Disappointing books

A Listmania! list by "stefanramone"
 
Anagrams
1.  Anagrams by Lorrie Moore
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  "Like bad stand-up. Smartarsed and overrated"
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Is Shane MacGowan Still Alive?
2.  Is Shane MacGowan Still Alive? by Tim Bradford
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  "Horrible bandwagon-jumping. A present:she must have f**king hated me"
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Notes From A Small Island
3.  Notes From A Small Island by Bill Bryson
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  "supposedly insightful,actually stereotypical pish"
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Howards End (Penguin Modern Classics)
4.  Howards End (Penguin Modern Classics) by E. M. Forster
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  "wanted only to connect  right hook to Forster's cadaver after suffering the snobbish tone of this bobbins"
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Death In Venice And Other Stories (Vintage Classics)
5.  Death In Venice And Other Stories (Vintage Classics) by Thomas Mann
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  "the writing is frosty and distant-hard to care about anyone including the author"
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Women
6.  Women by Charles Bukowski
The list author says:
  "his weakest novel, more a series of incidents in need of some homocidal editing"
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Bonjour Tristesse
7.  Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
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  "brilliant title,flimsy novel. Public relations over actual achievement"
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The Hero and the Girl Next Door
8.  The Hero and the Girl Next Door by Sophie Hannah
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  "can you hear that hollow sound? It's the music of these poems"
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