3.69 avg rating — 406,785 ratings

"When I hear about this book I just shrug."

3.80 avg rating — 50,509 ratings

"One of the worst books I ever read. Pseudo-intellectual ramblings of a guy, that thinks being edgy means he is automatically deep. Stuff like this only works, if the author has some degree of self-awareness, which Houellebecq definitely has not."

3.28 avg rating — 4,718 ratings

"If you want to read about some musicologist basically having a holiday in Italy, then go for it.
I stopped reading after there has been a long description of how she goes on YouTube to listen to music from a composer."