3.70 avg rating — 3,195,630 ratings

"Forced to read it for school in three separate but consecutive years. I hated it the first time and by the third, it became the only book I've ever considered worth burning. The barely-there plot is too dull for such an obvious allegory. The characters are somehow even more obnoxious than real-life posh British children. It might not have been so on-the-nose when it was published but I instinctively knew the upcoming plot beats and symbolism when I was first reading it around age 12. More than 20 years later and I still feel a burn in my chest at the memories of begrudgingly reading Lord of the Flies. THREE. TIMES. Because each teacher had their own criteria I needed to memorise from the book and employed anti-Cliffnotes techniques, I really did have to reread this monstrosity. I resent this book's existence."

3.79 avg rating — 450,173 ratings

"Made me want to take a hatchet to my eyeballs. I imagine the only people who enjoyed this book grew up to eat raw pigeon with twigs and bathe exclusively in mud puddles purely for pleasure."

3.46 avg rating — 137,840 ratings

"Reading Ethan Frome is a similar experience to eating styrofoam. I don't recommend it."

3.74 avg rating — 143,164 ratings

"Basically pointless and lacks poignancy."

3.77 avg rating — 79,432 ratings

"About as exciting as dust itself."