Least Favorite Books of the Spring 2012 Challenge

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

What were your least favorite books of the Spring 2012 challenge?

[JC]

The only low rating I had was 2 stars for: Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card

[Bea]

No 1 star books. My 2 star books were:
Giovanni's Room
The Catcher in the Rye
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

[Kara]

My only one star for this season was It's Not About the Coffee: Lessons on Putting People First from a Life at Starbucks. Ugh.

[Bucket]

No 1-star ratings for me this season, but I gave out two 2-star ratings:

[Marie-Anne]

I did not have any 1-star ratings either. My lowest rating was 2-stars for The Witch Doctor's Wife by Tamar Myers. Not so much because it is a "bad" book. I was very much looking forward to reading this book as it plays in Congo, Africa where I spend part of my childhood, and I am very interested in African cultures. The story was interesing. However, the character assassination of entire nations was just too much for me.

[Riya]

These books I didn't particulary care for:

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Why didn't you like "Room"? I loved "Room'. I still think about that book.

[Riya]

It felt very tedious to read the whole story from Jack's point of view. I think the book would have been much better if there were chapters included from his mother's point of view, especially after they escaped from Old Nick. The last 100 pages I had to almost skim through, and there were so many parts that I found dull. I hope this review doesn't offend anyone - I know many people thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel, it just wasn't for me unfortunately.

[mstan]

I had two one-star reads: The Thirteenth Tale and The Secret Adversary.

Two-star reads: Little Bee, The Night Circus, House of Many Ways, The Disenchantments (so disappointing since Hold Still was a 5-star read), Shoeless Joe (more because of the subject matter than because of the writing) and The Old Man and the Sea

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Mariya wrote: "It felt very tedious to read the whole story from Jack's point of view. I think the book would have been much better if there were chapters included from his mother's point of view, especially afte..."

I was just curious because you are the first person to say you didn't like the book.

[Angie]

1 Star
Of Poseidon

2 Stars
Exiled

[Chelsi]

My two least favorite reads were
and

[Cassie]

I was so disappointed with This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin. I am not a scientist or a multi-accomplished musician, and the book was really geared towards those audiences. Hopefully someone who understands the terminology enjoyed it, because I couldn't get into it.

[Chris]

Loved the cover. Absolutely hated the book. Can't remember the last time I read anything this bad.


Extremely disappointing. The elements for a good story were there, but it just fell flat.


The one and only reason I finished this was because I needed a book with a bird on the cover and it was short.

[Ann A]

My 2* reads from Spring:

State of Wonder
The Lovely Bones
The Tenth Circle
Divergent (I know a lot of people love this series - I just couldn't get into it.)

[Angie]

Don't worry, Ann, I had trouble with Divergent also, but I gave it 3 stars for at least holding my attention until the end. I just wasn't into the world building; it didn't make much sense to me.

[Tammy AZ]

I had a hard time getting through The Eight. I've had it on my tbr for over a decade which made it doubly disappointing.

[JC]

Tammy AZ wrote: "I had a hard time getting through The Eight. I've had it on my tbr for over a decade which made it doubly disappointing."

same here!

[Lorna]

Spring least favorites:

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I liked Divergent, Daughter of Smoke and Bone and The Eight was only okay.