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Listopia > Jonathan Terrington's votes on the list The Worst Books of All Time (12 Books)
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The Road
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"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. "
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Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
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"Better than The Road since McCarthy redeems himself with his descriptions. Otherwise it's a brutal and seemingly gratuitous novel."
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All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
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"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..."
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The Enemy (The Enemy, #1)
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"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."
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The Secret River
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"There are many better Australian novels around that deal with the topic in a more sensitive and thought-provoking manner."
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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"I find it slightly patronising and mediocre when compared to other dystopian books. It has value but it's not a great book..."
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The Alchemist
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"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..."
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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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"Not as bad as some of the books on this list. However I find the "
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Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
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"Fun if you're a kid, but not great writing or a lot of substance..."
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I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1)
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"Interesting idea without the execution"
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A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
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"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..."
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Atlas Shrugged
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"Okay story but it's far too long and full of Rand's diatribes."
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