..."

4.15 avg rating — 2,429,525 ratings

"Not as bad as some of the books on this list. However I find the "

3.79 avg rating — 451,549 ratings

"Fun if you're a kid, but not great writing or a lot of substance..."

3.93 avg rating — 352,135 ratings

"Interesting idea without the execution"

4.42 avg rating — 1,021,872 ratings

"I'm not a huge fan of Martin's 'fantasy' but Game of Thrones was readable. This just seemed to dissolve into a gratuitous mess..."

3.69 avg rating — 407,250 ratings

"Okay story but it's far too long and full of Rand's diatribes."