really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,098,214 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. "

4.14 avg rating — 250,283 ratings

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

4.07 avg rating — 158,200 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 — 26,750 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 — 26,260 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 — 2,918,232 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 — 3,783,038 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..."

4.16 avg rating — 2,583,630 ratings

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

3.80 avg rating — 468,378 ratings

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

3.93 avg rating — 355,530 ratings

"Interesting idea without the execution"

4.42 avg rating — 1,057,333 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 — 413,123 ratings

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