Little Bee. Whoever wrote the back summary was genius though. They actually made it sound interesting.

Anonymous wrote:+3 on Gone Girl.

hated it too-didn't get the hype. I also could not get through Goldfinch.

Anonymous wrote:This is old but I didn't get why the Girl with Dragon Tatoo was so popular. Didn't enjoy it at all, and the ending was dissapointng.

Very hard to get into. I thought it was ok after about midway, but it was so hard to get into it that I still haven't brought myself to read the second or third, which someone gave me.

Anonymous wrote:The Help.

total dreck.

The movie was worse. Really having a party with the gov and the "help" bursts in with their problems? just imagine if you pulled THAT one at the office.

The Divergent Series. The first one was pretty good, the second sorta ok and the third was pretty lame. The 3rd book of the Hunger Games was also pretty lame actually.

The Goldfinch. Forced myself to finish it. Skimmed big parts of it.

The Goldfinch
Where'd You Go Bernadette

I think that both of these were so overhyped that I went into them thinking they would blow my mind...and they just couldn't live up to my expectations. They were both solid 3/5 stars for me--good books but not life changing or anything I'd ever care to read again.

Thanks for the warning about Bernadette.
Also, agree about Gone Girl, but maybe because most of us are parents here and can't imagine a psycho like Amy raising a kid.

In the Woods

Anonymous wrote:I LOVED This Is Where I Leave You!! Still pissed about Donna Tartt's The Little Friend ( it is NOT a mystery!!!!!), although the perfection that is The Goldfinch almost makes up for it.

Agree about The Little Friend, but I was actually so disappointed in The Goldfinch that I couldn't finish it.

The Sundial by Shirley Jackson. The end made absolutely no sense

This is old but I didn't get why the Girl with Dragon Tatoo was so popular. Didn't enjoy it at all, and the ending was dissapointng.

The Goldfinch

The Woods

I loved Gone Girl and really loved Bernadette. I laughed so hard that I can't imagine having anything in common with someone who didn't think it was at all funny. It is funny. Thank goodness most people realized it and it got the attention it deserved. It's hard to find good funny books.

I am usually in the first wave of reading hot books, which does help with not being let down. I think it is much harder for a book to meet your expectations if all your friends have raved about it already.

Anonymous wrote:+3 on Gone Girl.

yep, didn't lie the ending at all